Can I Run Salt and Sanctuary?
Salt and Sanctuary is an action indie game from Ska Studios, released in 2016. Ska Studios both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. It is localised into 13 languages according to the store listing. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. Split screen on one PC is supported, a feature most releases have quietly dropped. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. It carries 37 achievements. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Its Metacritic score stands at 84. With more than 19 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista |
| DirectX | 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® 9600GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 5000+ or better |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB |
| OS | Windows 8 |
| DirectX | 10 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a bleak fantasy world. Play is structured around interlocking areas that reward learning the route. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented in two dimensions.
Why Salt and Sanctuary is demanding
Salt and Sanctuary needs only 2 GB of RAM. Disk footprint is light, near 2 GB. It targets DirectX 10, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Salt and Sanctuary?
Salt and Sanctuary targets a mainstream modern PC: DirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support and 1 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA® 9600GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 5000+ or better for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: RAM
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What are the minimum system requirements for Salt and Sanctuary?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent; GPU: DirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support; 1 GB RAM; OS: Windows Vista.
How much storage does Salt and Sanctuary need?
Salt and Sanctuary needs about 2 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Salt and Sanctuary?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Salt and Sanctuary is the RAM.