Old-school Ultima/UO feel and sandbox freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“SotA is basically just a 3d imagining of UO with Ultima series lore built in.”
Steam review · 79.5 h played ↗
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 53%Mixed · 53%Catnip Games2018MMORPG · RPG · Adventure
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A quirky, janky Ultima-inspired sandbox MMO with deep crafting, housing and a friendly but tiny community. Skip it if you want polish, a busy server, or dislike grind and cash-shop pressure.
Great for
Ultima Online veterans and patient sandbox fans who love crafting, housing and slow, hands-off play
Main risk
Dated, clunky, poorly optimized game with an empty world, steep grind and cash-shop focus
What players love
Free to play, active devs and updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The fact is the game has received regular patches (nearly one a month) for years.”
Steam review · 1015 h played ↗
Friendly, helpful community
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“friendliest player-base you'll ever find. Very dedicated and extremely supportive.”
Steam review · 177 h played ↗
Deep, rewarding crafting system
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The game has the most in depth crafting system ever.”
Steam review · 1264.8 h played ↗
Excellent player housing and decoration
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Some of the best housing in gaming, A rich deep crafting system that includes items needing to be replaced.”
Steam review · 487 h played ↗
Classless, free-form skill system
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“There are no predefined classes — players develop the skills they actually use, allowing for experimentation and the creation of unique builds.”
Steam review · 83.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, outdated combat, UI and graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Travel is a chore, combat is clunky, the UI is cumbersome”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
Distrust of devs, bans and broken promises
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Catnip has perma-banned my account.”
Steam review · 693.3 h played ↗
Cash shop focus and expensive housing
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Barebones dev team spending each month updating the cash shop.”
Steam review · 321.6 h played ↗
Bugs and poor performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“constant 10-14 GB ram and 12-27 FPS”
Steam review · 55.4 h played ↗
Empty, dead world with tiny population
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the game is dead. There's no one around to do anything.”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗
Heavy grind, slow travel, steep learning curve
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“The game is nearly impossible to get into, heavy grind, not worth it.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64 bit or newer
ProcessorQuad Core 2.4 GHz or faster
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 Compatible NVIDIA 960 / AMD 560
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorQuad Core 2.8GHz or faster
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX11 Compatible AMD Radeon R9 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64 bit or newer
ProcessorQuad Core 2.4 GHz or faster
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 Compatible NVIDIA 960 / AMD 560
Storage30 GB available space
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