Salt and Sanctuary
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 20h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- At least 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Forest” (Defeat the Mad Alchemist) and “The Palace” (Defeat the Nameless God): from 50% to 24% of starters.
- 91% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 22,066 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 21.9h for positive, 7.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (91% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Banquet Defeat the Sodden Knight. 79% −21
- The Village Defeat the Queen of Smiles. 53% −26
- The Forest Defeat the Mad Alchemist. 50% −3
- The Palace Defeat the Nameless God. Most players quit here 24% −26
- Find Salvation Escape the island. ≥17% −7
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (37)
story milestone ending side
- Find Sanctuary Claim your first sanctuary. 100%
- The Three Take an oath to The Three. 81%
- The Banquet Defeat the Sodden Knight. 79%
- Devara's Light Take an oath to Devara's Light. 54%
- The Village Defeat the Queen of Smiles. 53%
- The Forest Defeat the Mad Alchemist. 50%
- The Keep Defeat the Kraekan Cyclops. 48%
- The Imposter Defeat the False Jester. 47%
- Branded Discover your first brand. 47%
- The Iron Ones Take an oath to The Iron Ones. 42%
- The Castle Defeat the Kraekan Wyrm. 42%
- The Red Hall Defeat the Tree of Men. 36%
- The Dome Defeat the Untouched Inquisitor. 35%
- The Sacrifice Defeat the Third Lamb. 34%
- The Cave Defeat the Disemboweled Husk. 31%
- The Ziggurat Defeat the Dried King. 31%
- The Mire Defeat that Stench Most Foul. 29%
- The Stone Roots Take an oath to The Stone Roots. 28%
- Storied Bear all possible brands. 28%
- The Construct Defeat the Bloodless Prince. 28%
- The Ruins Defeat the Coveted. 27%
- The Lake Defeat the Witch of the Lake. 27%
- The Alkymancery Defeat the Unskinned and the Architect. 26%
- The Crypt Defeat Kraekan Dragon Skourzh. 25%
- The Pitchwoods Defeat Carsejaw the Cruel. 24%
- The Palace Defeat the Nameless God. 24%
- Honed Achieve the maximum upgrade level of a weapon. 21%
- The House of Splendor Take an oath to The House of Splendor. 17%
- Find Salvation Escape the island. 17%
- Dominion Become the new lord of the island. 15%
- Devoted Achieve the maximum devotion level in your creed. 14%
- Coastrock Aid a despondent thief. 14%
- Wise Words Aid a questing knight. 13%
- The Unspeakable Deep Defeat the Unspeakable Deep. 13%
- Order of the Betrayer Take an oath to the Order of the Betrayer. 11%
- Keepers of Fire and Sky Take an oath to the gods of Fire and Sky. 11%
- Fading Fast Aid an unraveling sorceror. 8.8%