SANDSTRIKE

Tactical top-down multiplayer shooter where PvP battles, co-op Zombie Horde, and open-world RolePlay mode collide. Build your combat robot, install implants, and fight other players across a post-human desert wasteland.

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🎮 GAME MODES

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⚔️ PVP COMBAT

• Free-For-All — Up to 8 players. No allies. No mercy. Outsmart, outgun, outlast.

• Duo — 2v2 tactical team play.

• Team Fight — 4v4 squad warfare. Play with friends or fill slots with AI bots that coordinate, flank, and fight like real squadmates.

🧟 ZOMBIE HORDE (Co-op)

Escort an armored convoy through hostile territory while the AI Director unleashes waves of undead machines, cyborg zombies, and boss mechs. Up to 80 zombies simultaneously. Survive together or fall apart.

🌍 ROLEPLAY MODE (NEW)

An open-world online RPG mode inspired by classic post-apocalyptic RPGs. Build a unique robot, explore the wasteland, trade, craft, and survive.

• Character Creation — 6 core attributes, 16 skills, 13 traits (each with a benefit AND a drawback), 33 unlockable modules earned every 3 levels

• Global Map — 100×100 tile wasteland. Explore, discover cities, encounter bandits, merchant caravans, and radiation storms

• 7 Cities — NPC traders, quest givers, crafting stations, repair shops

• Full Loot Drop — When you die, everything in your inventory drops on the ground. Other players can take it

• Replication System — 100 seconds to respawn. Run out of credits? Welcome to Hell — a prison guarded by turrets. Hack your way out with the Science skill

• Crafting — 4 station types: workbench, chemistry lab, forge, electronics. Recipes scale with your skills

• Player Camps — Place your base anywhere on the global map

All modes support solo play with AI teammates — no waiting for players required.

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🔫 COMBAT

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• 25 Weapons — Pistols, rifles, shotguns, heavy weapons, beam lasers, flamethrowers, and experimental tech

• Weapon Proficiency — Every weapon gains XP with use. Higher level = tighter accuracy across all matches

• Action Points — Shooting and reloading cost AP. Manage your energy or run dry mid-firefight

• Grenades — Cook and throw with a blast radius preview. Bounce off walls or rain from rooftops

• Body Part System — 8 targetable zones: Head (2×), Eyes (3×), Torso, Arms, Legs, Groin (1.5×). Destroy eyes to cut vision. Break legs to cripple movement. Each part has independent HP

• Dismemberment — Blow off limbs, watch oil leak, see bones collapse. Persistent damage stays visible on corpses

• Status Effects — Burning, stun, contusion, system malfunction, oil leak, overheating. Stack them for devastating combos

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🛡️ LOADOUT & PROGRESSION

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• Gear System — Equip headgear, body armor, arm guards, leg plates, and groin protection. Each piece absorbs damage for its body zone

• Implant System — Equip up to 6 passive implants: boost accuracy, fire rate, HP regen, AP capacity, movement speed, sandstorm resistance, and more. Over 30 unique implants across Combat, Defense, Mobility, Energy, Sensors, and Survival categories

• Drone Shop — Call in a supply drone mid-match. Buy ammo, repair kits, grenades, AP recharge, or full body part reconstruction with Salvage earned in combat

• Cosmetics — Customize headgear, armor sets, nickname colors, and card effects

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🌐 MULTIPLAYER & SOCIAL

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• Steam P2P — No dedicated servers needed. Host or join instantly via Steam Relay

• Party System — Create a party, invite Steam friends, ready up, and launch together

• Quick Match — Instant matchmaking across regions

• Lobby Control — Set mode, team size, enable/disable bots, kick players

• Ranked Leagues — Climb 8 tiers from Scrap Heap to God-Mode Protocol

• In-Game Chat — Text chat with speech bubbles over your robot's head

• Emotes — Dance, breakdance, or laugh on the battlefield

• Steam Achievements — Track your progress

• Steam Cloud — Save your progress across devices

• Family Sharing — Share with family members

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🤖 SMART AI

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• Bot Personalities — Aggressive (close-range rushers), Cautious (mid-range tacticians), Sniper (long-range precision)

• Tactical Behavior — Bots use wall cover, flank from sides, climb buildings, coordinate focus fire, throw grenades at groups, and dodge incoming fire

• Floor Awareness — Bots understand multi-level buildings. They shoot from rooftops, take stairs when wounded, or jump off ledges to chase kills

• AI Director (Zombie Mode) — Dynamically adjusts zombie intensity through four tension phases: Lull, Build-Up, Peak, and Recovery. No two runs feel the same

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🌄 ENVIRONMENT

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• Fog of War — Real-time cone-based visibility. Enemies vanish outside your sight arc

• Sandstorms — Reduce visibility to near-zero. Close the distance or hide

• Multi-Level Buildings — Enter buildings, climb stairs to rooftops, fight across floors. Height advantage for sniping

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⚙️ SETTINGS

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• Graphics — Resolution, fullscreen, quality presets, anti-aliasing, FSR upscaling, textures, shadows, render scale, bloom, vignette, motion blur, SSAO, film grain, chromatic aberration, brightness/contrast, FPS target, VSync

• Audio — Master, SFX, music, and ambient volume sliders

• Gameplay — Camera lead, crosshair customization (color & size), auto-reload

• Controls — Full keybind reference display

• Languages — English, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, German, Portuguese (Brazil)

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🗺️ EARLY ACCESS ROADMAP

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Available now:

✅ PvP Combat (Solo / Duo / Team) with ranked leagues

✅ Zombie Horde with AI Director

✅ RolePlay: character creation, global map, 7 cities, crafting, full loot drop

✅ 25 weapons, 30+ implants, 5 armor types, body part system

✅ Steam Achievements, Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Coming next:

• Dedicated RolePlay servers — massive shared world

• Quest chains with branching paths

• Faction system — Restorers vs Destroyers

• PvPvE zones — competing squads + AI enemies

• Operations — 3-5 chained missions with persistent damage

• Clan bases on the global map

• Vehicles — rovers and drones

• Raid bosses and seasonal events

• Steam Workshop — community maps and mods

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💻 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

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Minimum:

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit

• CPU: Intel i5-4460 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200

• RAM: 8 GB

• GPU: GTX 1050 Ti 4GB / RX 560 4GB

• Storage: 4 GB (SSD recommended)

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 11 64-bit

• CPU: Intel i5-10400F / AMD Ryzen 5 3600

• RAM: 16 GB

• GPU: GTX 1660 Super / RTX 2060 / RX 5600 XT (6 GB VRAM)

• Storage: 4 GB SSD

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🎮 HOW TO GET ACCESS

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SANDSTRIKE launches April 30, 2026 on Steam Early Access for $9.99.

Want early access before launch? Add me on Steam:

1. Steam Profile

2. Send a message that you're from itch.io

3. I'll grant you access — the game will appear in your Steam Library

The game requires Steam to run (multiplayer, lobbies, matchmaking).

Questions or bugs? Message me on Steam or join our Discord.

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Developer: Melincean Vladimir

Release: April 30, 2026 (Early Access)

Price: $9.99 EA → $14.99-19.99 Full Release

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