Shifting Sands
Welcome to the Nexus. You died, the sandpit brought you back, and now you have a shift to finish as a scrapper. Scavenge crashed ships, cram your pack with dangerous salvage, meet odd survivors, and make it…
Shifting Sands is an adventure developed by Silent Sun, released 27 August 2026 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Shifting Sands is
Shifting Sands is an adventure game developed by Silent Sun and released in 2026. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Welcome to the Nexus. You died, the sandpit brought you back, and now you have a shift to finish as a scrapper. Scavenge crashed ships, cram your pack with dangerous salvage, meet odd survivors, and make it home each day through a weird desert world before the storm resets the sands and you with it.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Shifting Sands launched on 27 August 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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