SAND launches in Early Access on April 3 [Update: Delayed to 2025]

Open-world player-versus-player-versus-environment game SAND will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on April 3, publisher tinyBuild and developers Hologryph and TowerHaus announced.

Here is an overview of the game, via tinyBuild:

About

SAND is set in an alternate-history, diesel-punk world—the ruined planet Sophie—where an ecological disaster has evaporated the oceans. All that’s left are humans and their Trampler mechs, titanic mechanical moving structures that can traverse Sophie’s sprawling wasteland. Working alone or in teams, humanity now scours Sophie’s sprawling deserts, scavenging for hidden riches and fighting to keep them.

Players got a taste of SAND‘s unforgiving terrain and intense gameplay with a demo that was ranked among the top 10 most played in Steam Next Fest last year, as well as a highly successful open playtest that attracted over 200K testers. Early access will introduce loads of improvements along with continued development to keep players coming back to Sophie.

Early Access Features

• New cities, points of interest and way more loot.
• Undead NPCs that roam cities and engage in combat with players.
• New environmental hazards such as minefields.
• Revamped controls for Tramplers.
• New Trampler customization options, including new compartments and a new chassis option.

Watch a new trailer below.

Early Access Release Date Trailer

Update 03/26/25: tinyBuild and Hologryph have delayed the Early Access release of SAND to later in 2025.

“With the initially planned Early Access release approaching, we’ve been working hard to ensure that SAND would meet the expectations of our awesome community and is able to deliver the experience we have envisioned for our players without any compromise,” reads a message from the companies. “During this time it’s become clear that in order to meet those goals, additional work is needed, so today we’ve made the tough decision to push SAND back to a later date.”