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Salt 2: Shores of Gold

Lavaboots Studios · 2025-11-12

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 12, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Salt 2 is a pirate-themed open world adventure focused on exploration, crafting, and survival. Play solo or with up to 5 friends, sailing the sea with your ship as a mobile base. Discover islands full of quests, towns, caves, and secrets. Level up, craft gear, hunt, fish, and customize your ship.

33
playing now
85%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

You wake up stranded on an island and must find resources to build a raft and head out to sea. Set sail across the world solo or with up to 5 friends. Your ship will act as your traveling base as you explore in any direction you want. Discover islands filled with hundreds of hand crafted caves, ruins, pirate forts, and other mysterious places. Follow the main storyline to uncover the mysteries of the world or join various guilds and earn a name for yourself. Craft powerful weapons and armor, hunt and fish for survival, level up your character unlocking unique skills and talents for your gear, (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 33 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 430 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~54/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 10,794 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 47k–106k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,351 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2023-04-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 16 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29129120222026Week of 2022-09-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

82162026-08-11 22:00 — 70 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 67 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 32 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 57 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 51 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 71 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 82 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 32 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 54 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 39 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 53 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 41 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 25 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 63 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 47 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 36 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 73 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 33 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 31 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 68 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 23 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 57 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 26 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 26 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 53 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992022-09-202026-08-102022-09-20 — best price $16.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-02-06 — best price $13.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-29 — best price $12.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-09-25 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-22 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-27 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-16 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-02-10 — best price $19.992025-04-14 — best price $9.992025-06-02 — best price $19.992025-08-04 — best price $9.992025-09-22 — best price $19.992025-11-12 — best price $15.992025-11-21 — best price $15.992025-12-12 — best price $10.002026-01-10 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-04-01 — best price $19.992026-06-20 — best price $10.002026-07-14 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $9.992026-08-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
31.4%
earned "Well Well Well"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

3DPvENavalPiratesSailingSandboxCraftingSurvivalOpen WorldExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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