Sandustry hits early access on August 13th

Hooded Horse and Lantto Games have set August 13th as the early access launch date for Sandustry, a 2D factory-building sim launching on Steam, GOG, and the Microsoft Store.

The game draws obvious comparisons to Terraria but leans hard into factory-building — its standout mechanic is a resource system where materials break down into individual pixels, each with its own physics simulation. Sand, presumably, behaves like sand.

Hooded Horse has built a reputation for publishing ambitious, niche strategy and simulation titles — Manor Lords, Menace, Terra Invicta — so Sandustry fits squarely in their wheelhouse. Lantto Games appears to be a smaller indie studio, with Sandustry shaping up as their main project.

No pricing or roadmap details were shared alongside the announcement, but the August 13th early access window is confirmed across all three storefronts.