Released Aug 27, 2026 Early Access $19.99 Positive Not counted on Steam profiles yet

Shifting Sands

By Silent Sun

Roguelite Atmospheric Inventory Management Action Roguelike Roguelike Loot Crafting Exploration Action RPGSci-fiCyberpunkRPG

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Shifting Sands is a game tagged Roguelite, Atmospheric and Inventory Management by Silent Sun, released Aug 27, 2026. It has 14 Steam reviews (Positive). The Steam games most like it include Escape From Space, Void Harvest and Ferrite Runner.

Welcome to the Nexus. You died, the sandpit brought you back, and now you have a shift to finish as a scrapper. Scavenge crashed ships, cram your pack with dangerous salvage, meet odd survivors, and make it home each day through a weird desert world before the storm resets the sands and you with it.

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Escape From Space 64% match · Roguelite, Atmospheric, Inventory Management
Void Harvest 62% match · Roguelite, Action Roguelike, Roguelike
Ferrite Runner 61% match · Roguelite, Atmospheric, Inventory Management
Void Survey 60% match · Roguelite, Atmospheric, Roguelike
Lethal Running 60% match · Roguelite, Atmospheric, Roguelike
Teleglitch: Die More Edition 59% match · Roguelite, Atmospheric, Action Roguelike
Astral Hunter: Homebound 59% match · Roguelite, Atmospheric, Action Roguelike
Oreborn 58% match · Roguelite, Action Roguelike, Crafting
Operation Zeta 58% match · Roguelite, Action Roguelike, Roguelike
Song of the Tides 58% match · Roguelite, Atmospheric, Action Roguelike

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Everything Steam lists for Shifting Sands · record updated 17 hours ago

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Overview

App ID3986410

Release dateAug 27, 2026

Last change number38619157

Last record update17 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Silent Sun
Publisher: Silent Sun
Steam profile: Not counted yet: Steam is still getting to know this game, so it doesn't add to game counts or achievement totals · checked 23 hours ago
Website: silentsun.com

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Controller: Full support

Single-playerFull controller supportPlayStation controllersXbox controllersPlayStation controller BluetoothFamily Sharing

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Price · US$19.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked3 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Sep 5, 2026 EA Updates: September 4 2026
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1bG9tUYg8nDkpYTyRE6LVfaN1BzSBfCof Another round of updates! Next patch is live! Fixed item loss, duplication, and blocked slots when moving loot or reloading storage. Fixed Omnigear recovery and items ge…
Sep 2, 2026 EA Updates: September 2 2026
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1nFEwUTB8CxIKgFG61EasP5GO4BxE8lcI Shout out to our awesome players for reporting issues. Next patch is live! Fixed inventory items sometimes disappearing until an item was moved. Fixed the camera getting…
Sep 1, 2026 EA Updates: August 31 2026
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1TNgOkU9DmcsLkFIHxaJMdT1npMMcZ3R1 This update addresses a number of user reported crashes. Thank you everyone who played and reported these! Fixed crashes when entering derelicts or loading saves tied to…
Aug 28, 2026 EA Hotfix 1
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1YcTRtBDT9NgH14zAv3WFiIL3hssp4S41 This hotfix resolves crashes that could occur during room transitions or when removing gear from Smith's forge. Thank you for your reports!

Build	Branch	Updated
25135024	public	Sep 5, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
3986411	—	All	—	—	—
3986412	—	Windows	964.4 MB	831.0 MB	3472400587102378023
3986413	—	macOS	986.5 MB	838.7 MB	5884232666901763979

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25135024	Sep 5, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Shifting Sands

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Shifting Sands.exe		Windows	Play Shifting Sands
Shifting Sands.app		macOS	Play Shifting Sands

News

Aug 27, 2026 · Community Announcements WELCOME TO THE NEXUS. EARLY ACCESS IS NOW OPEN.
WHAT IS SHIFTING SANDS? Shifting Sands is about a weird bad patch of universe that pulls ships in from all over, strands them there, chews them up in the storm, and spits them back out across the des…
Mar 12, 2026 · Community Announcements After Next Fest
Next Fest is over... here's what the numbers and your feedback told us, and what we're doing next.Thousands of you played the demo. Average run: right in the sweet spot (~40 min). And the share of yo…
Feb 23, 2026 · Community Announcements The Desert Just Got Bigger. Demo Updated for Next Fest.
The Desert Just Got Bigger. Demo Updated for Next Fest. Sand in your lungs. Scrap in your pack. Storm at your back.Shifting Sands is an isometric pixel-art roguelite where the desert resets every nig…
Jan 7, 2026 · Community Announcements Shifting Sands Coming to Steam Next Fest
Shifting Sands will be featured in Steam Next Fest, with a playable demo available during the event. Shifting Sands is a pixel art sci-fi roguelite built around a daily world reset cycle. Each in-gam…

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Shifting Sands

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