Sandwalkers

Buy75%

Mostly Positive · 566 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Goblinz Studio · Singleplayer · Apr 8, 2025

Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Price
$7.99−60%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
24
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
11
Full audio0 of 11
Subtitles11 of 11

Should I buy Sandwalkers?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 123 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 41 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 566 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 291 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise291 helpful reviews50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
123 of 291 sampled reviews raised it
The game is quite good, I enjoy the combat exploration, and the story is intriguing with a fantastic atmosphere.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
74 of 291 sampled reviews raised it
I really, really love the overall concept, the pixel artstyle, the combat, the lore and the metaprogression.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
68 of 291 sampled reviews raised it
The above issues, combined with the plentiful bugs, do fill me with some apprehension about where the game is going, but with such a brilliant concept and such inspired art and story direction I am really, really keeping my fingers crossed the devs will do their best to iron out the issues, balance the game properly, and just make it the best it could be.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
29 of 291 sampled reviews raised it
Supposedly, a Core i5 processor or equivalent, 4 GB of RAM, and a graphics card compatible with DirectX 11 and/or OpenGL 3.3 should be more than enough to run it smoothly...
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
19 of 291 sampled reviews raised it
The voice work, art, animation, character design, music and storytelling are all phenomenal.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
8 of 291 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack and ambient sound design further strengthen this mood, creating a quiet tension during exploration and a sharper urgency during combat encounters, making the journey feel consistently oppressive yet fascinating.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay123 reviews
Combat74 reviews
Story68 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Characters19 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Difficulty
80% still recommend
Bugs
70% still recommend
Interface
60% still recommend
Optimization
57% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$7.99$19.99−60%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

8 points recordedtoday · $7.99

If you liked this one

Reviewed games that overlap most with this one.

No recommendations for this game yet.

This game doesn’t overlap enough with games Crit has reviewed.