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Salt and Sacrifice
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
21 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“I enjoyed it. I recommend heavy armor & not grinding for upgrade materials: you'll find plenty by just trying everything once.”
6 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“One of my favourite games and a good succesor to the first in the series. the mixed reviews are really sad because it led to this game overall dying which sucks because it has great multiplayer and cooperative elements…”
“The game it's manageable in coop, but you need a friend because no much people online. Solo it's hard and the lasts zone pikes difficulty considerably.”
“Game is really fun especially with a friend. Easy bosses, smooth gameplay. Really underrated must play.”
6 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“While I haven't finished this game yet, there's a lot more to this game that I can't really get into, so I'll just quickly cover what this game does, what I like, what I dislike, and some oddities I found with this…”
3 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“I enjoyed it. I recommend heavy armor & not grinding for upgrade materials: you'll find plenty by just trying everything once.”
32 of the 66 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
11 of the 66 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The levels are not optimised for the various mages, the DPS is way too high, being able to be air-juggled to death is not fun and heavy armour feels like a worthless investment. Also, no proper respeccing, respec one at…”
“Without a doubt the best part is the stunlocking and being thrown to gravity deaths. People say its not like Salt and Sanctuary, I disagree - its just as annoying - but there's something about it that makes you fight on.”
6 of the 66 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The levels are not optimised for the various mages, the DPS is way too high, being able to be air-juggled to death is not fun and heavy armour feels like a worthless investment. Also, no proper respeccing, respec one at…”
“NOT Salt and Sanctuary 2, although seemingly connected one way or another to the first game however not directly. If you want a gameplay loop similar to Salt 1, then this game is NOT for you. Salt and Sacrifice's…”
4 of the 66 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“One of my favourite games and a good succesor to the first in the series. the mixed reviews are really sad because it led to this game overall dying which sucks because it has great multiplayer and cooperative elements…”
“The game it's manageable in coop, but you need a friend because no much people online. Solo it's hard and the lasts zone pikes difficulty considerably.”
3 of the 66 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“One of my favourite games and a good succesor to the first in the series. the mixed reviews are really sad because it led to this game overall dying which sucks because it has great multiplayer and cooperative elements…”
Counted across 66 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 62.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I expected Dark Souls, but I got Monster Hunter”
— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played“The current "mixed reviews" status breaks my heart. This is a great game. It's a souls metroidvania with chase 'em down hunt mechanic mixed with some stationary bosses as well. It's not the second game of the series to me. It's it's own game. gg. Also, the crafting of gear and…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“First off, we all must realize this is not Salt and Sanctuary 2, it's Salt and Sacrifice, so I'll judge the game on it's own terms, so... [h2] Souls-like meets Monster Hunter [/h2] Picture this scenario: you're on a hunt in a MH game and the monster flees from you, so you…”
— a player, Steam review · 47 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Balance Patch 2.0.0.1 Released
We've applied many fixes, balance changes, and quality-of-life improvements based on user feedback. Please see the full list below. Weapon and armor balance - Slower weapon scaling and target damage i
Patch 2.0.0.1 Balance Update Released!
We have been busy reading all your feedback and working on the next update for Salt and Sacrifice. There's still a lot more we want to do but we decided it was time to start letting players get their
Hotfix 2.0.0.0_a
Hotfix 2.0.0.0_a - Fixed bug preventing bosses from initializing properly in Heart of Altarstone. - Fixed bug preventing players from vanquishing Shirenna. - Fixed improper text appearing in holding c
Update: The Traitor's Tomb
We're pleased to announce our debut on Steam will be launching with the an all-new content update: The Traitor's Tomb. Details follow: Salt and Sacrifice Patch 2.0.0.0 The Traitor’s Tomb Update New Co
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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, RPG |
| Player tags | Online Co-Op · Souls-like · Metroidvania · Action RPG · Character Customization · Dark Fantasy · Co-op · Co-op Campaign · Hack and Slash · Action · Adventure · RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 56 |
| Official site | https://ska-studios.com/games/salt-and-sacrifice/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent Memory: 4 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: Gamepad recommended