
There, the player meets a strange old man who gives them an icon of one of three creeds the player says they are a member of, helping them in their quest to find the lost princess.

Whether or not they are able to defeat the powerful kraken, the ship is wrecked regardless, sending them drifting to shore on a mysterious island. The player kills all the marauders and escapes to the deck, but they are then set upon by a giant kraken of the sea resembling Cthulhu. However, a group of marauders attack the ship, murdering its crew. The game begins with the player stowed away in a ship that is also carrying a princess from an unnamed country who is to be married to an opposing country's king in order to avert war. Multiplayer allows for co-operative and versus play, but it is local only.

The game also provides a multiplayer option, and asynchronous features such as messages that may be interchanged between players. The game implements RPG concepts such as origins, classes and stat development, as well as an extensive skill tree providing hundreds of combinations. Magic and ranged attacks can also be performed. Players can wield two handed weapons for additional power, and shields to defend and parry. There are 600 items players may use, and the several weapon categories have special movesets including air attacks. The game features 2D hand drawn visuals, as well as gameplay mechanics similar to the Souls series. The game received positive reviews from critics, who praised its graphical style, gameplay, and lore. It is heavily inspired by the Souls series by Japanese developer FromSoftware.

The game was released on March 15, 2016, for the PlayStation 4, with later releases for Microsoft Windows and the PlayStation Vita. Salt and Sanctuary Download Free Full Game is a 2D action role-playing video game developed and published by Ska Studios.
