Salt 2: Shores of Gold

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 2,406 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 14.7h for positive, 4.3h 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 (31.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (36)

• Well Well Well Find and enter a well cave. 100%
• Truffle Hunter Obtain a white truffle mushroom. 86%
• Stag Party Hunt and kill The Alpha Stag. 78%
• Scuba Sailor Enter an underwater cave. 78%
• Treasure Hunter Dig up buried treasure. 73%
• Sunken Treasure Open a Coral Crusted Chest. 59%
• Best the Boar Hunt and kill Goldfang. 56%
• Candygram For Mongo Place a mailbox on your ship. 42%
• Ghost Hunter Kill a ghostly apparition. 37%
• Queen Slayer Kill the Spider Queen. 36%
• Legendary Looter Obtain a legendary item. 29%
• Compass Collector Obtain the Old Guardian's Compass. 27%
• Into the Abyss Find and enter Davy Jones Locker. 21%
• Skeleton Slayer Kill the Skeletal Warlord. 19%
• Time's Up Obtain a chronometer. 19%
• By The Stars Obtain the Stargazer spyglass. 16%
• Galleon Glory Craft the King's Galleon. 15%
• Hook Horror Obtain the Hook of the Deep One. 14%
• Light of the Moon Obtain a Moonrock Sword. 14%
• Musical Remedies Place a gramophone on your ship. 10%
• Librarian Find and read 50 different books. 9.8%
• We're Going On An Adventure Complete the main quest. 9.8%
• Max Level Reach level 50 with your character. 9.5%
• Scepter of Kings Obtain the Scepter of Servitude. 8.5%
• Dungeon Master Obtain the Dungeon Master's Ring. 7.0%
• Pistol of Legend Obtain The Dead Ringer pistol. 7.0%
• Twisted Tales Obtain The Twisted Blade. 7.0%
• Deep Blue Sea Catch a Megalodon. 6.0%
• Why is the Rum Always Gone Place Mr. Bone's Keg on your ship. 6.0%
• Save Us Melman Throw yourself into the top of a volcano. 5.4%
• Guild Master Complete all guild questlines. 4.1%
• Master of Coin Obtain over 1 Platinum. 4.1%
• Fish Are Friends Not Food Place an aquarium on your ship. 3.8%
• Master Crafter Reach level 50 in all crafting skills. 3.5%
• Pirate Legend Reach skill level 50 in all primary skills. 1.9%
• Edge of the Earth Use a sextant past the 1,000 unit mark. 0.9%