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Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.

Starsand is a open world survival craft, survival and open world game developed by Tunnel Vision Studio and published by Toplitz Productions.
Released on November 17th 2022 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai and Turkish.

It has received 1,157 reviews of which 773 were positive and 384 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.44€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Starsand into these genres:

Open World Survival Craft Survival Open World Realistic 3D First-Person Exploration Crafting Base-Building Inventory Management Resource Management Sci-fi Atmospheric Story Rich Singleplayer Sandbox Mystery Building Aliens Early Access

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel i3 (4th Generation) or equivalent AMD, min. 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 or equivalent AMD
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 7 GB available space

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Jan. 2025
Great game! Love the overall atmosphere of surviving in an alien dessert. Having no compass forces you to learn landmarks. Very interesting mechanics. Only gripe is the aiming point is white and very hard to see in the daylight. I just put a tiny piece of black tape on my screen... ;) All good.
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Dec. 2024
If you are into hardcore survival games, this game should work for you. It’s not hardcore as in it’s difficult, it’s actually pretty easy, it’s hardcore as in it’s grindy and checks all the boxes for a “survival” game. It’s the classic, made by a small team, indie game that is rough around the edges and meant for a small audience (even though I’m sure the devs would disagree with that). No game breaking bugs, but it’s rough in that area. Still had fun with it, would recommend if you’re a fan of the genre and have played all the others like me.
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Oct. 2024
Mixed Feelings! Get it if you like grindy games and got enough patience, because you're gonna spend tons of time auto-running or auto-riding. After an hour I wanted to uninstall because it felt like walking through endless sand-nothings, farm a few resources, rinse and repeat. The distances are way too far imo. Apart from perhaps catching 1 beetle (later, once you got the tool) there's nothing to do between scattered places but autorun and hope you don't loose your direction while doing so. Few gamechangers which kept me playing bit longer: 1) Turn of alien worms in settings or play on easy (wtf... trapped on an island for an eternity to finally bring one of these down with your starter spear?! This isn't "medium" difficulty, but a waste of time) 2) Tame a Camel asap; rides from place to place are still long, but not painfully long as on foot 3) Craft couple leather water sacks asap, starter flask won't keep you alive while traveling, not even on "easy" (...) 4) Craft a backpack to carry more than a handful items at once (super-small starter-inventory for whatever reason...) Then exploring the map becomes enjoyable, though story-mysteries and "puzzles" are scarce as well. Most of the game is base-building in several places, farming & crafting, then transporting mats from a to b. Storywise I made it until past the "door", before it got too tedious yet again. Vital stuff plus your camel remains on the other side and it takes minutes to get back and forth. Perhaps it's just me, but after jumping around couple hours and no luck with googling where to find the ominous "last Oasis" it's perhaps too well hidden? So that's finally it, for me.
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Oct. 2024
I really loved this game and will never forget the first moment one of the scary bugs came out at me...it's sad the devs abandoned this game. The desert theme was amazing, and I loved taming the camels event though it was slightly wonky to handle. I will return to this game for sure.
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July 2024
The desert theme is really cool in this game, just wandering the huge expanse of the map at different times of the day can be pretty entertaining. The scenery is amazing and early exploration is almost daunting, which makes it a fun challenge. Later game play can be a bit annoying, but it balances out with a pretty big boost in movement/defensive abilities. The game changes a bit as you go, which is pretty cool and keeps you on your toes. Solid but simple survival game with a nice little story attached
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Frequently Asked Questions

Starsand is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam.

Starsand is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 16.79€ on Steam.

Starsand received 773 positive votes out of a total of 1,157 achieving a rating of 6.48.
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Starsand was developed by Tunnel Vision Studio and published by Toplitz Productions.

Starsand is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Starsand is not playable on MacOS.

Starsand is not playable on Linux.

Starsand is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Starsand. Explore additional content available for Starsand on Steam.

Starsand does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Starsand does not support Steam Remote Play.

Starsand 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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Starsand
16.79€ -98% 16.79€ 0.44€ -95% 16.79€ 1.00€
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Tunnel Vision Studio
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Toplitz Productions
Release 17 Nov 2022
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