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Salt and Sanctuary cover art

Salt and Sanctuary

Ska Studios · 2016-05-17

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 08, 2016 (Linux), Jul 08, 2016 (Mac), Mar 15, 2016 (PlayStation 4), May 17, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 02, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 06, 2019 (Xbox One)

Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

56
playing now
89%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (117 ratings)
32h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

56 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Salt and Sanctuary is a 2D action role-playing video game developed and published by Ska Studios. The game was released on March 15, 2016 for the PlayStation 4, with later releases for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. It is heavily inspired by the Dark Souls series by FromSoftware.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 56 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 675 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~84/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 547k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,863 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2019-10-28) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 5 of 11 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42742720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

96352026-08-06 21:00 — 45 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 78 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 55 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 70 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 96 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 63 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 79 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 92 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 73 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 60 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 81 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 38 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 54 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 92 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 41 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 55 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 72 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 55 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 51 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 61 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 58 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 64 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 63 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 63 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 35 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 46 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 69 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 56 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$4.492016-05-172026-08-282016-05-17 — best price $16.192016-10-07 — best price $12.052016-11-23 — best price $12.052017-01-12 — best price $12.052017-06-22 — best price $10.792017-10-26 — best price $10.792017-12-21 — best price $7.192018-04-18 — best price $7.192018-10-05 — best price $12.052018-11-21 — best price $12.592019-06-25 — best price $8.992019-10-28 — best price $4.492019-11-26 — best price $4.492020-01-23 — best price $4.492020-10-15 — best price $4.492020-11-25 — best price $4.492021-02-11 — best price $4.492021-05-11 — best price $4.492021-08-09 — best price $4.492021-11-24 — best price $4.492022-01-27 — best price $4.492022-03-07 — best price $17.992022-07-07 — best price $17.992022-11-29 — best price $17.992023-03-23 — best price $17.992023-05-23 — best price $17.992023-11-02 — best price $17.992024-01-04 — best price $17.992024-03-21 — best price $17.992024-07-11 — best price $17.992024-12-04 — best price $17.992025-02-17 — best price $17.992025-07-10 — best price $17.992025-11-03 — best price $17.992026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-08-28 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

183482026-05-30 — 86 pageviews2026-06-02 — 57 pageviews2026-06-05 — 94 pageviews2026-06-08 — 84 pageviews2026-06-11 — 70 pageviews2026-06-14 — 78 pageviews2026-06-17 — 67 pageviews2026-06-20 — 61 pageviews2026-06-23 — 60 pageviews2026-06-26 — 61 pageviews2026-06-29 — 73 pageviews2026-07-02 — 61 pageviews2026-07-05 — 72 pageviews2026-07-08 — 88 pageviews2026-07-11 — 82 pageviews2026-07-14 — 64 pageviews2026-07-17 — 48 pageviews2026-07-20 — 64 pageviews2026-07-23 — 63 pageviews2026-07-26 — 102 pageviews2026-07-29 — 80 pageviews2026-08-01 — 69 pageviews2026-08-04 — 62 pageviews2026-08-07 — 63 pageviews2026-08-10 — 78 pageviews2026-08-13 — 62 pageviews2026-08-16 — 67 pageviews2026-08-19 — 67 pageviews2026-08-22 — 82 pageviews2026-08-25 — 64 pageviews2026-08-27 — 100 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
91.1%
earned "Find Sanctuary"
25.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22,8498%37
PS4 (PlayStation)15,65726%38
PS4 (PlayStation)10,10024%38
PS Vita (PlayStation)6,98422%38
Xbox One (Xbox)1,3649%37
Switch (Nintendo)1410%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGDarkGoreCo-opIndieActionDifficultAction RPGPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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