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Salt 2: Shores of Gold
Salt 2 is a pirate-themed open world adventure focused on exploration, crafting, and survival. Play solo or with up to 5 friends, sailing the sea with your ship as a mobile base. Discover islands full of quests, towns, caves, and secrets. Level up, craft gear, hunt, fish, and customize your ship.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Relaxed exploration and sailing” (69 of 102 reviews) and “Beautiful water and sailing visuals” (13); the most common complaint is “Repetitive shallow gameplay loop” (27). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
69 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Im glad I didnt heed the negative reviews. Ive played it solo and it is a fun game. Still got stuff to do to finish the game, so bye.”
“There is so much to do and explore. Fighting, cooking, crafting, sailing, fishing, hunting, diving, mining and more! It can be mellow or frantic. The water graphics are stunning. Moon and stars, storms, boss fights,…”
“I bought this game on a lark. I'm a major "Raft," fan, and though this has more fighting, mostly with skeleton warriors, the violence is surprisingly not as intense as I feared. Mostly this is about traveling,…”
13 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“There is so much to do and explore. Fighting, cooking, crafting, sailing, fishing, hunting, diving, mining and more! It can be mellow or frantic. The water graphics are stunning. Moon and stars, storms, boss fights,…”
“A wonderful game for co-op. It's a lot of fun to play together. The world is not unique, but very interesting. I was impressed by the underwater world and the number of activities. I enjoy swimming and exploring the…”
“My normal game circulation includes High End Realistic Graphics COD, Diablo 4, ARC Raiders and Star Citizen. I say that because when I first looked at this game from the storefront, i thought "This looks like Harry…”
11 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Im glad I didnt heed the negative reviews. Ive played it solo and it is a fun game. Still got stuff to do to finish the game, so bye.”
“On the one hand, this is a big upgrade on Salt and a good sandbox adventure in its own right - there's a whole load of island types and different POIs to discover, gear to craft and upgrade, puzzles to solve, big ships…”
“Fun little game for an early access. I hope they expand on content and biomes to discover”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“i really love the game. it has sea of thieves vibes. there are pros and cons. Pros- lots of quests and the boat handling is fantastic. lots of caves to explore and good loot. also the face that your friend can join your…”
“the thing about sail is after 10-15 minutes it draws you in and you zone out and you will really like this game if you want a mix of combat and a very good and new fun way of the navigating system that might be hard at…”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“i really love the game. it has sea of thieves vibes. there are pros and cons. Pros- lots of quests and the boat handling is fantastic. lots of caves to explore and good loot. also the face that your friend can join your…”
“A wonderful game for co-op. It's a lot of fun to play together. The world is not unique, but very interesting. I was impressed by the underwater world and the number of activities. I enjoy swimming and exploring the…”
“Really fun! Couple bugs but really good and great with friends :D”
27 of the 102 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“Advertised as a co-op game but most aspects of the game are not shared between players. Boring combat, generic survival crafting system, boring navigation, uninteresting locations. A good idea with very lacklustre…”
“This ones a little confusing i want to like it but i feel its gameplay loop is what kills it. (go to this island loot and murder everything, on to the next) its not a bad game and a definite improvement from the first…”
“IDK, when I first saw the game my immediate thought (having never seen or played Salt 1) was that it would be an RPG version of Sea of Thieves, which honestly was my dream. But after actually playing it, the game feels…”
12 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Advertised as a co-op game but most aspects of the game are not shared between players. Boring combat, generic survival crafting system, boring navigation, uninteresting locations. A good idea with very lacklustre…”
“This ones a little confusing i want to like it but i feel its gameplay loop is what kills it. (go to this island loot and murder everything, on to the next) its not a bad game and a definite improvement from the first…”
“IDK, when I first saw the game my immediate thought (having never seen or played Salt 1) was that it would be an RPG version of Sea of Thieves, which honestly was my dream. But after actually playing it, the game feels…”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Advertised as a co-op game but most aspects of the game are not shared between players. Boring combat, generic survival crafting system, boring navigation, uninteresting locations. A good idea with very lacklustre…”
“- multiplayer is implemented terribly, some players can do quests/enter doors/get rewards, some cant, you have to quit and come back constantly to rejoin other players after they've entered doors that you're locked out…”
“Something in between RAFT game and VALHEIM game. And something also from STRANDED DEEP. Just mix between them. - From RAFT taken cartoon graphics and ability to build floating base and travel around map. - From VALHEIM…”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“i really love the game. it has sea of thieves vibes. there are pros and cons. Pros- lots of quests and the boat handling is fantastic. lots of caves to explore and good loot. also the face that your friend can join your…”
“A wonderful game for co-op. It's a lot of fun to play together. The world is not unique, but very interesting. I was impressed by the underwater world and the number of activities. I enjoy swimming and exploring the…”
“Preliminary review: its like Salt but annoying. For the Stolen Compass, i went to the location it was supposed to be with pirates, there were no pirates. You can get it from any pirates so i go explore, wind up finding…”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Advertised as a co-op game but most aspects of the game are not shared between players. Boring combat, generic survival crafting system, boring navigation, uninteresting locations. A good idea with very lacklustre…”
“Preliminary review: its like Salt but annoying. For the Stolen Compass, i went to the location it was supposed to be with pirates, there were no pirates. You can get it from any pirates so i go explore, wind up finding…”
“good in parts, but spoiled by some bad mechanics.Text in all documents is far to small, sometimes lighting conditions make it unreadable. a long time complaint that devs are aware of, but never been addressed. Time…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I'm at 260 hours and realized I should probably recommend this game, and I do. Chill and relaxing. Sometimes it's just nice to sail. Anyone expecting Assassin's Creed Black Flag or Sea of Thieves won't find it here. Think more of a bit of Skyrim mixed with a bit of LOZ Windwaker…”
— a player, Steam review · 285 hrs played“It's a very chill experience, and that is appreciated. I get that the devs wanted it to be this and they hit their target. I'd like more to do, I love exploring but nearly every island is some kind of locked door requiring some kind of token. It's become just a game of finding…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“This could’ve been a great pirate survival game, but it just isn’t. The idea is solid and there are some nice touches, but everything feels half-finished and overly simple. It gets boring really fast. You keep doing the same thing over and over: sail to an island, loot…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Bug Fixes
Changes Fixed female NPCs not rendering correctly. Fixed closing your inventory while on the known recipes tab causing the world to not render.
Small Update: Performance and Fixes
This update contains a few minor performance improvements as well as bug fixes. Of note is the new option in the in-game settings to adjust island visibility distance. This controls how far away islan
Minor Update on Beta Branch
This update is on the Beta Branch . Hop on over if you want to help us test the upcoming update. This update contains a few minor performance improvements as well as bug fixes. Of note is the new opti
Update: Survival Skill Tree and Legendary Hunts
Survival Skill Tree This update introduces a brand new Survival Skill Tree. You will be able to earn points in this tree by cooking, fishing, and hunting. This tree will include 9 new skills to pick f
Beta Update
This update is on the Beta Branch . Hop on over if you want to help us test the upcoming update. Survival Skill Tree This update introduces a brand new Survival Skill Tree. You will be able to earn po
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Early Access · Open World · Survival · Sailing · Pirates · Crafting · Exploration · Sandbox · Action-Adventure · PvE · Naval · Procedural Generation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 36 |
| Official site | https://www.saltthegame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8 or later Processor: 2.5 Ghz Quad Core or Similar Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 660 or Later With Shader Model 5.0 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space