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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) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

部落与弯刀 Sands of Salzaar is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Very Positive (82% of 23036 reviews).

55
playing now
82%
positive of 23k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

55 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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.

Trailer

部落与弯刀 Sands of Salzaar trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 55 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 2% of 29,175 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 461k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,036 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.73 at GameBillet (2026-09-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 15 of 27 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

138212026-09-16 04:00 — 62 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 75 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 35 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 58 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 56 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 62 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 30 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 74 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 72 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 29 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 56 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 88 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 24 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 92 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 138 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 40 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 96 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 124 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 43 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 110 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 96 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 44 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 55 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.5k74Jan 2020Aug 2026Jan 2020 — avg 5,512 · peak 21,047Apr 2020 — avg 263 · peak 1,578Jul 2020 — avg 241 · peak 749Oct 2020 — avg 1,460 · peak 5,830Jan 2021 — avg 449 · peak 1,439Apr 2021 — avg 181 · peak 443Jul 2021 — avg 268 · peak 628Oct 2021 — avg 137 · peak 313Jan 2022 — avg 1,658 · peak 6,055Apr 2022 — avg 292 · peak 582Jul 2022 — avg 758 · peak 2,275Oct 2022 — avg 297 · peak 790Jan 2023 — avg 1,094 · peak 4,056Apr 2023 — avg 187 · peak 426Jul 2023 — avg 261 · peak 684Oct 2023 — avg 208 · peak 556Jan 2024 — avg 160 · peak 365Apr 2024 — avg 177 · peak 483Jul 2024 — avg 135 · peak 298Oct 2024 — avg 134 · peak 342Jan 2025 — avg 103 · peak 235Apr 2025 — avg 92 · peak 240Jul 2025 — avg 93 · peak 207Oct 2025 — avg 103 · peak 253Jan 2026 — avg 94 · peak 205Apr 2026 — avg 74 · peak 154Jul 2026 — avg 102 · peak 253Aug 2026 — avg 102 · peak 250
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

2022026-05-29 — 10 pageviews2026-06-02 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 16 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 13 pageviews2026-07-16 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-25 — 10 pageviews2026-08-29 — 11 pageviews2026-09-02 — 10 pageviews2026-09-06 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 10 pageviews2026-09-18 — 12 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 7 pageviews2026-09-30 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 14 pageviews2026-10-07 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2020-09-22, latest 2023-12-07 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGWarIndieSandboxStrategyTop-DownAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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