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Is Salt 2: Shores of Gold worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Pirate-adventure fans who prefer solo or cooperative PvE over player-versus-player encounters
- Explorers who want a procedurally generated world with dungeons, quests, and points of interest
- Players who enjoy crafting and decorating a traveling home base rather than focusing on naval combat
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for naval combat, which the game does not include
- Players who prefer a tightly directed route over choosing where to sail and what activities to pursue
- Players seeking a primarily competitive multiplayer experience
Our take on Salt 2: Shores of Gold
Pirate adventures often foreground ship-to-ship combat; Salt 2 instead centers on solo and cooperative PvE, with the ship serving as a traveling home base. Exploration, quests, crafting, and survival take the place of naval battles.
What is Salt 2: Shores of Gold?
Salt 2 is a pirate-themed open-world adventure centered on exploration, crafting, survival, and RPG progression.
After waking on an island, players gather resources to build a raft and sail across a procedurally generated ocean, alone or with up to 5 friends. A ship serves as a mobile home base, where players can craft, cook, fish, and place over 100 decorations. Islands contain hand-crafted points of interest, including more than 200 dungeons, along with towns, quests, enemies, puzzles, and loot. Players can follow the main story or take guild quests, hunt and fish for food, craft weapons and armor, and level up to unlock skills, recipes, and world tiers. The game focuses on solo and cooperative PvE rather than naval combat.
How Salt 2: Shores of Gold plays
- 01Mobile Ship Base
- The ship travels with the player and can be furnished with over 100 decorations.
- 02Procedural Ocean
- Players choose a direction and navigate by compass, sextant, and map coordinates.
- 03Dungeon Exploration
- More than 200 dungeons include enemies, puzzles, secrets, and loot.
- 04Survival Cooking
- Fishing and hunting provide ingredients for over 50 meal recipes, some of which grant passive benefits.
- 05RPG Gear Progression
- Weapons and armor have rarity levels, stats, and randomized talents.
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Salt 2: Shores of Gold: platforms & release
Is Salt 2: Shores of Gold worth it?
It is worth it if: pirate-adventure fans who prefer solo or cooperative PvE over player-versus-player encounters. Skip it if: players looking for naval combat, which the game does not include.
Where can I download Salt 2: Shores of Gold?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Salt 2: Shores of Gold's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Salt 2: Shores of Gold on?
Windows only.
