Salt and Sanctuary
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2016
Genres
- soulsvania
- action role-playing game
- platform game
- action game*
- role-playing video game*
Play modes
- co-op mode
- single-player video game
- multiplayer video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 2*
Content classifications
- ESRB · PlayStation Vita*
- Classification
- M - Mature*
Localized titles
- Salt and Sanctuary
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- Yes*
Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- RPG*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Multi-player*
- Shared/Split Screen*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Remote Play on TV*
- Remote Play Together*
- Family Sharing*
- Local co-op*
Interface languages
- English*
- German*
- Japanese*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
Community tags · historical
- Souls-like*
- Votes · historical
- 728*
- Metroidvania*
- Votes · historical
- 366*
- Dark Fantasy*
- Votes · historical
- 325*
- 2D*
- Votes · historical
- 305*
- Difficult*
- Votes · historical
- 301*
- RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 282*
- Action*
- Votes · historical
- 231*
- Platformer*
- Votes · historical
- 213*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 159*
- Local Co-Op*
- Votes · historical
- 154*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 136*
- Dark*
- Votes · historical
- 132*
- Action RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 121*
- Co-op*
- Votes · historical
- 114*
- Gore*
- Votes · historical
- 113*
- Side Scroller*
- Votes · historical
- 111*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 100*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 89*
- Horror*
- Votes · historical
- 82*
- Story Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 72*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows Vista*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- DirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support*
- Graphics API
- Version 10*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Audio hardware
- 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers*
- Conditions
- Xbox360 Gamepad recommended*
- macOS · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Lion 10.7.5*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Conditions
- SDL_GameController devices fully supported*
- Linux · Minimum*
- Operating system
- glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit. S3TC support is NOT required.*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Conditions
- SDL_GameController devices fully supported*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Graphics alternatives
- NVIDIA® 9600GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 5000+ or better*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+*
- Memory
- 2 GB*
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27*
- Memory
- 2 GB*
Compatibility and community reports
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Full*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 12*
- Community confidence
- moderate*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Ska Studios
Publishers
- Ska Studios
Release history
- 2016-05-17
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2016-05-17 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2016-05-17*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- 2017-03-28 · PlayStation Vita*
- Release date
- 2017-03-28*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- PlayStation Vita*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- May 17, 2016*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 14 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- DirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 1* GB
- Name
- Salt and Sanctuary*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- NVIDIA® 9600GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 5000+ or better*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- 2* GB
- Release year
- 2,016*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- DirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 1 GB*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Graphics alternatives
- NVIDIA® 9600GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 5000+ or better*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Memory
- 2 GB*
Specifications 2 · 12 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Ska Studios
- Ska Studios*
- Developers · PlayStation Vita
- Ska Studios
- Ska Studios*
- ESRB classification · PlayStation Vita
- ESRB · PlayStation Vita
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- action game
- action game*
- platform game
- platform game*
- role-playing video game
- role-playing video game*
- Genres · PlayStation Vita
- action game
- action game*
- platform game
- platform game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 2*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Platform
- PlayStation Vita
- PlayStation Vita*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Ska Studios
- Ska Studios*
- Publishers · PlayStation Vita
- Ska Studios
- Ska Studios*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2016-05-17 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2016-05-17*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Release date · PlayStation Vita
- 2017-03-28 · PlayStation Vita
- Release date
- 2017-03-28*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- PlayStation Vita*
Specifications 3 · 34 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 37*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 72* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 771* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Multi-player*
- Shared/Split Screen*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Remote Play on TV*
- Remote Play Together*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Ska Studios*
- DLC count · historical
- 0*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1000000 - 2000000*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Linux support · historical
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 72* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 352* min
- Metacritic score
- 84*
- Name
- Salt and Sanctuary*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 2,167*
- Peak ccu
- 48*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 18,485*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 4.49*
- Publishers
- Ska Studios*
- Recommendations
- 19,458*
- Store release date · historical
- May 17, 2016*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 17*
- Interface languages
- English*
- German*
