Every pixel.One working factory.
Mine a fully destructible world where every pixel can become part of your factory. Master falling-sand physics, automate production chains, and uncover ancient technology.
Your first Sandustry routes
Four focused answers, built from checked sources instead of filler.
Beginner Tips
Build a cleaner first factory with practical controls, logistics, and research habits.
Open routeBreak Crackstone
Learn why basic tools fail and which confirmed advanced tool opens the route ahead.
Open routeFilter Wet Sand
Understand the liquid leak that makes basic Filter layouts behave unexpectedly.
Open routeCheck the Price
Compare the verified USD list price and dated launch discounts by storefront.
Open routeA factory game where the ground is the production line.
Sandustry is a single-player factory automation, simulation, and strategy game by Lantto Games, published by Hooded Horse. Every pixel is a physical resource that can be mined, mixed, processed, transported, or destroyed.
Progress grows from sifting Gold out of sand to managing conveyors, launchers, pipes, pumps, drones, thermal reactions, and layered production chains across a destructible world.
- Developer
- Lantto Games
- Publisher
- Hooded Horse
- Release
- Early Access · Aug 13, 2026
- Platforms
- Windows · macOS · Linux
Answers for the factory floor
Sandustry Tips: A Practical Beginner Factory Guide
Build deliberately, keep materials separated, and use Sandustry's construction shortcuts before your first production lines become difficult to untangle.
Sandustry How to Break Crackstone: Tool Guide
The Shovel and Gun cannot damage Crackstone. Use a more advanced digging tool; the Rocket Launcher is the clearest officially confirmed option.
Sandustry Wet Sand Filter: Why Water Leaks
A basic Filter can sort Wet Sand, but it does not block liquids. Water passes through it, so this building alone cannot create a dry separation.
Sandustry Price: Store Prices and Launch Discount
The verified standard USD price is $14.99. During the launch promotion, checked authorized stores showed a 35% discount to about $9.74–$9.75.
Sandustry Kinetic Press: Burnt Residue Guide
Burn Residue first, then feed the Burnt Residue into a Kinetic Press to recover more Gold and produce Seed.
Sandustry Flux Emanator: Fluxite Guide
Feed Voidbloom into the top of a Flux Emanator. It converts each unit into Fluxite that grows from beneath the machine.
Sandustry Planter Box: Wet Seed and Flower Guide
Place Wet Seeds onto a Planter Box to grow Flowers, then harvest the Flowers for Gold and Amethelis.
Sandustry Water Guide: Sources, Reactions, and Leaks
Water turns Sand into Wet Sand and Seed into Wet Seed, but ordinary Filters do not contain it and unsealed corners can leak.
Sandustry Lava Guide: Scoria and Cinder Cycle
Freeze Lava into Scoria, break it into transportable Cinder, then ignite the Cinder where you want to recreate Lava.
Sandustry Wet Seed: Production and Planter Guide
Combine one Seed with one Water pixel to make a Wet Seed, then move it onto a Planter Box to grow a Flower.
Sandustry Cinder Guide: How to Move Lava
Cinder is the transportable solid in the Lava cycle. Move it with ordinary logistics, then ignite it directly to recreate Lava.
Sandustry Map and Minimap: Exploration Guide
Unlock the Map and Minimap early, then use them to follow objectives and survey resources, terrain, and factory space before committing to a build.
Sandustry Artifacts: Locator and Exploration Guide
Artifacts are exploration targets connected to character benefits. Search underground, prepare for blocked rooms, and use the later Locator to scan for them.
Sandustry Release Date: Early Access and 1.0 Status
Sandustry entered Early Access on August 13, 2026. The date for the full 1.0 release has not been announced.
Sandustry Steam Guide: Main Game, Demo, and Early Access
The paid Steam game uses App ID 2764460, while the separate free Demo uses App ID 3490390. The main game is currently in Early Access.
Sandustry Demo: Official Downloads and Version Differences
Use the official Demo link for Steam App 3490390 or the developer's itch.io page, and keep Demo-era advice separate from the paid Early Access game.
Sandustry Xbox Game Pass: PC, Ultimate, and Cloud Status
Sandustry joined PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate on August 13, 2026 as a PC Game Preview title; it is not listed as a native Xbox console game.
Sandustry Russian Language Support and Troubleshooting
The current paid game lists Russian text support, but the exact in-game language-switching path has not been reliably documented.
Sandustry Mods: Current Fluxloader Setup and Demo Warning
Use the current Fluxloader release for modern Sandustry modding. Do not follow the old SandustryDemo modloader.exe installation path.
Sandustry Hauler Management: How to Remove Haulers FAQ
A current-version community reply says individual Haulers can be removed in the Drone interface, but the exact control label and route effects remain unverified.