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ActionAdventurePvPExtraction ShooterVehicular CombatBattle RoyaleOpen World

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Peak in the last 24 hours: 5,818

Peak in the last 7 days: 6,046

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Game description

In SAND you build your highly customizable walking mech fortress. Squad up or go solo. Scavenge the dunes, gather loot, weapons, priceless artifacts, survive and extract. Clash with other players in a brutal procedurally generated desert set in an alternate 1910.

Basic info

DeveloperHologryph, TowerHaus
PublishertinyBuild
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateJun 22, 2026
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5 (8th Gen) / AMD Ryzen 5 (2000 Series) or equivalent
Memory16 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, AMD Radeon RX570, Intel Arc A380
Storage11 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 432 reviews from the past 1 year

53.9/ 100
Bottom 5%

Steam rating: Mixed (49%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 21, 2026)

Crewing giant walking machines across a desert planet sounds great to its fans, but cheaters and bugs pull this extraction shooter to 53.9.

👍 Strengths

130 reviews call it fun, and some say the developers listen to feedback and fix issues. 34 enjoy playing with friends as a crew, driving and gunning from the same machine, and a few even made new friends through proximity chat. 14 like the strategy of building and upgrading their own walker, with a skill tree, loot to plan around and big base raids. Story & World ranks 612th of 1096, and Visuals & Sound ranks 1095th of 1249.

👎 Where it falls short

Tech & Support appears in 63% of analyzed reviews and ranks 1324th of 1399. 107 reviews describe cheaters who teleport, fly or use aimbots, and some say bans come too slowly. 67 criticize the matchmaking, saying solo lobbies get organized squads and new players face fully geared veterans. 63 report bugs and crashes, from characters stuck on geometry to crashes during extraction that cost progress. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1382nd of 1399, and Multiplayer ranks 545th of 642.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“can have fun, unique vision, devs responded to feedback in playtests” · 130 reviews
“cheaters not banned, encounters them daily” · 107 reviews
“spiral stairs jittery, tramplers teleporting and stuck, bullets going through enemies, disconnects” · 63 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 44% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Progression -1.78 · Leveling, unlocks and gear — is growth rewarding or a grind?
Negative “progression extremely slow, 2k reward after 1-2 hour raids feels unrewarding” · 3 reviews
Positive “crafting and vehicle assembly interesting, technology progression rewarding” · 2 reviews

Difficulty 4% · Onboarding 9% · Freedom 6% · Strategy 9% · Controls & feel 15%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 11% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

World +2.60 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “stylish steampunk setting with unique world and strong atmosphere” · 11 reviews
Negative “Lore written by psychiatric patient, absurd world design” · 1 review

Story 1% · Characters 0%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value

Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.

Variety -1.75 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition

Volume 6% · Replayability 1%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 13% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +1.27 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “incredible post-apocalyptic steampunk atmosphere” · 6 reviews
Negative “graphics quality is bad” · 2 reviews

Audio 6%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 54% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Community -2.59 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Negative “toxic mod banned loyal players for petty reasons with no appeal process” · 6 reviews

Playing together 30% · Servers & Connection 23%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 59% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Anti-cheat -1.38 · How common cheaters are and how well they're stopped
Negative “cheaters not banned, encounters them daily” · 107 reviews

Pricing 5% · Balance 21% · Matchmaking 30%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 63% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -1.13 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “spiral stairs jittery, tramplers teleporting and stuck, bullets going through enemies, disconnects” · 63 reviews

Performance 12% · Developer support 47%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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