Shifting Sands is a roguelite exploration game set on a storm lashed desert world. Rise from the dust as a scavenger, harvest scrap, explore crashed ships, and upgrade your gear before sandstorms reset the land each day. Push deeper for greater rewards... or retreat before the sands erase it all.

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About This Game

A desert planet resets itself in a never ending shifting cycle.

Across the galaxy, countless ships have fallen into the sands of a nameless world... buried, revealed, and buried again by relentless storms. At its center stands the Nexus, an ancient monument that holds back the storm for a few fleeting hours each day.

You are a scavenger, drawn to the Nexus like countless others. Each day, you venture into the desert to search for wreckage, salvage what you can, and return before the sands erase everything.

EXPLORE THE DESERT

Each run reveals new wreckage, ruins, and hidden caches uncovered by the storm. No two days are the same, and pushing deeper always carries greater risk... and greater rewards.

Time is limited.
The storm always returns.

MANAGE WHAT YOU CARRY

Inventory space is scarce, and if you die, only what’s secured in your omnipack is kept. Choose between safe scrap or rare components that could change your future. Push for one more pile of salvage... or turn back and return to the Nexus.

What you bring back... or don’t... defines your progress.

UPGRADE AND ADAPT

Return to the Nexus to upgrade and modify your primary gear using salvaged components. New abilities unlock new paths... some improve efficiency and discovery, others increase survivability or grant access to hidden areas.

Your equipment evolves based on what you find and how you play.

DEFINE YOUR APPROACH


No two scavengers survive the same way.

Equip tools and devices that radically change how you approach each run. Slip through the desert unseen, bend probability in your favor, escape impossible situations, or push deeper than ever before. Your loadout determines whether you avoid danger, manipulate outcomes, or confront threats head on.

Every item is a tradeoff.
Every run is a choice.

SURVIVE THE WASTES

Raiders, creatures, and anomalies stand between you and valuable discoveries. Combat exists... but it is not the objective. Allied Protectors and Priests patrol the wastes as well, sometimes offering aid to those they trust.

Preparation, positioning, and knowing when to retreat matter more than brute force.

A WORLD OF SURVIVORS

Within the Nexus, survivors trade, scheme, and remember what the desert forgets. Relationships form through conversation, favors, and shared risk. Some allies open doors. Others quietly close them.

In a world that resets each day, people... and what they know... are the only things that persist.

THE WORLD RESETS... YOU DO NOT

The desert reshapes itself every day.
Your upgrades... and your knowledge... carry forward.

What will you risk to escape the shifting sands?

KEY FEATURES

  • Extraction Style Roguelike Loop … venture out, scavenge valuable loot, and return before the world resets

  • Daily World Reset System … storms reshape the map each day, revealing new wreckage, routes, and dangers

  • Procedurally Generated Expeditions … randomized maps, wrecks, loot, and encounters every run

  • Scavenging & Salvage Economy … collect scrap, xenotech, and rare components to upgrade gear or trade

  • Persistent Progression … permanent upgrades and gear improvements carry over between runs

  • Inventory Tetris Management … limited space creates constant risk versus reward decisions

  • Gear Modification & Customization … upgrade tools and equipment using modular salvaged components

  • Run Defining Tools & Loadouts … equip devices that change how you explore, evade, harvest, or survive

  • Narrative Driven NPCs … interact with survivors whose choices, favors, and secrets shape your path

  • Factions, Reputation & Consequences … alliances shift based on who you help, betray, or ignore

  • Isometric Real Time Gameplay … explore and act in real time isometric pixel art environments

  • Tactical Combat & Stealth Options … combat is situational, avoidable, and positioning focused

  • Pixel Art Sci Fi Wasteland … handcrafted desert environments inspired by classic science fiction

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer
    • Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics (Intel HD 4000 or better)
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any standard sound card
    • Additional Notes: Keyboard, mouse, or controller supported
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Dedicated GPU with 1 GB VRAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7850 or better)
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any standard sound card
    • Additional Notes: Keyboard, mouse, or controller supported
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or newer
    • Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core i3
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics (Intel HD 4000 or Apple integrated GPU)
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any standard sound card
    • Additional Notes: Runs on both Intel and Apple Silicon
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS 11 (Big Sur) or newer
    • Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core i5
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any standard sound card
    • Additional Notes: Runs on both Intel and Apple Silicon
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