Salt and Sanctuary
Salt and Sanctuary is a 2D action role-playing game developed by Ska Studios and released in 2016. It combines side-scrolling combat with mechanics inspired by action RPGs, including stamina management and…
Salt and Sanctuary is an adventure developed by Ska Studios, released 15 March 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One. The main story takes about 32.1 hrs to finish.
What Salt and Sanctuary is
Salt and Sanctuary is an adventure game developed by Ska Studios and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
A doomed sailor is shipwrecked on an uncharted island. In fog-shrouded valleys, where grinning, mossy corpses cling to rusted arms, shambling figures begin to stir. Beneath crumbling, salt-worn structures, labyrinthine passageways lead to unspeakable evil, long forgotten by man.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 37 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Salt and Sanctuary holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 130 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 32.1 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent, 1 GB RAM and DirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Salt and Sanctuary launched on 15 March 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Stardew Valley and SuperHot. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Stardew Valley, SuperHot.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Salt and Sanctuary yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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