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Steam app 2764460 · updated 11 Oct 2026, 23:05 UTC

Sandustry

Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.

Sandustry Steam header artwork
Lantto GamesHooded Horse
1,452playing now
1,46824-hour peak
9,627all-time peak
1,290average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−563.8Gain−30.4%% gain2,485Peak

717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

06711k2k3k16 Sep21 Sep26 Sep01 Oct06 Oct11 Oct16 OctWednesday 16 September 20261,918 peakThursday 17 September 20261,804 peakFriday 18 September 20261,844 peakSaturday 19 September 20262,142 peakSunday 20 September 20262,199 peakMonday 21 September 20261,650 peakTuesday 22 September 20261,455 peakWednesday 23 September 20261,350 peakThursday 24 September 20261,332 peakFriday 25 September 20261,440 peakSaturday 26 September 20261,589 peakSunday 27 September 20261,737 peakMonday 28 September 20261,338 peakTuesday 29 September 20261,182 peakWednesday 30 September 20261,137 peakThursday 01 October 20261,221 peakFriday 02 October 20261,536 peakSaturday 03 October 20262,068 peakSunday 04 October 20262,352 peakMonday 05 October 20261,805 peakTuesday 06 October 20261,725 peakWednesday 07 October 20261,708 peakThursday 08 October 20261,796 peakFriday 09 October 20261,970 peakSaturday 10 October 20262,331 peakSunday 11 October 20262,485 peakMonday 12 October 20261,948 peakTuesday 13 October 20261,757 peakWednesday 14 October 20261,600 peakThursday 15 October 20261,468 peakFriday 16 October 20261,452 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

3 months, August 2026 to October 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

03k5k8k10kAug 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026August 20269,627 monthly peakSeptember 20265,382 monthly peakOctober 20262,485 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

03k5k8k10kJuly 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026August 20269,627 peak — daily detail belowSeptember 20265,382 peak — hourly detail belowOctober 20262,485 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

Sandustry was released on Aug 13, 2026.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.

August 2026

13 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

03k5k8k10k19 Aug21 Aug23 Aug25 Aug27 Aug29 Aug31 AugWednesday 19 August 20269,437 peakThursday 20 August 20268,548 peakFriday 21 August 20268,326 peakSaturday 22 August 20269,012 peakSunday 23 August 20269,485 peakMonday 24 August 20268,586 peakTuesday 25 August 20269,627 peakWednesday 26 August 20269,203 peakThursday 27 August 20268,361 peakFriday 28 August 20267,551 peakSaturday 29 August 20267,988 peakSunday 30 August 20268,367 peakMonday 31 August 20266,351 peak

September 2026

30 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 343 hourly samples from 16 Sep, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

01k3k4k6k01 Sep06 Sep11 Sep16 Sep21 Sep26 SepTuesday 01 September 20265,382 peakWednesday 02 September 20264,719 peakThursday 03 September 20264,403 peakFriday 04 September 20264,512 peakSaturday 05 September 20264,683 peakSunday 06 September 20264,683 peakMonday 07 September 20264,231 peakTuesday 08 September 20263,177 peakWednesday 09 September 20262,901 peakThursday 10 September 20262,665 peakFriday 11 September 20262,608 peakSaturday 12 September 20262,854 peakSunday 13 September 20262,885 peakMonday 14 September 20262,326 peakTuesday 15 September 20262,045 peakWednesday 16 September 20261,918 peakThursday 17 September 20261,804 peakFriday 18 September 20261,844 peakSaturday 19 September 20262,142 peakSunday 20 September 20262,199 peakMonday 21 September 20261,650 peakTuesday 22 September 20261,455 peakWednesday 23 September 20261,350 peakThursday 24 September 20261,332 peakFriday 25 September 20261,440 peakSaturday 26 September 20261,589 peakSunday 27 September 20261,737 peakMonday 28 September 20261,338 peakTuesday 29 September 20261,182 peakWednesday 30 September 20261,137 peak

October 2026

16 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 374 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

06711k2k3k01 Oct03 Oct05 Oct07 Oct09 Oct11 Oct13 Oct15 OctThursday 01 October 20261,221 peakFriday 02 October 20261,536 peakSaturday 03 October 20262,068 peakSunday 04 October 20262,352 peakMonday 05 October 20261,805 peakTuesday 06 October 20261,725 peakWednesday 07 October 20261,708 peakThursday 08 October 20261,796 peakFriday 09 October 20261,970 peakSaturday 10 October 20262,331 peakSunday 11 October 20262,485 peakMonday 12 October 20261,948 peakTuesday 13 October 20261,757 peakWednesday 14 October 20261,600 peakThursday 15 October 20261,468 peakFriday 16 October 20261,452 peak
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 11 Oct 2026, 23:05 UTC
App ID
2764460
Last updated
14 Sep 2026 build 25294123
Update pace
Quiet no update while we have been watching · 1 in 34 days watched
Developer
Lantto Games
Publisher
Hooded Horse
Release date
Aug 13, 2026
Platforms
WindowsmacOSLinux
Download size
249 MB304 MB239 MB
Install size
440 MB587 MB433 MB
Genres
Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Unknown
Early Access
Listed in Early Access
Achievements
16

