Turn every grain into progress.

Sandustry is a single-player factory strategy sandbox where every pixel behaves as physical material. You excavate a destructible world, combine resources such as Sand and Water, automate production chains and research the buildings and tools needed to explore deeper.

Begin with one contained Wet Sand processing line rather than a sprawling factory. Learn how loose pixels move, produce a stable supply of Gold, then purchase the research that fixes the next observed bottleneck instead of following a rigid technology order.

Common causes include mixed materials sharing an output, loose pixels escaping containment, full storage and solids blocking liquid infrastructure. Diagnose one material path from source to destination and stabilize a complete cycle before copying or accelerating the module.

Treat research as a response to the factory. Choose Refining when income is weak, Logistics when movement and sorting fail, Tools when a material needs heating, freezing or relocation, and Pipes when reliable Water transport has become the constraint.

No. Sandustry Wiki is an independent fan guide. It uses official Steam and Wiki material for documented facts, preserves source links, labels community demonstrations separately and calls out Demo or Early Access version boundaries where instructions may change.

Mechanics, costs and layouts can change, so every page records a version boundary and avoids presenting community efficiency claims as permanent rules. Recheck the current in-game interface after an update and use the cited sources when a value no longer matches.