Sandustry has both released patches and separate Steam news posts about what comes next. This hub keeps those two tracks apart, so you can tell whether something is already live in the build or still being discussed by the developer.
Released patches and developer updates are both relevant, but they answer different player questions. Read patch entries for live fixes and developer posts for branch status or roadmap signals.
Update #3 adds critter petting, boosts Voltblub output, changes Lava and Thermal Buffer behavior, allows Aura Extractor removal after crystallization starts, and expands mod hooks.
Official Steam news says more than 100 mods already exist, subscribed mods still load on the separate unstable mods branch, and outlines modding work that was posted before the later v0.5.6 release.
Hooded Horse announced more than 100,000 copies sold in week one, with an Overwhelmingly Positive rating. A community co-op mod, SandTogether, arrived on the Steam Workshop at the same time.
More diagnostic logging, animated images replacing instruction videos to avoid GPU and capture-hook crashes, Alt+Enter fullscreen, and a temporary macOS right-click workaround.
Filter editing on the last placed filter, automatic repair for affected Tier 5 saves, and red-block removal in batches of 256 tiles or fewer while a deeper fix stays in progress.
Added crash logs, addressed steam-rain memory use, clarified factory-tier objectives, and added a GPU overlay launch option.
Sandustry opened on Steam, GOG, the Microsoft Store, and PC Game Pass, with a free demo and a launch discount.