Sacred 2 Remaster

Introduction

Sacred 2 Remaster is a modern remaster of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, developed by SparklingBit, Funatics and Nukklear and published by THQ Nordic on 11 November 2025 at US$19.99, currently 40% off at US$11.99. It rebuilds the acclaimed 2008 open-world ARPG for modern platforms with updated visuals and full controller support. It sits at 55% positive ("Mixed") across 594 English-language Steam reviews — a small enough corpus, entirely within its first year on the market, that this review read essentially the full negative sample of roughly 269 reviews, plus a sample of the 100 most recent English reviews.

A catastrophic launch, by veterans' own testimony

The reception at launch was severe, and this review found the sharpest criticism coming from players with the deepest history with the original. "This is a plain downgrade of the original. Many features are missing and the UI is trash. Can't even hover over your life to see your life points," reads a launch-day review with 1,336 votes. Another, with over 1,000 hours in the original Sacred 2: "Ive played original Sacred2/Gold since 2009 for 1000+ hours... ALL of these features were working in the game 15 years ago." This review found community-patch and Gold Edition comparisons recurring across a substantial share of the negative sample — a specific, credible signal that this wasn't merely a matter of taste but a genuine functional regression from what players already had.

A genuine, ongoing repair effort

Checking the developer's own patch history rather than relying solely on reviewer testimony, this review found real, sustained support: six numbered patches shipped between the November 2025 launch and July 2026, addressing reported issues incrementally rather than abandoning the release. Recent reviewer sentiment reflects that effort only partially. "Janky old game, just the way I remember it <3. Had issues on launch, the devs have been updating and fixing the game and now I can run without crashing every 30 minutes," reads one July 2026 review. But others describe specific, still-active problems: "wount recommend because of [messed up] FOV and lack of normal camera settings," reads another from the same month, and a third calls mouse-and-keyboard controls simply "unplayable."

Verdict

Sacred 2 Remaster launched in a genuinely broken state that alienated exactly the long-time fanbase best positioned to embrace it, with veterans directly comparing missing features unfavourably against a 15-year-old community patch. What separates this from a simple abandoned launch, though, is real, verifiable ongoing developer support — six patches and counting — that has moved some players from "unplayable" to "enjoyable" even as others still hit specific, unresolved problems. Worth watching or trying at the current discount if you're a patient Sacred 2 fan, but not yet the clean, modern version of the game its marketing promised.