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Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy is an original 3rd person action-adventure inspired by the mythology of ancient Egypt. Travelling the world via magical portals to foil the evil plans of Set. Sphinx's journey will require all his wits, agility, and special powers.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“I can't believe this happened. Sphinx was one of my favourite games on the GameCube and after more than 10 years I can finally play it again. Only 978 MB space required. It looks great, considering its age. Anti-Aliasing. 60 fps. It's cheap and even cheaper on sale right now.…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“shhhhhhhhhhhhh lets keep this game to are little cult of now mostly 18 to 25 year olds who used to play this when they were 4.”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“Played this on PS2 years ago. I'm very happy it's come on to Steam. Controls are still tight. Fun action - platformer. Hopefully this signals a sequel in the future.”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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2026-02-03 changelog
Hi there, everyone! Time for another stable, cumulative update covering the latest fixes and improvements since our last 2024-04-21 change notes . This is what many of you have been already enjoying i
2024-04-21 changelog
This update comes with lots of bugfixes and gameplay tweaks, improved levels (Cursed Palace, Mummy Sewer and Uruk Temple), and a few higher-quality textures. People with NVIDIA laptops should not get
Twenty years of Sphinx
7305 days ago a game titled Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy was first released in North America. After around three years of development and more than a few name changes, going from « Shadow of Set » at E
2023-10-09 changelog
Hi there! Those wanting to test the first version of the much-requested projected shadows on Windows and Linux + SteamOS can do so now by opting into the «sixty-four-bits» Steam beta branch. At the mo
2023-08-27 changelog
2023-08-27 (Sunday) Add even more HD textures for characters, many enemies, pickup-able 3D items, Abydos Museum jewels, special effects and various environments; like the Abydos minigames, Uruk Castle
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Action-Adventure · Puzzle-Platformer · Atmospheric · Colorful · 3D Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer · RPG · Creature Collector · Third Person · Controller · Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · Stereo Sound · Surround Sound |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 34 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 32 or 64 bit Processor: Intel or AMD 1.5 GHz supporting SSE2 instructions Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 Core Profile compatible like GeForce 8600 Storage: 1 GB available space