Sanctuary RPG is an adventure game developed by Black Shell Games. The game was released on April 29, 2014 for Microsoft Windows. Gameplay Sanctuary RPG is a role-playing game that uses ASCII art to render its world. In the game, players control an adventurer searching for an entity called- The Matron. Players explore the sprawling locales of Westhaven in addition to the main storyline. Players must defeat many enemies on their travels, ranging from slimes to skeletons and robots. The game utilizes permadeath in its default mode, eliminating the option to respawn after death. In the game, players have characters that progress through the game which is the goal of defeating enemies and bosses. Players select destinations via the context menu to explore the game world and engage in battle with various enemies via a combo-based combat system. Winning battles grants the player gold, experience points, and items. In addition to combat, players explore the world and talk to various non-player characters throughout the game. The game has a crafting system that allows players to create weapons and armor. Reception PC Gamer Tom Sykes describes the game as “a streamlined and grind-free take on Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest and early Ultima and Things Like That”. He goes on further to elaborate that the game is “an expansive first person-ish fantasy world you interact with by typing numbers on your keyboard.” With regard to the game world itself, he noted that “Narration and dialogue is playful and pretty funny, while the lack of painstakingly drawn art has allowed the team to imagine outlandish creatures and scenarios to their heart's content.” Pearson concluded, “Despite appearances – and despite the whole permadeath thing in Classic mode – Sanctuary is actually fairly streamlined and forgiving, downplaying time sinky stuff like inventory management to ensure that you're always moving forward.” Rock Paper Shotgun Konstantinos Dimopoulos's review of the game states, “Describing SanctuaryRPG as a huge, hilarious and most honorable devourer of free time would be an understatement. Also, a rather vague statement too, as this freeware beauty also happens to be a proper, full-fledged text-based RPG with some terrific ASCII illustrations and outrageous bosses, that lets you fantasize about being anything from a burly barbarian or a pious paladin to a roaming ranger or a wicked wizard.” Destructoid Patrick Hancock praised the game, stating that “It's got a very old-school vibe thanks to the