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Salt and Sanctuary cover art

Salt and Sanctuary

Ska Studios · 2016-05-17

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ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Salt and Sanctuary is an Action, Indie, RPG game released in 2016, priced at $17.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (89% of 21906 reviews) sentiment.

62
playing now
89%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (117 ratings)
64
Nexus mods (81k downloads)
4.65★
PlayStation Store rating (20,234 ratings)
83/100
opencritic · strong · 85% recommend · from 72 critics
32h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

62 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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.

Trailer

Salt and Sanctuary trailer thumbnail

Salt and Sanctuary - Currents Trailer | PS4, PS Vita

≈431,295 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 62 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 3% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 548k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,906 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 4 of 15 observed days (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

150402026-09-16 04:00 — 55 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 56 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 55 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 61 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 69 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 59 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 52 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 69 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 77 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 46 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 41 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 87 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 58 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 94 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 150 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 68 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 94 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 118 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 76 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 100 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 90 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 71 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 62 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
81757May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 817 · peak 2,422Sep 2016 — avg 216 · peak 389Jan 2017 — avg 372 · peak 785May 2017 — avg 474 · peak 1,529Sep 2017 — avg 126 · peak 224Jan 2018 — avg 306 · peak 691May 2018 — avg 190 · peak 378Sep 2018 — avg 123 · peak 250Jan 2019 — avg 156 · peak 313May 2019 — avg 101 · peak 185Sep 2019 — avg 89 · peak 190Jan 2020 — avg 198 · peak 375May 2020 — avg 131 · peak 221Sep 2020 — avg 115 · peak 220Jan 2021 — avg 217 · peak 540May 2021 — avg 236 · peak 1,050Sep 2021 — avg 146 · peak 276Jan 2022 — avg 253 · peak 603May 2022 — avg 223 · peak 557Sep 2022 — avg 85 · peak 170Jan 2023 — avg 138 · peak 270May 2023 — avg 114 · peak 219Sep 2023 — avg 78 · peak 155Jan 2024 — avg 114 · peak 238May 2024 — avg 84 · peak 170Sep 2024 — avg 90 · peak 173Jan 2025 — avg 93 · peak 186May 2025 — avg 68 · peak 134Sep 2025 — avg 69 · peak 173Jan 2026 — avg 76 · peak 162May 2026 — avg 62 · peak 115Aug 2026 — avg 64 · peak 132
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$4.492016-05-172026-10-092016-05-17 — 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 $17.992026-09-04 — best price $17.992026-10-02 — best price $17.992026-10-09 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

110462026-05-30 — 86 pageviews2026-06-03 — 50 pageviews2026-06-07 — 109 pageviews2026-06-11 — 70 pageviews2026-06-15 — 70 pageviews2026-06-19 — 54 pageviews2026-06-23 — 60 pageviews2026-06-27 — 90 pageviews2026-07-01 — 97 pageviews2026-07-05 — 72 pageviews2026-07-09 — 59 pageviews2026-07-13 — 67 pageviews2026-07-17 — 48 pageviews2026-07-21 — 62 pageviews2026-07-25 — 79 pageviews2026-07-29 — 80 pageviews2026-08-02 — 89 pageviews2026-08-06 — 80 pageviews2026-08-10 — 78 pageviews2026-08-14 — 53 pageviews2026-08-18 — 58 pageviews2026-08-22 — 82 pageviews2026-08-26 — 84 pageviews2026-08-30 — 78 pageviews2026-09-03 — 96 pageviews2026-09-07 — 83 pageviews2026-09-11 — 68 pageviews2026-09-15 — 70 pageviews2026-09-19 — 67 pageviews2026-09-23 — 46 pageviews2026-09-27 — 74 pageviews2026-10-01 — 70 pageviews2026-10-05 — 60 pageviews2026-10-09 — 62 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGDarkGoreCo-opIndieActionDifficultAction RPGPlatformer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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