Features & support

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Popular tags

SandboxCraftingAutomationOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingExplorationSurvivalAdventureSimulationBase BuildingStrategyActionRPGSingleplayerResource ManagementReplay ValueAtmosphericEarly AccessIndie
About this gameFull description from Steam
Sandustry is a factory automation game where every pixel is a resource waiting to be mined, mixed, processed, or destroyed. Explore a vast and fully-destructible open world as you seek out powerful artifacts left behind by an ancient civilization. You’ve arrived on a vast unexplored planet filled with diverse biomes and beautiful landscapes – time to bring the fires of industry! From humble beginnings sifting gold from sand, you will quickly build a growing factory, unlocking powerful new technologies and production chains as you assess the viability of the planet for further industrialization. Countless options lie before you – will you focus on developing more advanced processing and logistical capabilities across your rapidly-expanding factory? Will you take advantage of local wildlife to aid with your mission? Or will you prioritize the hunt for artifacts, spending valuable resources to unlock access to their boons? And hey, there’s no faster way to mine than with the help of a rocket launcher, right? Build a beacon of industry and automation starting with nothing more than the trusty conveyor belt, incorporating filters, drones, pipes, pumps, and a myriad of other parts as you harness nature itself to do your bidding. From individual grains of sand and flakes of snow to seeds, spores, and chips of ice, every pixel in Sandustry is a physical entity with its own properties. Discover countless chemical and physical reactions and exploit them to develop your production chains, building a pixel-perfect factory to optimize every step, or embracing chaotic webworks of conveyor belts and lifts as long as they get the job done – but be warned, sand is coarse, rough, and it gets everywhere, which introduces a new layer of complexity. The resources in Sandustry react to each other and the world around them – ice melts into water when heated, which turns to steam and rises if brought to a boil (only to come back down as rain if you let it reach the skies). Sand absorbs water around it, slowly depleting limited reservoirs to provide the wet sand that can be sifted for gold, while watered seeds bloom into flowers that can be ignited with fire to produce vital resources. Deep beneath the planet’s surface lie countless mysteries for you to explore. Find clever ways to overcome the challenges left behind by an ancient civilization to uncover vaults of great knowledge and power. Nothing punches through a thick wall of ice like a freshly purchased flamethrower, but perhaps you can find a way to redirect some lava instead? Built with modding in mind, Sandustry lets you explore everything from visual tweaks and hand-crafted maps to entirely new buildings and processes that you can integrate into your production chains. Dedicated modding tools make it easy to customize your experience, share your ideas with the world, and even overhaul the whole game! As you delve deeper into the planets of Sandustry and expand your industrial capabilities, the challenges will grow, but so too will your ways to overcome them. With fully destructible worlds where every pixel is a resource to be harnessed, your options are limitless.
Content & age ratings2 regional ratings

Regional ratings

DEJUS10Violência
IGRS13Kekerasan
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-8100 (quad-core) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 550 Ti (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7750 (1 GB) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Recommended

Recommended

Recommended: OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-9600K (hexa-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 5 1600 (hexa-core) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 (4 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 570 (4 GB) DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Recommended

macOS

Minimum: OS: macOS 12 (Monterey) or later Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-8100 (quad-core) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 550 Ti (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7750 (1 GB) Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Recommended Recommended: OS: macOS 12 (Monterey) or later Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-9600K (hexa-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 5 1600 (hexa-core) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 (4 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 570 (4 GB) Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Recommended

Linux

Minimum: Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-8100 (quad-core) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 550 Ti (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7750 (1 GB) Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Recommended Recommended: Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-9600K (hexa-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 5 1600 (hexa-core) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 (4 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 570 (4 GB) Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Recommended
Supported languages23 languages
LanguageFull audio
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Czech
Hungarian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese - Brazil
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Turkish
Ukrainian
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
Norwegian
Portuguese - Portugal
Spanish - Latin America
Swedish

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Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

16 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)
Promotion ProtocolAchievement
Gold in the BinAchievement
Flux It UpAchievement
Ancient TechnologyAchievement
First BloomAchievement
Void TouchedAchievement
Critter CatcherAchievement
QuartermasterAchievement
First SparkAchievement
Stratacore SecuredAchievement

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DemosPlayable demos on Steam

17 developer announcements, Jan 2025 to Oct 2026 · times in UTC

October

  1. Save 35% on Sandustry

    Save 35% on Sandustry right now! Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game…

    Patrick (HoodedHorse)
  2. Save 35% on Sandustry

    Save 35% on Sandustry right now during the Hooded Horse Autumn Publisher Sale! Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and…

    Patrick (HoodedHorse)

September

  1. Update #4 - Replumbed Pipes, Unstalled Buildings and Various Fixes

    :archon_sand: -- Greetings all prospectors!We're now one month into the release, and the response has been absolutely incredible. Honestly, it feels like I can barely keep up with all the amazing things happening around the game: the…

    lantto
  2. Update #3 - Happier Critters, Hungrier Lava and Assorted Improvements

    :zoe_sand: Hey everyone! I know the patches have been pretty fix-heavy so far. With this many players, even rare issues can affect a lot of people so I need to prioritize them. I've snuck in a couple of new things this time but the Major…

    lantto

August

  1. Modding & What's Next

    First off: huge THANK YOU to everyone playing, messaging me and leaving reviews. The reviews especially are a massive help. ❤️It has been a while since the last Update, but rest assured I haven't been slacking. One thing that has been…

    lantto
  2. Update #2 - Stability Improvements, Quality-of-Life and Bug Fixes

    First of all, THANK YOU to everyone who has left a Steam review so far! ❤️ It's one of the best and most impactful ways you can support me and the game. Also a huge thank you to all the modders who have managed to make all these cool things…

    lantto
  3. Update #1 - Better Filter Editing, Tier 5 Softlock Fixes and Red Block Removal

    A smaller update with some bug fixes and QoL. Changelogv0.5.4Improved Filter ConfigYou can now press the filter overlay label or “Edit last placed” to quickly change a filter without having to override and replace it. Improved the visual…

    lantto
  4. Hotfix - Better Logging, Memory Optimizations & Clearer Objectives

    Hotfix improving logging, objective clarity and trimming some memory overhead. Changelogv0.5.3 -- Hotfix This hotfix adds some diagnostics and improved logging. Work is ongoing on a larger patch trying to tackle the various crashes and…

    lantto
  5. Sandustry is Released!

    Sandustry is now live with a 35% launch discount. Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in…

    Matt (Hooded Horse)

June

  1. Sandustry Releases August 13, 2026!

    Sandustry launches into Early Access on August 13, 2026. In Sandustry, you will explore and mine fully destructible worlds. To succeed, you will need to automate increasingly complex production chains, delve deep to uncover an ancient…

    Patrick (HoodedHorse)

June

  1. Sandustry Joins Hooded Horse

    If you’re into strategy and simulation games, you’ll understand why I’m super excited to announce that Sandustry is joining forces with Hooded Horse in a global publishing deal. Their track record has not only made them my favorite…

    Matt (Hooded Horse)

April

  1. THANK YOU! ❤️

    I never expected the demo to blow up like this. My plan was to release it without much fanfare and just keep working on the game while slowly building an audience. Instead, the demo brought: Hundreds of YouTube videos An amazing community…

    lantto

February

  1. Demo Hotfix 8 arrives to restore botanical order!

    New Flower algorithm.Lots of changes to flowers to make them less unruly. Can you spot them all?You can now hold Control to replace/override buildings.Hydro Sponge upgrade for Grabber.Only works above ground.The world is no longer looping.I…

    lantto
  2. Demo Hotfix 7 is out!

    Patch notes: You can now phase through buildings while hovering in the air. The people have spoken. An overwhelming majority (88%) voted in favor. I personally think the challenge/puzzle of designing a traversable factory is interesting but…

    lantto
  3. A bunch of Demo Hotfixes

    Hey! I completely forgot to post some of the recent hotfixes so here goes: 2025-02-03 Implemented a workaround for the mouse "Back" button issue. 2025-02-05 Resolved issue with pipes deleting water. 2025-02-06 Finally fixed the issue with…

    Patch notes
  4. Demo Hotfix

    Hotfix for the Sandustry Demo has been released! Patch notes: Most simulation crashes should now be resolved. If your game is still broken or bricked, please export a save and send it to me. It would be a huge help! You can now descend by…

    Patch notes

January

  1. Sandustry Playtest + patch notes (0.0.2 to 0.0.5)

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44828248/1c936b3c9d7f63b6e52b887327eb5490773b7b3d.png Hey! Community and I figured it was time to post something here to show that Sandustry is still alive and kicking. I've been really busy working on the game and…

    lantto

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