SAND: Raiders of Sophie launches in Q1 2026
Open-world extraction shooter gets a subtitle.
Open-world player-versus-player-versus-environment extraction shooter SAND: Raiders of Sophie, formerly just SAND, will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam in Q1 2026, publisher tinyBuild and developers Hologryph and TowerHaus announced.
“In the weeks since the playtest, we’ve been hard at work going through all the feedback and suggestions we received from our players,” Hologryph and tinyBuild said in an update. “After careful consideration, in order to ensure we meet the expectations of our players and are able to properly address everything we’ve learnt from the playtest, we need a little more time. As a result, we’ve decided to move the game’s launch to Q1 2026.”
The companies continued, “Releasing the game is a milestone we only get one chance to hit, and we want to make sure that when we do, it reflects our vision and delivers the best possible experience for our community.”
While an exact date was not announced, tinyBuild and Hologryph said it is confident in its estimate of how long it will take to address teh remaining areas of the game that require attention, and expect to share a release date early in 2026.
Here is an overview of the game, via tinyBuild:
About
SAND: Raiders of Sophie is an open-world player-versus-player-versus-environment extraction shooter where players operate giant walkers across the post-apocalyptic dunes of a fallen planet. Battle rival players, explore, loot and extract valuable resources in a hostile, ever-changing world.
In order to effectively traverse this harsh and dangerous planet, you will design and deploy Tramplers, gigantic walking bases that will shield you from the elements, defend you and your loot against other players and destroy anything that obstructs your pursuit of becoming the most notorious pirate upon the dunes!
Key Features
- Build, Customize, and Command Gigantic Mechanical Walkers – Tramplers, your most loyal companion, which you can build from the ground up, act as a mode of transport, a main base, primary storage, protection from the elements, and a most formidable weapon.
- Thrilling First-Person Player-Versus-Player-Versus-Environment Combat – Team up with a group of friends or enter the world solo and go head to head with other players and the undead former inhabitants of this hostile planet with a variety of weapons in frantic first-person combat, or weaponize and fortify your trampler and engage in massive-scale combat upon the dunes of Sophie.
- Explore a Fallen Civilization, Loot, and Extract – The cities left in ruin upon Sophie hold untold riches, but danger lurks around every corner. Sail the world, scour the abandoned streets, monuments, and wrecks, recover valuable loot, weapons, and resources, and fight off rival pirates before extracting with your spoils.
Watch a new trailer below.