Sandustry Guide: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
All 20 published Sandustry guides, grouped by category.
Guides
1 guideTerrain
1 guideFiltering
1 guideLogistics
1 guideMachines
3 guidesSandustry 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 Setup: Wet Seed, Flowers, and Automation
Feed Wet Seed into a Planter Box to grow a Flower, then harvest the head for 4 Amethelis and 1 Gold with clear collection space below.
Resources
4 guidesSandustry 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
Convert Lava into Cinder, move the solid with ordinary logistics, then apply direct Flamethrower fire to recreate Lava.
Maps & Collectibles
2 guidesSandustry 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.
Availability
5 guidesSandustry 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 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.
Localization
1 guideMods
1 guideMaterials
All 20 tracked Sandustry materials, grouped by how they behave, with documented sources, uses and conversion ratios on every page.
Terrain
Powder
Plant
Latest updates
Update #3 is the first patch since Early Access launch to change material behaviour: lava gets heavier and more destructive, and flower calamity becomes manageable.
September 4, 2026 0.5.5 experimental — modding frameworkSandustry Modding & What's Next: 125+ Mods and the 0.5.5 BranchA developer post rather than a patch: 125+ community mods, an updated modding framework on a new experimental branch, and a deliberate hold on new content.
August 29, 2026 v0.5.5 — Update #2Sandustry Update #2 Patch Notes: Stability and Quality of LifeA second stability pass: expanded crash logging, instruction videos replaced with animated images, Alt+Enter fullscreen, and a fix for the macOS stuck-mouse bug.
August 19, 2026