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Starsand cover art

Starsand

Tunnel Vision Studio · Toplitz Productions · 2022-11-17

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ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 17, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Nov 17, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Nov 17, 2022 (Xbox One), Nov 17, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 17, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.

8
playing now
66%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,258 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-80%
GOG$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-08-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 42 of 70 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1602026-08-11 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.412021-11-042026-08-302021-11-04 — best price $15.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-03-21 — best price $15.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-07-28 — best price $19.992022-09-20 — best price $19.992022-11-10 — best price $19.992022-12-12 — best price $11.992023-01-30 — best price $19.992023-03-06 — best price $11.992023-04-17 — best price $19.992023-05-23 — best price $19.992023-07-21 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $12.992023-10-25 — best price $13.992024-01-01 — best price $19.992024-02-08 — best price $8.992024-03-20 — best price $11.992024-05-27 — best price $12.992024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-02-28 — best price $9.992025-05-14 — best price $19.992025-07-31 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-12 — best price $7.992026-01-23 — best price $7.992026-03-18 — best price $19.992026-05-01 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-09 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
59.6%
earned "One day and one night"
8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8793%27
PS5 (PlayStation)26113%28
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1536%27
PS4 (PlayStation)4110%28
PS4 (PlayStation)3213%28
PS4 (PlayStation)333%28
Switch (Nintendo)20%0
PS4 (PlayStation)250%28
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DSci-fiCraftingSurvivalRealisticOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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