Released May 17, 2016 $17.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Salt and Sanctuary

By Ska Studios

Souls-like Metroidvania Dark Fantasy 2D Difficult RPG Action Platformer IndieLocal Co-OpAtmosphericDark

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Reviews 20,166 Very Positive

Players yesterday 48 at the busiest moment

Owners 1M–2M estimated

Salt and Sanctuary is a game tagged Souls-like, Metroidvania and Dark Fantasy by Ska Studios, released May 17, 2016. It has 20,166 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 1M–2M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Unworthy, DarkMaus and Watcher Chronicles.

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.

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Unworthy 89% match · Souls-like, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy
DarkMaus 86% match · Souls-like, Dark Fantasy, 2D
Watcher Chronicles 86% match · Souls-like, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy
Death's Gambit: Afterlife 85% match · Souls-like, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy
WarriOrb 79% match · Souls-like, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy
Mortal Shell 76% match · Souls-like, Dark Fantasy, Difficult
THE DARK DWELLERS 75% match · Souls-like, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy
Dark Devotion 74% match · Souls-like, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy
Blasphemous 73% match · Souls-like, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy
The Light of the Darkness: Origins 73% match · Souls-like, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Salt and Sanctuary · record updated 16 hours ago

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Overview

App ID283640

Release dateMay 17, 2016Early Access Jan 1, 1970

Last change number39395234

Last record update16 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Ska Studios
Publisher: Ska Studios
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Salt and Sanctuary
Metacritic: 84
Website: saltandsanctuary.com
Links: Discord

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes
German	Yes
Japanese	Yes
French	Yes
Italian	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes
Korean	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes

All 13 languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Polish	Yes
Russian	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes
Turkish	Yes

Windows macOS Linux

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerMulti-playerShared/split screenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily SharingFull controller support

Prices

Price · US$17.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$17.99Oct 26, 2026

Checked18 hours agoin 41 regions

AustraliaA$AUD

Every price change is kept from Oct 26, 2026 on. Pick a region below to compare.

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
22733741	public	Apr 10, 2026
22733741	preview	Apr 10, 2026
22733686	fna-win32	Apr 10, 2026
16900612	1.0.2.1	Nov 4, 2025
11401007	1.0.1.1b	Jun 3, 2024
9928493	1.0.0.9	Apr 9, 2023
6032523	1.0.0.8	Oct 28, 2022
2934521	linux32	Dec 31, 2020
1681747	beta	Mar 10, 2017

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
39101	Salt and Sanctuary	1	$17.99
62453 Bundle	Possessor(s) x Salt and Sanctuary	2	$25.18
83312 Bundle	Salt and Sanctuary and Rogue Blight	2	$25.54
35979 Bundle	Bundle of Salt	2	$32.28
57213 Bundle	Salt and Sanctuary and Primal Planet	2	$32.28
75163 Bundle	AWAKEN - Astral Blade x Salt and Sanctuary	2	$34.18
2998 Bundle	Ska Studios: The Skallection	4	$49.26

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
229012	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
283641	—	Windows	924.3 MB	434.1 MB	4011154787757119917
283642	—	Linux	896.8 MB	434.6 MB	2672969186393275660
283643	—	macOS	899.9 MB	435.6 MB	1173490967298319513

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	22733741	Apr 10, 2026	Open
preview preview build	22733741	Apr 10, 2026	Open
fna-win32 FNA for Windows - Unsupported!	22733686	Apr 10, 2026	Open
1.0.2.1 Previous Update	16900612	Nov 4, 2025	Open
1.0.1.1b Enhanced - Pre-Monogame	11401007	Jun 3, 2024	Open
1.0.0.9 Repolish Update	9928493	Apr 9, 2023	Open
1.0.0.8 Legacy Version	6032523	Oct 28, 2022	Open
linux32 32-bit Linux (Legacy)	2934521	Dec 31, 2020	Open
beta Old beta branch - Windows only	1681747	Mar 10, 2017	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Salt and Sanctuary

Executable	Systems	Description
salt.exe	Windows · 32-bit	Launch
./SaltAndSanctuary	Linux
Salt.app/Contents/MacOS/SaltAndSanctuary	macOS

Space per player95.4 MB

Filesup to 100

Save locations2

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinMyDocuments	Salt and Sanctuary/savedata/	*.slv	All
WinMyDocuments	Salt and Sanctuary/savedata/	*.rand	All

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Salt and Sanctuary

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Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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