Mine the world
Excavate sand and other pixel materials from a fully destructible planet.
A Pixel-Physics Factory World · Steam Early Access
Master Every Grainin Sandustry
Mine a fully destructible world, exploit physical reactions, and automate production chains where every pixel can become part of your factory.
- Aug 13, 2026
- Early Access Launch
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- Steam Reviews
- 16
- Steam Achievements
- 23
- Supported Languages
The destructible factory
What is Sandustry?
Sandustry is a single-player automation, exploration, and base-building strategy game by Lantto Games and Hooded Horse.
Sand, water, steam, ice, seeds, ores, and industrial byproducts behave as physical materials. You reshape the planet while turning those reactions into transport networks, refining lines, tools, and increasingly advanced research.
Visit the official wiki →- Developer
- Lantto Games
- Publisher
- Hooded Horse
- Genre
- Automation · Simulation · Strategy
- Platforms
- Windows · macOS · Linux
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Turn a planet into a factory
Create Wet Sand
Bring sand and water together, then control the flow before reservoirs run dry.
Shake out Gold
Run Wet Sand over diagonal Shakers to separate Gold from the Slag stream.
Automate deeper
Add conveyors, launchers, filters, pipes, tools, and drones as research expands.
Factory codex
Start with the bottleneck in front of you
Start here
Sandustry Guides Hub
Learn the factory loop, the first research decisions, and which guide solves your current bottleneck.
Read guide01LogisticsAutomation Guide
Understand conveyors, launchers, filters, and reliable routing without turning the factory into a jam.
Read guide02Factory layoutProcessing Plant Guide
Build a complete Wet Sand → Gold → Slag production line and debug each stage in order.
Read guide03
Systems that connect
Automation is more than adding belts
Refining
Shakers turn Wet Sand into Slag with a chance to extract Gold.
Logistics
Conveyors move solid pixels; launchers bridge height and gaps.
Sorting
Filters route configured materials downward while carrying others on.
Expansion
Pipes, tools, botanical chains, and drones open deeper factory designs.
Quick answers
Sandustry FAQ
Short answers sourced from the Steam page and official game wiki.
Is Sandustry a multiplayer game?
No. Steam currently lists Sandustry as a single-player game.
What should I automate first?
Stabilize Wet Sand, then automate the Shaker feed and move Slag away from the output before scaling the number of machines.
How does a Shaker produce Gold?
Each Wet Sand pixel becomes Slag, with a one-in-four chance to produce a Gold pixel that falls through the Shaker.
Does Sandustry support mods?
Yes. The Steam page highlights mod support, and the game includes Steam Workshop integration.