- Japanese*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Game website · historical
- http://www.saltandsanctuary.com/*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Multi-player
- Multi-player*
- Shared/Split Screen
- Shared/Split Screen*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Remote Play on TV
- Remote Play on TV*
- Remote Play Together
- Remote Play Together*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Ska Studios
- Ska Studios*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Ska Studios
- Ska Studios*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- May 17, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English*
- German*
- Japanese*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 858* min
- Ccu
- 48*
- Developer
- Ska Studios*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Historical US original list price
- 1,799* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- German*
- Japanese*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 341* min
- Name
- Salt and Sanctuary*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 2,167*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 18,485*
- Historical US price
- 1,799* US cents
- Publisher
- Ska Studios*
- Community tags · historical
- Souls-like*
- Metroidvania*
- Dark Fantasy*
- 2D*
- Difficult*
- RPG*
- Action*
- Platformer*
- Indie*
- Local Co-Op*
- Atmospheric*
- Dark*
- Action RPG*
- Co-op*
- Gore*
- Side Scroller*
- Singleplayer*
- Adventure*
- Horror*
- Story Rich*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Languages
- English*
- German*
- Japanese*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Community tags · historical
- Souls-like
- Souls-like*
- Metroidvania
- Metroidvania*
- Dark Fantasy
- Dark Fantasy*
- 2D
- 2D*
- Difficult
- Difficult*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Action
- Action*
- Platformer
- Platformer*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Local Co-Op
- Local Co-Op*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Dark
- Dark*
- Action RPG
- Action RPG*
- Co-op
- Co-op*
- Gore
- Gore*
- Side Scroller
- Side Scroller*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Horror
- Horror*
- Story Rich
- Story Rich*
- Tags votes
- Souls-like
- Votes · historical
- 728*
- Metroidvania
- Votes · historical
- 366*
- Dark Fantasy
- Votes · historical
- 325*
- 2D
- Votes · historical
- 305*
- Difficult
- Votes · historical
- 301*
- RPG
- Votes · historical
- 282*
- Action
- Votes · historical
- 231*
- Platformer
- Votes · historical
- 213*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 159*
- Local Co-Op
- Votes · historical
- 154*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 136*
- Dark
- Votes · historical
- 132*
- Action RPG
- Votes · historical
- 121*
- Co-op
- Votes · historical
- 114*
- Gore
- Votes · historical
- 113*
- Side Scroller
- Votes · historical
- 111*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 100*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 89*
- Horror
- Votes · historical
- 82*
- Story Rich
- Votes · historical
- 72*
Specifications 5 · 30 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Multi-player*
- Shared/Split Screen*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Remote Play on TV*
- Remote Play Together*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Ska Studios*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Linux requirements
- Minimum: OS: glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit. S3TC support is NOT required. Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable) Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported *
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: OS: Lion 10.7.5 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable) Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported *
- Metacritic score
- 84*
- Name
- Salt and Sanctuary*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers Additional Notes: Xbox360 Gamepad recommended *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- linux*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $17.99*
- Publishers
- Ska Studios*
- Recommendations total
- 19,382*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- May 17, 2016*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 17*
- Interface languages
- English, German, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Multi-player
- Multi-player*
- Shared/Split Screen
- Shared/Split Screen*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Remote Play on TV
- Remote Play on TV*
- Remote Play Together
- Remote Play Together*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Ska Studios
- Ska Studios*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Linux requirements
- Linux · Minimum
- Operating system
- glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit. S3TC support is NOT required.*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Conditions
- SDL_GameController devices fully supported*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Minimum
- Operating system
- Lion 10.7.5*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Conditions
- SDL_GameController devices fully supported*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows Vista*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- DirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support*
- Graphics API
- Version 10*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Audio hardware
- 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers*
- Conditions
- Xbox360 Gamepad recommended*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Ska Studios
- Ska Studios*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- May 17, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English*
- German*
- Japanese*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
Specifications 6 · 20 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- full*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- verified*
- Store genres
- Action|Indie|RPG*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- Yes*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 1,249*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- moderate*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 12*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- 2* GB
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,016*
- Title
- Salt and Sanctuary*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Full*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- Local co-op
- Local co-op*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 12*
- Community confidence
- moderate*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27
- Memory
- 2 GB*
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