From Press Release:
SEATTLE – June 22, 2026 – tinyBuild and indie developers Hologryph and TowerHaus are thrilled to announce that SAND: Raiders of Sophie, the thrilling new multiplayer FPS with mechs set in a dieselpunk desert world, launches today in early access on Steam. Throughout the early access period, the team is committed to continuing their collaboration with the community on the road to 1.0. For players seeking the thrill of extraction shooters without the brutal learning curve, or survival game fans tired of logging in to find their base raided, SAND offers a fresh alternative featuring high-stakes action and fun. SAND is now available on Steam for $19.74/£15.74/15,74€ after a special 21% launch discount for two weeks!
SAND is set in an alternate-history, dieselpunk world on the ruined planet Sophie, where an ecological disaster has evaporated the oceans. All that’s left are humans and their Trampler mechs, titanic mechanical moving beasts that can traverse Sophie’s sprawling wasteland. Working alone or in teams, humanity now scours Sophie’s far-reaching deserts, scavenging for hidden riches and fighting to keep them.
Play SAND’s Voyage Mode to explore the deserts of Sophie at your own pace, farming resources and playing with friends without time pressure. And for the boldest players, brace yourself for Storm Dive Mode, which ups the stakes with more action, an ever-growing storm, and better loot with stronger challenges. Choose your desired playstyle and raid to your heart’s content!
Key Features
- FORGE YOUR FORTRESS, DOMINATE THE DESERT: Build your Trampler from scratch in the Trampler Editor to suit your playstyle – small and agile, a colossus armed to the teeth… or something in between! Command your very own modular fortress that can weather the deadliest of assaults. The only limits are your creativity and will to succeed!
- SQUAD UP OR GO SOLO: Embark on expeditions together with your crew, or go solo and create your own destiny. Deploy into the world, chart your course, and scavenge cities, ruins, shipwrecks and other remnants of a fallen world for loot.
- MULTIPLAYER DIESELPUNK ACTION: Every city looted, shipwreck scoured or encounter with fellow scavengers survived might just be your last, so keep your wits about you! Face mysterious supernatural forces, fight or talk your way out of confrontations with other players, successfully make it to your extraction point, and escape to the safety of the orbital station with your loot, life and Trampler intact.
- BRAVE THE DUNES: Test your builds and scavenge items at your own pace in Voyage Mode, or raise the stakes with a shrinking map and escalating dangers in Storm Dive Mode for higher-tier loot and greater rewards.
- PERSISTENT PROGRESS: Unlike traditional survival games, SAND eliminates the dreaded offline raid; your Trampler extracts with you at the end of each session. Build, fight, extract, repeat – without losing everything while you sleep!
Grab your crew and dive into SAND: Raiders of Sophie, out now on Steam! For more info, visit the game’s website, and follow along with the latest updates on X/Twitter and Discord.
About Hologryph
Hologryph is a studio based in Lviv, Ukraine. They have worked closely with tinyBuild to expand on and develop the publisher’s flagship franchises. With successful titles released in the Party Hard and Hello Neighbor series, their most recent games are the asymmetric multiplayer hit Secret Neighbor and SAND: Raiders of Sophie.
About TowerHaus
TowerHaus is a game development and outsourcing studio based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 2013 as Velcro Games and rebranded on August 3, 2023. They are co-developers of SAND and worked next to Hologryph on Secret Neighbor.
About tinyBuild
tinyBuild started as an indie game developer and morphed into a developer-publisher you can’t miss. The company’s dedication to creating long-term partnerships and elevating recognizable franchises has resulted in many successful collaborations with talented developers from all over the world. The company has released dozens of games, including the Hello Neighbor series, Graveyard Keeper, SpeedRunners, Hozy, The King is Watching and more. Although headquartered in the Seattle area, USA, the company has established a strong global presence with studios across the US, the Netherlands, and Eastern Europe. https://www.tinybuild.com
