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Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice, the title says it all! You get thrown into a dark room, with no light to be found anywhere! Are you willing to end your life to light the way for the next generation to proceed further? Play it today and find out!

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is a casual, indie and action game developed and published by Volens Nolens Games.
Released on February 27th 2015 is available only on Windows in 27 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Ukrainian.

It has received 594 reviews of which 422 were positive and 172 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. 😐

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice into these genres:

Casual Indie Action Strategy Adventure

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP/7/8
  • Processor: Single Core 2.6 GHZ
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: Integrated Graphics
  • DirectX: Version 8.0
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
  • Sound Card: On Board Sound Card

User reviews & Ratings

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Oct. 2017
So this game requires you to die.... Like, a lot. You'll start off in each level in a pitch black area. Once you die (and you have to) your soul will linger there and consequently light up that area. So, basically the idea is to use your past mistake and navigate towards the end portal while avoiding spike traps and freaking insta-kill ghost. There's both Classic and Endless mode for those who like a challenge. Me, on the other hand, has seen enough after 100 deaths. Onward to the next game. Decent 3 / 5. Oh, the game does have achievements but it's in-game instead of integrated with Steam. That's a bummer.
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Jan. 2016
Would definitely recommend this to anyone who just wants a nice little game to play while relaxing. There's a few different modes to play, all of them fun. You play as a cute little character, in darkness. If you want to see more of where you're going, you have to kill yourself which will light up the area around your body. A great price for a game that I can see that I'll be getting many hours of enjoyment out of in the future. :)
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Nov. 2015
Run around blind or kill yourself to make light! Game has you collecting items in order to win the level. As you get to high levels traps begins to get added! pros Game Modes-classic,Endless, Heart,Trust, Fall, and Chips Nice background music Good for casual game play Nice idea and concept Good character handling Stats and achievement pages Cons Repetitive No online leader board No options. can't play in fullscreen.
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Sept. 2015
This game is loads of fun and I think if the developers continued to update it I would play it quite often. I just finished recording some YouTube videos for it and they will be up soon. I will tweet the creators once they are uploaded :)
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March 2015
An almost cutsie little game, it's so simple that you can really overthink it when you first aquire it. The goal is to get into a big blue sharp looking swirly thing (I though it was killing me when I got into it the first couple of times. turns out it's the level end portal) There are only five things that you can do. 1. Run around (or away from ghost / scythe / Death things) 2. find collectables (gold coin things) 3. Commit suicide to provide light 4. die on obsticles and provide light 5. get into the portal (swirlly blue thing) The only real irk that I have is in the controls... there is no delay between death and respawn, which means that if you die with your finger on the down key, you instantly respawn and are moving down, potentially to straight into a death-thing. It would be nice if there was some minor / tiny delay so that you had time to register that you'd died, and could get your finger off the trigger. I haven't completed the game, so there may be more ways to die than those mentioned here. So, yes / no? um it's a kind - of Zen type game, at least the early stages have been, with unlimited lives, and every death making the next run easier. Know what you're getting into, and you'll be fine.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is free to play on Steam.

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice received 422 positive votes out of a total of 594 achieving a rating of 6.80.
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Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice was developed and published by Volens Nolens Games.

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is not playable on MacOS.

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is not playable on Linux.

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice is a single-player game.

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice does not currently offer any DLC.

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice does not support Steam Remote Play.

Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice.

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Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice
Free to play
6.8
422
172
Game modes
Online players
0
Developer
Volens Nolens Games
Publisher
Volens Nolens Games
Release 27 Feb 2015
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