Sandwalkers - Prologue

RPG· Party-Based RPG· Turn-Based Strategy· Fantasy

Released Jun 2024

Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based strategy game. Convoy goods to neighboring tribes, build relationships, survive hostile creatures, and discover a new world. Inspired by great games like Wartales, Curious Expedition, or For The King.

81% positive · 187 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

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Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Sandwalkers - Prologue is a free standalone demo/prologue for the full game Sandwalkers. It launched on June 4, 2024. The store description explicitly states it is "a free version of the game Sandwalkers," positioning it as a sampler of the main game rather than a product intended to receive its own ongoing content development. The only post-launch developer communication was a hotfix on June 5, 2024 to address translation bugs and widescreen issues — that hotfix also noted that certain issues would be fixed "for the EA" (Early Access), referring to the main Sandwalkers game, not further development of this prologue. There are no announced DLC, no roadmap, and no sustained update pattern for this prologue. It was released as a self-contained promotional demo and is effectively complete as shipped.

Evidence

Store description explicitly states 'Sandwalkers Prologue is a free version of the game Sandwalkers,' identifying it as a standalone demo/sampler for the full game rather than a product with its own ongoing development cycle.

store metadata · Jun 4, 2024 source development ending

high

Hotfix #1 released the day after launch to fix translation bugs and widescreen display issues. The developer notes remaining issues will be addressed 'for the EA,' referring to the Early Access release of the main Sandwalkers game — not further prologue updates.

news post · Jun 5, 2024 source ambiguous

low

Media

Details

Developer

Goblinz Studio

Publisher

Goblinz Publishing

Achievements

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Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

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Steam Deck

Unsupported

Players

Single-player

Party-Based RPG Turn-Based Strategy Fantasy Exploration Strategy Dungeon Crawler Roguelite RPG Adventure Procedural Generation Roguelike Strategy RPG Dynamic Narration Free to Play Turn-Based Combat

About this game

Introduction:

Play as a new Caravan and discover one of your ancestors' secrets, which will rekindle the hope of ending the Phithi era someday.
Every decade, the tree city of Lecwasi sends a caravan of merchants and diplomats into the Phithi, the meteorological chaos ravaging the world of Uwando.
Convoy goods to neighboring tribes, build relationships, survive the creatures that roam around the Phithi, and collect memories of your journey to send to your successors.

Features:

Guide a caravan of adventurers through ever-changing landscapes.
Tame hostile creatures, rescue refugees, seek allies for mutual aid, or follow the blood path and loot everything you can.
Seek rich arable soil to plant a new tree city for your people.
Progress by passing on your knowledge to a new caravan.
Repair the broken climate, and put an end to centuries of wandering.

Sandwalkers is made by the same studio as Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager.

Games/Series that inspired us:

HeroQuest (board game), La Horde du Contrevent (Windwalkers, a French book), Kaamelott (the best French series), Monty Python (English series), Dune.

Video games that inspired us:

Curious Expedition, Renowned Explorers, Trials of Fire, Darkest Dungeon, Slay the Spire, Final Fantasy, Divinity, For The King, Chroma Squad, Battle Brothers, West of Loathing, and many more.

Sandwalkers Prologue is a free version of the game Sandwalkers.