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Salt

Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.

Released Feb 6, 2018 Developer Lavaboots Studios Platforms Windows · Linux Open World Survival CraftOpen WorldSurvivalAdventureCrafting
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

76.5%positive2,238 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Worth the two bucks when its on sale.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Good game. Salt 2 is even better. the first Salt is a good time also.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 6 found this helpful

“Abandoned in development to start Salt 2 before this game was ever finished, it's a buggy mess and not worth paying for. I also don't recommend the dev because he literally screwed us on this Early Access by promising everything that ended up in Salt 2.”

— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

29achievements
1.8%median completion
0.5%rarest: That's Hardcore
12.9% of players 8.5% of players 6.0% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.0% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 12.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
12.9%Treasure Tracker — Dig up some buried treasure
8.5%High As A Kite — Obtain a Hightop Bloom Flower.
6.0%Legendary — Obtain a legendary item.
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%That's Hardcore — Defeat Draegan on Hardcore Mode.
0.5%Merchant Master — Complete every merchant quest in the game.
0.5%Master Navigator — Obtain the Golden Compass.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU14.99 EUR
UK11.39 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada17.49 CAD
Japan1,520 JPY
Brazil28.99 BRL
China50.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.7 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 23, 2021
The Salt 2 Kickstarter is live!

Hey everyone! As you may know, Salt 2 has been in development for about a year now and we are making great progress. We plan on releasing onto Early Access later this year and we want to make sure the

May 04, 2020
Wild West and Wizards Launch

Ahoy mateys! We just launched our second open world title, Wild West and Wizards on Steam. If you were a fan of the exploration and open world aspect of Salt, you might enjoy an adventure in the Wild

Feb 19, 2018
Hotfix Update

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7000791/cfba59c36338b613718188cef0111cd6c726fe90.png Hey everyone! We recently pushed some bug fixes and changes since release. If

Feb 19, 2018
Hotfix Update

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7000791/cfba59c36338b613718188cef0111cd6c726fe90.png Hey everyone! We recently pushed some bug fixes and changes since release. If

Feb 06, 2018
Salt is Officially Released!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7000791/4a8975f0816cf3f9b9ef674801eced70a843c2f5.png Hey everyone! Today we have released Salt out of early access! Again we want

Games like Salt

From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

Salt 2: Shores of Gold Salt 2: Shores of Gold 85.2% · 1,442 reviews shares Sailing, Naval, Pirates, Crafting Windward Windward 79.9% · 2,626 reviews shares Sailing, Naval, Pirates, Procedural Generation The Long Dark The Long Dark 87.1% · 46,444 reviews shares Open World Survival Craft, Crafting, Walking Simulator, Sandbox No Man's Sky No Man's Sky 83.1% · 228,587 reviews shares Open World Survival Craft, Crafting, Procedural Generation, Sandbox Total Miner Total Miner 79.0% · 729 reviews shares Open World Survival Craft, Crafting, Sandbox, Open World Stranded Deep Stranded Deep 73.7% · 25,169 reviews shares Open World Survival Craft, Crafting, Sandbox, Open World Voidtrain Voidtrain 72.5% · 4,692 reviews shares Open World Survival Craft, Crafting, Sandbox, Open World Solace Crafting Solace Crafting 72.9% · 772 reviews shares Open World Survival Craft, Crafting, Procedural Generation, Sandbox

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsOpen World Survival Craft · Open World · Survival · Adventure · Crafting · Exploration · Pirates · Multiplayer · Sandbox · First-Person · Singleplayer · Indie (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements29
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://saltthegame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or later Processor: 2.0Ghz Dual Core CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512MB video card with shader model 2.0 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 700 MB available space