Sanator: Scarlet Scarf on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...

Sanator: Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel, dark fantasy and story rich game developed and published by Ignis Sanat.
Released on June 06th 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 2 languages: English and Russian.

It has received 465 reviews of which 418 were positive and 47 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 1.63€ on Steam with a 80% discount.

The Steam community has classified Sanator: Scarlet Scarf into these genres:

Visual Novel Dark Fantasy Story Rich Horror Atmospheric Anime Hand-drawn Choices Matter RPG Mystery Emotional Adventure Lore-Rich Gore Choose Your Own Adventure Text-Based Nonlinear Dark Fantasy 2D

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP
Processor: 1.66 Ghz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX compatible card
Storage: 700 MB available space
Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0c compatible

MacOS

OS: OSX Leopard 10.5.8 or later
Processor: 1.66 Ghz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
Storage: 700 MB available space

Linux

OS: x86
Processor: 1.66 Ghz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
Storage: 700 MB available space

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March 2025

Having read some of the negative reviews before buying the game (heavily discounted, for what it's worth) citing the extensive lore/mythos/codex relative the short playtime, I got increasingly frustrated with those negative reviews as I read through Scarlet Scarf. I should note - it took me 2 hours to 100% the game and I probably would have been frustrated at that if I had bought it for full price, but coming at the game for its content There's two approaches to worldbuilding in fantasy - you can start with your story and make a world to fit it, or start with a world and tell a story from it. The former is more common - it's much easier, after all - but Scarlet Scarf takes the latter approach and I'm glad that it does. The story takes place in a world with offhand references to cities, countries, belief systems, and mythologies that are never mentioned more than in passing. The characters talk and think in patterns that aren't quite the same as our own - some may chalk this up to a rough translation but I think the writing really helps convey the sense that this is a different world. Not to get pretentious by dropping philosophy quotes in a steam review, but the below was used in a milo song and it's stuck with me (from the 1993 movie Wittgenstein): "If a lion could speak, we would not be able to understand what he said. ...Yes, yes, hum, we, we could get an interpreter... but what possible use would that be? To imagine a language is to imagine a form of life! It's what we do and who we are that gives meaning to our words. I can't understand a lion's language because I don't know what his world is like! How can I know the world a lion inhabits?!" It kept coming to mind while I was reading - even if it's only because of a rough translation, why should I assume that I would be able to perfectly understand people from another world and culture, even if they're speaking my language? Their references, thought patterns, internalized beliefs, etc are all going to be different from mine. Of /course/ it's not going to read like prose written by someone in my country, why would it? How could it? What I mean to say is that despite the short playtime, Scarlet Scarf really made me feel like I was in a different world with all the consequences that would come of it. The slice of the world we get to see is tantalizingly brief, but I have full confidence that there are countless stories going on outside the walls of Reustadt because of the care that was put in to developing it. Ultimately, I got this game on sale for $2 and it's an absolute steal at that price.

March 2025

i quite in joyed playing this game and id recomend it to someone who is looking for a interesting and short-ish story with a magic plague. future tech stuff. and 2 odd kissing sceans. and a plague doctor throwing hands. if that kind of stuff intrests you then here you go

July 2024

I don't even remember when and how I got this game, but well I played it. It is my second visual novel after Everlasting Summer and what can I say, the story is great, music is perfect for setting and atmosphere is dark. I recommend this game if you catch when there is discount and if you don't have anything to play.

June 2024

I love the art style of this game so, so much. The second i got 4 hours of gameplay, i bought all the wallpapers from the points store, really charming.

April 2024

I read every single line, got all the endings, read the extras and the secret story and I gotta say, this is a very interesting world. It is quite thought out, with quite the history, setting and mythology. Though the main story and plot that happened in the game itself I would say is not the best, but it's intriguing nonetheless, it still landed where it wanted to. It's definitely helped a great deal by its art style which stands out immediately. It's gritty, dark, but colorful and beautiful. The soundtrack is atmospheric, fitting in nicely with the visuals. This isn't really a story that tells you the profoundness of life, nor shatters your heart with emotional storytelling. It's more about its ideas, the settings and the fantasy elements. I highly regret playing only this now, It's very nice, I highly recommend!

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-80% 8.19€ 1.63€

8.4

418

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Developer

Ignis Sanat

Publisher

Ignis Sanat

Release 06 Jun 2019

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