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.
Game Details
Developer: Tunnel Vision Studio
Platforms: Steam
Link: Website, Discord
Release Date: Nov 4, 2021
Status: Early Access
Features
- Large open game world in an exciting desert setting with an area of over 64 km².
- The lovingly designed world, far away from civilization, holds many impressive monuments, artifacts, and creatures of the past & present.
- Survival action par excellence! Weather and desert capers as well as terrestrial and extra-terrestrial enemies awaken the pure survival instinct!
- Gather, build, secure – for protection against heat, cold and the unknown enemy.
- Dynamic weather and day/night changes demand good planning, wise action, and a large portion of courage, especially in the desert.
- A mystical, thrilling story and the solving of numerous puzzles answer many open questions during the exciting journey into the unknown.
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My Thoughts
So full background of my interaction with Starsand and the development team- I helped organize the Discord/ Discord admin’d for them for a while, played the demo and participated in the pre-release game testing.
I haven’t played since the release into Early Access! Like so many other games, it’s slipped into my backlog while I work on Hashtag. (Insert crying emoji) I plan on picking it back up and doing a detailed review in the future so for now I’ll just say- unique setting, unique critters, and a beautiful atmosphere. This was so much fun to play in the start and I can’t imagine it’s gone anywhere but upwards since release. Also you can ride camels! Big yay.
(The trailer is gorgeous- ditto for the art!)
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