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Sands of Aura is an open-world action adventure with a fantasy setting of a realm in its twilight--a world buried beneath a sea of sand. Sail across the sandseas to return life to a dying world in an unforgettable experience that is equal parts engaging story and unrelenting, souls-like combat.
Sands of Aura is a action rpg, souls-like and dungeon crawler game
developed by Chashu Entertainment
and published by indie.io.
Released on October 27th 2023 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 592 reviews of which 456 were positive and 136 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.46€ on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified Sands of Aura into these genres:
Action RPG
Souls-like
Dungeon Crawler
Dark Fantasy
Stylized
Exploration
Difficult
Indie
Post-apocalyptic
Isometric
Hack and Slash
Action
RPG
Open World
Crafting
PvE
Singleplayer
Adventure
Action-Adventure
Early Access
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Sands of Aura:
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| English | |||
| German | |||
| French | |||
| Korean | |||
| Spanish - Spain | |||
| Simplified Chinese | |||
| Russian | |||
| Japanese | |||
| Portuguese - Brazil |
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel i5-4440 / AMD FX-8370
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 / AMD R9 285
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 22 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device
- Additional Notes: These requirements may change during early access period.
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This is an absolute gem of a game! I feel like the devs over at Moon Studios must have taken so much inspiration from this title, or perhaps the zeitgeist inspired the design of both titles. Sands features a 3rd person isometric like camera that reminds me a lot of No Rest for the Wicked. The combat is more similar to Sekiro than to other souls-likes, and there is a large open sand world to explore on a boat. There is no "naval" combat, though. Character progression is 100% through your items: your health and damage both scale with the level of the items you have equipped, so starting over with a different set of armor can be difficult unless you farm for "Glint"(souls) and Sacrumite (an upgrade material). Exploration and combat are both rewarding without being too challenging, and the level design is first tier. I'm close to the end, so I don't know the ending yet, but the story has been very interesting so far, and there are a number of side quests and puzzles to complete as you play. This game is well-worth your time if you enjoy souls-likes and don't mind a shorter title with lots of original mechanics.
* I am changing my vote to NOT RECOMMEND. I don't know if the game is broken or what but I have these talismans that I cannot equip. Game says I need to speak to a member of the church. There is no one anywhere. I have ran around and spoken to every character in Starspire. NO ONE. Nothing makes sense when I try to look it up. Some character named Navae? Where is she? NO WHERE. Is this a glitch? If so, major fail. Entire system of the game locked out with no explanation. I have the Ashes and Dirt quest completed. So???? Stuff like this, just when I am starting to enjoy the game, honestly makes me want to give up on gaming altogether. Such an inexusible glitch or bad game design... both.. Something like this should just be obvious. **After calming down and evaluating the actual cause of my crash out, I decided, even though I stand by the point that you should never have to worry about not remembering where a core mechanic in the game is located, since I was really just angry with gaslighting A.I., the game does not deserve a down vote. It is a decent game. Still has some early access style jank...you can get your sand boat stuck in the environment...that sucks. Lots of grind, utilities in the hub are way too far apart for no reason...just annoying. My biggest gripe, and its a real doozy for me, almost down voted the game because this sort of oversight just seems inexcusible, you can exit the game and go to the main menu at any time, with no warning about saving or anything... I totally assumed I could just continue back where I was...nope... over an hour of game play lost... Sort of thing that makes me put a game down for a while and maybe never come back...
Sands of Aura - 100% Completion Review Score: 7.5/10 Sands of Aura is a Souls Like with a unique dark and melancholy style of art that focuses on a world turned to Sand due to corruption and the Remnant Knight who must find a way to stop it, after fully completing the game i'll give some pro's, neutrals and cons. PRO'S: -Character creation, male/female, face, skin, hair etc. -Good music -Good story with plenty of twists and turns, though it can get a bit convoluted at times if your not reading every item description and quest log update -Tons of lore, item descriptions that give lore, lore about places you visit etc. -Fully voice acted with good voice acting -Good characters that are well written and designed -Good environments with a good attention to detail -Has a sand boat that you can use to sail around the sand sea discovering new places, similar to Wind Waker if you ever played that but with sand instead of water -Tons of armor sets to find that each have their own unique passive abilities encouraging experimentation -Talismans you can find through out the game give helpful passive bonuses that make the game a bit easier -Npcs you find throughout the game will move to the main hub city and populate it, tavern musicians, armor smiths, shop keepers etc. that give you a reason to explore the world -Weapons, instead of traditionally being found in chests, are crafted and fully customized to be anything from a simple sword, to a dagger, glaive, axe, pole arm or a mix of multiple, different pommels that each give different effects, spells books to make them do even more, lots of customization to make the weapon exactly how you want it to be -Weapons and armor can be upgraded with runes to make them or yourself stronger -No cheap deaths, it's fair and doesn't pull any shenanigans that other souls like to do -Good performance, no lag or crashes NEUTRAL'S: "No Score Change From These" -Time for 100% full completion about 30 hours -Difficulty is above average simply due to how heavily the game relies on weapon and armor upgrades, not the hardest souls like mind you, but up there CON'S: -Camera on wind boat makes it difficult to see, too zoomed in and no overhead or way to adjust the camera making it difficult to see where your going -It can be difficult to find new islands on the sand sea due the bad camera angle and icons for new places not showing up unless you get close enough, there really needed to be some kind of way to help guide players to find islands easier -True ending can break if you go to ruined settlement which is near the end of the sea map before you reach the final ending part of the game, the person who is supposed to show up to tell you about it never does and the character who is at that island isn't there locking you out of the true ending, learned this one the hard way and had to watch it online, so fair warning to anyone who reads this review on that, this is pretty game breaking if you don't know about it before hand Overall Sands of Aura was a pretty solid souls like, it has a rough and slow start due to some of the game mechanics having to be learned by trial and error but gets better as you play, once you hit the mid game and you have more armor sets and talismans it becomes a pretty enjoyable souls like, so if your like souls likes then you will no doubt like this game just fine, but as always, It's.. Up.. To.. You and i'll leave it at that. (^_−).
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sands of Aura is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.
No, Sands of Aura is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 22.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Sands of Aura received 456 positive votes out of a total of 592 achieving a rating of 7.31.
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Sands of Aura was developed by Chashu Entertainment and published by indie.io.
Yes, Sands of Aura is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Sands of Aura is not playable on MacOS.
No, Sands of Aura is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Sands of Aura is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Sands of Aura is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Sands of Aura does not support VR.
Sands of Aura is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Sands of Aura. Explore additional content available for Sands of Aura on Steam.
No, Sands of Aura does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Sands of Aura does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Sands of Aura is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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| Steam reviews | 19 October 2026 10:01 UTC |
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