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Sandstorm cover art

Sandstorm

Energy Milk · 2016-11-13

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 13, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Defend base and accompany truck to evacuation point. A lot of enemies, upgrades, bonuses and super weapons!

Sandstorm is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $0.89, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (53% of 38 reviews).

0
playing now
53%
positive of 38 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$0.89
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.54 at Steam (2017-10-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220162026Week of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.542016-11-142026-08-242016-11-14 — best price $1.992017-06-22 — best price $0.792017-10-26 — best price $0.542018-01-04 — best price $0.992018-09-19 — best price $0.542018-12-20 — best price $1.492019-05-13 — best price $5.992019-10-28 — best price $1.492020-01-02 — best price $5.992020-05-18 — best price $1.492020-08-31 — best price $5.992021-06-24 — best price $1.492021-09-13 — best price $5.992022-01-10 — best price $0.592022-03-07 — best price $5.992022-06-13 — best price $0.592022-07-25 — best price $5.992022-12-12 — best price $0.592023-01-30 — best price $5.992023-04-17 — best price $0.592023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-10-09 — best price $0.592023-12-11 — best price $5.992024-02-26 — best price $0.892024-04-15 — best price $5.992024-09-27 — best price $0.892024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-02-17 — best price $0.892025-04-07 — best price $5.992025-07-14 — best price $1.192026-04-27 — best price $5.992026-07-13 — best price $0.892026-08-24 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieTanksActionArcadeCasualAdventure

Census log

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

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