Salmon (2026) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Salmon

SALMON is a speedrunning platformer game with ridiculously satisfying movement that really shouldn’t be possible for a salmon.

1 December 2026

What Salmon is

Salmon is an unreleased indie game in development at SeaSharpy, currently scheduled for 1 December 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity 6.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are a salmon, performing platforming that feels satisfying and ridiculous. Jump off walls, race against your friends, explore the strange world. Most people don't realise how athletic salmon can be.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon RX 560. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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Salmon — frequently asked questions

When is Salmon coming out?

Salmon is scheduled to release on 1 December 2026. That is 47 days away.

What are the minimum PC requirements for Salmon?

At minimum, Salmon needs Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon RX 560 graphics, 200 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Salmon?

The PC version needs about 0.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("200 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.