Sacred Citadel

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Sacred Citadel
Sacred Citadel Coverart.png
Developer(s) Southend Interactive
Publisher(s) Deep Silver
Series Sacred
Platform(s) PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
ReleaseWindows
16 April 2013
PlayStation 3
  • NA: 16 April 2013
  • PAL: 17 April 2013
Xbox 360
17 April 2013
Genre(s) Action, beat 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Sacred Citadel is a side-scrolling action brawler video game in the Sacred series. It was released in April 2013, and takes place before the 2014 sequel Sacred 3 . It was developed by Southend Interactive and published by Deep Silver for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Microsoft Windows. A DLC called Sacred Citadel: Jungle Hunt was released on the same month.

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Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1] [2] [3]

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