Early Access — SAND: Raiders of Sophie

What Early Access Means

EA is a paid playable slice with ongoing balance and content updates — expect bugs, tuning, and missing polish. Core loop ships complete: deploy Trampler, loot Sophie, extract via radio towers, spend crowns on tech. EA is a paid playable slice with ongoing balance and content updates — expect bugs, tuning, and missing polish.

Core loop ships complete: deploy Trampler, loot Sophie, extract via radio towers, spend crowns on tech. EA is a paid playable slice with ongoing balance and content updates — expect bugs, tuning, and missing polish. Core loop ships complete: deploy Trampler, loot Sophie, extract via radio towers, spend crowns on tech.

Launch Feature Set

Voyage standard mode, Storm Dive endgame, Trampler editor, personal weapons, 40mm/80mm cannons, artifacts, fifteen landmarks. Landmarks, items, tier lists document EA content. Voyage standard mode, Storm Dive endgame, Trampler editor, personal weapons, 40mm/80mm cannons, artifacts, fifteen landmarks.

Landmarks, items, tier lists document EA content. Voyage standard mode, Storm Dive endgame, Trampler editor, personal weapons, 40mm/80mm cannons, artifacts, fifteen landmarks. Landmarks, items, tier lists document EA content.

• Voyage PvPvE extraction
• Storm Dive shrinking map finals
• Six-player squad support
• Trampler build and blueprint save
• Landmark crafting reactors
• No official promo codes — /codes/

Known EA Gaps

Console ports, potential cross-play, and expanded artifact roster may arrive post-launch. Follow /roadmap/ and Discord for developer Q&A — no official Trello at EA launch. Console ports, potential cross-play, and expanded artifact roster may arrive post-launch.

Follow /roadmap/ and Discord for developer Q&A — no official Trello at EA launch. Console ports, potential cross-play, and expanded artifact roster may arrive post-launch. Follow /roadmap/ and Discord for developer Q&A — no official Trello at EA launch.

Extended Context for Raiders

Research components and blueprints feed the tech tree — 23 components and unlock order. Keyboard controls use WASD, F interact, Tab inventory — full reference at keyboard controls. Only secured loot extracts: inventory, Trampler storage, loaded turret ammo. Floor loot is lost — storage safety.

Towns like Segen, Kaiserplatz, and Venedig hold mixed crates — towns map. Forts need 80mm for red doors — forts. Artifacts include Orbital Strike Pointer, Deflector Shield, Turbo Rod, Bio Emitter — artifacts. Steam Early Access launches June 22, 2026 — date and platforms.

Tier lists rank weapons, builds, cannons, artifacts at tier list hub. No official promo codes at EA launch — codes FAQ. Roadmap links Discord and Steam forums at roadmap. Pre-deploy with fuel rods, ammo, Radio Beacon per pre-deploy checklist.

Boarding offense and defense decide PvP Trampler fights — boarding offense. Mechanical Parts rebuild destroyed walkers — mechanical parts. Landmark crafting at reactors consumes fuel rods and components — landmark crafting.

Squad Coordination Notes

Steam Early Access launches June 22, 2026 — date and platforms. Tier lists rank weapons, builds, cannons, artifacts at tier list hub. No official promo codes at EA launch — codes FAQ. Roadmap links Discord and Steam forums at roadmap.

Pre-deploy with fuel rods, ammo, Radio Beacon per pre-deploy checklist. Boarding offense and defense decide PvP Trampler fights — boarding offense. Mechanical Parts rebuild destroyed walkers — mechanical parts.

Landmark crafting at reactors consumes fuel rods and components — landmark crafting. Dreadnought and Sandworm Pit are secret endgame POIs — secret locations. Iron Fortress, Sand Runner, Raider Hybrid, Maze Builder are meta build archetypes — Trampler builds.

Personal weapons include Blitz Pistol, EB Revolver, 866/9 Rifle, M82, 1874 Petros, Anti-Reactor Rifle — weapons. SAND: Raiders of Sophie is a dieselpunk PvPvE extraction shooter on Sophie where you build and crew giant walking mechs called Tramplers. Extract via radio towers using a Radio Beacon Box (~2000 crowns), green smoke, and a two-minute defense window documented on extraction points.

Solo Player Considerations

Mechanical Parts rebuild destroyed walkers — mechanical parts. Landmark crafting at reactors consumes fuel rods and components — landmark crafting. Dreadnought and Sandworm Pit are secret endgame POIs — secret locations.

Iron Fortress, Sand Runner, Raider Hybrid, Maze Builder are meta build archetypes — Trampler builds. Personal weapons include Blitz Pistol, EB Revolver, 866/9 Rifle, M82, 1874 Petros, Anti-Reactor Rifle — weapons. SAND: Raiders of Sophie is a dieselpunk PvPvE extraction shooter on Sophie where you build and crew giant walking mechs called Tramplers.

Extract via radio towers using a Radio Beacon Box (~2000 crowns), green smoke, and a two-minute defense window documented on extraction points. Voyage mode is the standard loop; Storm Dive is high-stakes endgame with stronger rivals and better loot per Storm Dive guide. Black Boxes sell for roughly 500 crowns and appear in industrial POIs — see valuables and Black Box guide.

Mount 40mm cannons for sustained fire; 80mm cannons pierce heavy armor on enemy Tramplers and Ironclad robots per cannons tier list. Research components and blueprints feed the tech tree — 23 components and unlock order. Keyboard controls use WASD, F interact, Tab inventory — full reference at keyboard controls.

Storm Dive vs Voyage Differences

SAND: Raiders of Sophie is a dieselpunk PvPvE extraction shooter on Sophie where you build and crew giant walking mechs called Tramplers. Extract via radio towers using a Radio Beacon Box (~2000 crowns), green smoke, and a two-minute defense window documented on extraction points. Voyage mode is the standard loop; Storm Dive is high-stakes endgame with stronger rivals and better loot per Storm Dive guide.

Black Boxes sell for roughly 500 crowns and appear in industrial POIs — see valuables and Black Box guide. Mount 40mm cannons for sustained fire; 80mm cannons pierce heavy armor on enemy Tramplers and Ironclad robots per cannons tier list. Research components and blueprints feed the tech tree — 23 components and unlock order.

Keyboard controls use WASD, F interact, Tab inventory — full reference at keyboard controls. Only secured loot extracts: inventory, Trampler storage, loaded turret ammo. Floor loot is lost — storage safety. Towns like Segen, Kaiserplatz, and Venedig hold mixed crates — towns map. Forts need 80mm for red doors — forts.

Artifacts include Orbital Strike Pointer, Deflector Shield, Turbo Rod, Bio Emitter — artifacts. Steam Early Access launches June 22, 2026 — date and platforms. Tier lists rank weapons, builds, cannons, artifacts at tier list hub.