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部落与弯刀 Sands of Salzaar cover art

部落与弯刀 Sands of Salzaar

汉家松鼠Han-Squirrel Studio · XD · 2021-12-15

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jan 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.

92
playing now
82%
positive of 23k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

92 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Sands of Salzaar is a 2021 fantasy strategy action role-playing game for Microsoft Windows and iOS. It was developed by Chinese indie video game company Han-Squirrel Studio, and published by Hong Kong company XD. The player controls a customized character to battle, recruit troops, manage a fief, and explore dungeons. The game was launched as an early access on January 3, 2020 and fully released on December 16, 2021.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 92 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 223 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (6,857 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 460k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,021 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.76 at GameBillet (2026-08-05) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 16 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.1k6.1k20202026Week of 2020-01-01: 6,081 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 776 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,102 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,210 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 599 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

201252026-08-06 21:00 — 39 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 74 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 132 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 98 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 147 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 137 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 161 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 41 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 85 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 137 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 84 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 136 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 42 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 73 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 140 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 46 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 76 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 108 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 72 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 149 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 201 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 97 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 105 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 120 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 126 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 92 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.992020-01-032026-08-262020-01-03 — best price $12.742020-05-09 — best price $14.992020-09-22 — best price $8.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-04-30 — best price $11.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992022-06-16 — best price $8.992022-08-25 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $8.992023-05-04 — best price $14.992023-06-30 — best price $8.992023-10-05 — best price $14.992024-02-03 — best price $7.492024-03-14 — best price $7.492024-05-01 — best price $14.992024-06-25 — best price $7.492024-09-19 — best price $14.992024-12-17 — best price $5.992025-02-13 — best price $14.992025-04-20 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-15 — best price $5.992025-12-05 — best price $14.992026-02-12 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-18 — best price $5.992026-07-24 — best price $14.992026-07-31 — best price $3.992026-08-07 — best price $10.252026-08-12 — best price $14.992026-08-21 — best price $4.772026-08-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2142026-05-29 — 10 pageviews2026-06-01 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 10 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-19 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 11 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-01 — 12 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 9 pageviews2026-07-10 — 11 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 14 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 10 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-06 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 15 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 11 pageviews2026-08-26 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
97%
earned "Welcome"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

1 supported languages: Simplified Chinese

Player tags

RPGWarIndieSandboxStrategyTop-DownAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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