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Starsand

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

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ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Starsand is an Action, Adventure, Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 1266 reviews).

18
playing now
66%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
3.22★
PlayStation Store rating (321 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (266 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,266 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at GOG (2026-09-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 71 of 107 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19119120212026Week of 2021-11-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1802026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 17 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1504Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 150 · peak 519Jan 2022 — avg 35 · peak 78Mar 2022 — avg 20 · peak 60May 2022 — avg 23 · peak 78Jul 2022 — avg 21 · peak 52Sep 2022 — avg 19 · peak 55Nov 2022 — avg 40 · peak 143Jan 2023 — avg 32 · peak 90Mar 2023 — avg 21 · peak 47May 2023 — avg 19 · peak 54Jul 2023 — avg 15 · peak 35Sep 2023 — avg 10 · peak 31Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 32Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 27Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 22Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 13Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2026 — avg 13 · peak 193May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992021-11-042026-10-142021-11-04 — 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 $4.992026-09-04 — best price $4.992026-09-14 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $1.992026-10-04 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-11-04 (Steam store data)

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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