Memorable, well-written characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Every single character in this game is SO fleshed out and have actual personalities.”
Steam review · 149 h played ↗
My Time at Sandrock
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Pathea Games2023Life Sim · Farming Sim · Dating Sim
−70%$39.99$11.99
US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A huge, story-rich crafting life sim with standout characters, romance and voice acting. Skip it if you want co-op with the story, or if grind, slow pacing and bugs put you off.
Great for
Solo players who love story-driven, character-rich crafting sims and romance, and don't mind long play sessions
Main risk
Buying it for co-op and finding multiplayer has no story, or being worn down by grind and bugs
What players love
Gripping story with twists
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“My first playthrough I literally gasped out loud multiple times, and my husband would find me sneaking out of bed to paly it, because I just needed to know what would happen next.”
Steam review · 581.7 h played ↗
Huge amount of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it's a cozy game RIDICULOUSLY PACKED with contents and mechanics”
Steam review · 188.7 h played ↗
Deep, flexible romance and friendship
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The romance is also super well done!! You can go on dates, bring your SO to the mines or to do combat, they ride your horse with you...”
Steam review · 145.7 h played ↗
Addictive crafting and building loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“There is constantly something new to unlock, improve, or work toward, which makes “just one more day” turn into five more hours very quickly.”
Steam review · 173.2 h played ↗
Fun co-op and quality-of-life features
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“the inventory management is absolutely top notch. There are so many conveniences that make dealing with organizing hundreds of items very easy.”
Steam review · 116 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs and unfixed issues, abandoned by devs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Despite not being updated for over a year and half, the game still has bugs and has seemingly been abandoned so the team can work on their next game.”
Steam review · 111.3 h played ↗
Slow, grindy, padded progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I feel like almost half of that has been waiting for items to finish crafting.”
Steam review · 20.9 h played ↗
Co-op has no story and cut content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the multiplayer version of this game is an incredibly dumbed down sandbox version of the game with absolutely no story”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗
Shallow combat and mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Fighting is left clicking. Fishing is left clicking. Dating is left clicking. Raising chickens is left clicking.”
Steam review · 276.8 h played ↗
Desert setting and disliked characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“mudar o cenário para um deserto foi o maior responsável pelo jogo ser tão ruim”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Lost saves and missable content softlocks
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“you can put 200+ hours into the game and once you save sandrock, the game stops showing your saves”
Steam review · 238.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support50 GB
Minimum
OSWin 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX760 | AMD Radeon 7950
Storage50 GB available space
Recommended
OSWin 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-9700K | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX1060 | AMD Radeon RX 580
Storage50 GB available space
OSWin 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX760 | AMD Radeon 7950
Storage50 GB available space
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