Publishers: Ska Studios
Developers: Ska Studios
Genres: Action, RPG, Indie, Platformer
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, macOS, PC, Linux
Released: 2016-03-15
Salt and Sanctuary
Salt and Sanctuary is a 2D action with role-playing elements developed by Ska Studios.
Plot and art style
The game follows an unnamed protagonist who escorts princess on a sail to her marriage in the distant country. The ship gets attacked by brigands that slay the whole crew and later gets destroyed by sea giant Kraekan resulting protagonist to find himself on a mysterious island. The hero must now find a way from the island and save lost princess.
The game is notable for its hand-drawn watercolor art style with the dark and cold palette.
Gameplay
The gameplay is heavily inspired by From Software’s Souls series and Castlevania franchise. The game mixes traditional Metroidvania-style exploration with several game mechanics borrowed from Dark Souls. At the beginning of the game, the player chooses one of eight classes. The class affects initial equipment of the character and his starting skills. It does not, however, affect character’s stats or restrict him from acquiring any skills from the Skill Tree later in the game.
The combat relies on different types of attacks, dodging, blocking and use of various abilities and items. There are more than 600 weapons, pieces of armor, disposable items and other equipment that can be found throughout the game.
The game features local multiplayer, both cooperative and competitive.
Salt and Sanctuary System Requirements:
Minimum System Requirements:
Minimum System Requirements for macOS
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
Minimum System Requirements for PC
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
Minimum System Requirements for Linux
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
Recommended System Requirements:
Recommended System Requirements for macOS
Recommended:
- OS: Latest macOS Release
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+ support
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported
Recommended System Requirements for PC
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 8
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® 9600GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 5000+ or better
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers
- Additional Notes: Xbox360 Gamepad recommended
Recommended System Requirements for Linux
Recommended:
- OS: glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+ support
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported