Community28 Aug 2026Modding & What's NextFirst 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 getting some extra love is the modding framework and API. Modding I really did not expect the modding scene to go this hard this fast. There are already over 125…
A smaller update with some bug fixes and QoL. Changelog v0.5.4 · Improved Filter Config · You 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 distinction of the “Allow” and “Block” settings to make it more obvious which one is selected. · Fixed a few other quirks. · Credit to Cohh for the li…
Hotfix improving logging, objective clarity and trimming some memory overhead. Changelog v0.5.3 -- Hotfix This hotfix adds some diagnostics and improved logging. Work is ongoing on a larger patch trying to tackle the various crashes and problems people are reporting. Logs can be found at the following locations: Windows - C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Roaming\\sandustry\\logs\\main.log Mac -…
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 this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource. Check out the new release day trailer. Steam Reviews: Your Feedback Matters Hi everyone! If you’ve…
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 civilization’s powerful secrets, and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource. Check out the release day announcement…
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 publisher but also earned them a stellar reputation for publishing quality titles, such as Against the Storm , Manor Lords , Norland , and many more. Partnering with…
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 with world-class QA · 6k new faces in the Discord server: · A mind-blowing modding scene with over 50 mods and custom maps · 60k wishlists (go wishlist if…
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 know a lot of people liked this and had fun abusing it in various ways, but it created too much noise in bug reports. · Addressing “stuck…
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 also very frustrating. · For those who still want to play the old way there's now a "Hard Mode" setting. · Snow now vaporizes into Steam when burned. ·…
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 ghost pipes. 2025-02-08 · Reworked the first artifact puzzle to be much harder to get stuck in. · There's now a tooltip telling you that you can't use t…
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 pressing S. · The Filter Config can now be closed with Escape. · Actually implemented the key binding for Boost (previously hardcoded to W). · Desktop ico…
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 released the first playtest on itch.io back in September. Now the playtest is finally live on Steam as well. You can download it by clicking "Request Access" on the Steam page. I really appreciate all the amazing feedback and bug report…
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