Full game metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Steam app type | game |
| Steam App ID | 3986410 |
| Live current players | 0 |
| SteamPulse tracked peak | 3 |
| Live count (today's peak floor) | 0 |
| Price | $19.99 |
| Free to play | No |
| Discount | 0% |
| Original price USD | $19.99 |
| Current price USD | $19.99 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Developer | Silent Sun |
| Publisher | Silent Sun |
| Owners estimated | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate minimum | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate maximum | Not available |
| Review type | Not available |
| Positive review percent | Not available |
| Positive reviews | 0 |
| Negative reviews | 0 |
| Total reviews | 0 |
| Steam recommendations | Not available |
| Achievements | Not available |
| Average playtime forever | Not available |
| Windows support | Yes |
| macOS support | Yes |
| Linux support | No |
| Parent game | Not available |
| Store URL | https://store.steampowered.com/app/3986410/ |
Short description
Shifting Sands is a singleplayer extraction roguelite set on a storm-lashed desert world. Rise from the dust as a scavenger, harvest scrap, explore crashed ships, and upgrade gear before sandstorms reset the land each day. Push deeper for greater rewards... or retreat before the sands erase it all.
About this game
Sand in your lungs. Scrap in your pack. Storm at your back. The wreck is half buried. Wind's picking up. Your pack's almost full... but there's a sealed compartment you haven't cracked yet. Open it and you might find xenotech worth a week of runs. Or you might find nothing, and the storm catches you carrying a full pack you'll never get home. This is the scavenger's life. A desert planet that buries everything... then reveals it again, somewhere new, for someone fast enough to find it. At its center stands the Nexus, an ancient monument that holds back the storm for a few fleeting hours each day. You're one of many drawn here. Every morning, you venture out. Every evening, the sands reset. What you escape with is the only thing that survives. EXPLORE THE SCI-FI DESERT Yesterday there was nothing here. Today, half a cargo freighter juts from the dune. The storms reshape everything. That derelict you encountered? Gone. That cache you harvested? Deeper now... or exposed, waiting. Every run is a new map. Every run is a new chance. You learn to read the sand. You learn where wrecks cluster, where raiders camp, where the anomalies twist the air. But you never learn everything... because tomorrow, it all changes again. Push deeper for rarer salvage. Or play it safe near the Nexus. The choice is yours. The consequences are too. MANAGE YOUR INVENTORY Your pack has limited slots. The component in front of you takes four. Back home, that component could unlock a new tool... something that changes how you play forever. But your pack already has a dozen slots of scrap you spent the whole run gathering. Drop it, and that time is gone. Keep it, and you leave the component for the storm. This is the game inside the game. Every slot is a bet. Common scrap is guaranteed value. Rare components are life-changing... if you make it back. And if you die out here, you lose almost everything except what's secured in your omnipack. How much are you willing to risk for one more slot? UPGRADE AND ADAPT That junk in your pack? It's not junk. It's potential . Back at the Nexus, scrap becomes upgrades. A scanner that pings buried caches. Reinforced boots that let you scale dune…
Supported languages
English * * languages with full audio support