SAND HORDE: SURVIVOR

ACTION-PACKED TOP-DOWN ROGUELITE HORDE SHOOTER POWERED BY UNREAL ENGINE 5.3

⚡ UNREAL ENGINE 5.3 🗺️ INFINITE SEAMLESS WASTELAND 🚁 VEHICLES, MECHS & GUNSHIPS 🕳️ SUBTERRANEAN SEWERS & BUNKERS 🧀 THE BIG CHEESE EXTRACTION

CORE GAMEPLAY MECHANICS

An uncompromising hybrid of classic top-down retro shooters, deep roguelite progression, vehicle piloting, and subterranean base excavation.

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Seamless Chunk Streaming

Traverse an infinite, procedurally generated apocalyptic desert with zero loading screens. Real-time day-and-night cycles, radioactive dust storms, dynamic lighting, and persistent monster memories across sectors.

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Subterranean Sewers & Bunkers

Descend through surface sewer grates [E] into multi-tiered subterranean waterways and ancient crypts. Carry an Entrenching Shovel and Quick-Set Concrete to excavate your own permanent underground bunker safehouse anywhere.

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Heavy Vehicle & Gunship Fleet

Pilot nimble motorized Combat Go-Karts with towable turret rigs, drive heavy 6-wheel armored ramming trucks, or radio for rooftop airlift [ ` ] to pilot the heavy Attack Gunship equipped with 30mm Gatling and Hellfire missiles.

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Modular Gunsmithing

Assemble weapons from 5 modular components: Barrels, Receivers, Stocks, Magazines, and Catalyst Chambers across 5 rarity tiers. Infuse your arsenal with 135-second elemental overcharges: Incendiary, Cryo, Corrosive, or Graviton.

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Defensive Fortifications

Salvage scrap metal from downed mechanical drones to deploy waist-high Sandbag Barriers [J] and 360-degree kinetic Auto-Turrets [K]. Reinforce base perimeters to withstand enraged midnight blood hordes.

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The Big Cheese Extraction

Infiltrate heavily guarded perimeter research vaults at sector coordinates [2,2], [-3,-2], [-2,3], and [3,-3] to secure the legendary Golden Cheddar bio-relic. Reach the Extraction Helipad and survive the intense 5-second holdout to win!

HEAVY COMBAT VEHICLES & MECHS

When standard hand-held ballistics aren't enough to stem the tide, summon heavy mechanized reinforcements.

Attack Helicopter Gunship

AH-64 ATTACK GUNSHIP

SURFACE AIRLIFT SUMMON [ ` ] // DUAL TURBOSHAFT AERIAL SUPERIORITY

The ultimate close air support platform. Summons down to your exact coordinates on the surface. Features true 3D obstacle clearance over fences, sand dunes, and toxic lava pools.

  • ✦ 30mm Chin Gatling (LMB): Real-time crosshair-tracking high-velocity explosive rounds.
  • ✦ AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles (RMB / F): Dual guided missile rails that lock onto elite bosses.
  • ✦ Chobham Composite Armor: Absorbs 85% of incoming projectile and shock damage.
  • ✦ Emergency Parachute Ejection [X]: Crash detonation inflicts 1,200 AOE damage.
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Combat Go-Kart

TACTICAL COMBAT GO-KART

DEPLOY HOTKEY [ C ] // HIGH-SPEED RECONNAISSANCE & DRIFTING

Engineered for blistering speeds and sharp turns across rough desert dunes. Capable of power-sliding around mutant nests and towing automated heavy sentry trailers.

  • ✦ Nitro Afterburner [Spacebar]: Extreme rocket propulsion burst for ramming kinetic impacts.
  • ✦ Tow-Rig Hitch: Mounts up to 2 towed auto-turrets that fire while driving.
  • ✦ Field Fueling & Welding [F / R]: Refill gas and repair chassis on the run.
VIEW GO-KART GUIDE
Armored Truck

6-WHEEL ARMORED WAR TRUCK

HEAVY FORTRESS TRANSPORT // RAMMING CRUSH DAMAGE

A mobile battlefield command post built on an indestructible heavy chassis. Plow through dense swarms of scuttlers without losing momentum while transporting recruited wasteland survivors.

  • ✦ Reinforced Steel Cow-Catcher: Obliterates normal mutants on frontal impact.
  • ✦ Cargo Bed Storage: Secure transport for surplus ammunition and fuel drums.
  • ✦ Heavy Hull Plating: Extreme resistance to corrosive acid spitters.
VIEW TRUCK GUIDE
Titan Mech Drop

TITAN COMBAT MECH EXOSUIT

ORBITAL DROP-POD DROP [ T / B ] // MASSIVE HYDRAULIC POWER

Called in via encrypted orbital radio transmission. The drop-pod craters the earth upon impact, crushing anything beneath it before opening into a pilotable mechanized warmachine.

  • ✦ Dual 30mm Rotary Cannons (LMB): Non-stop sustained fire shredding alpha mutants.
  • ✦ Micro-Missile Cluster [G / RMB]: Fires an 8-missile tracking cluster at nearby swarms.
  • ✦ Incinerator Flamethrower Jet [F]: Coats the ground in 1,800°F napalm.
  • ✦ Reactor Breach Ejection [X]: Rocket eject before critical meltdown detonation.
VIEW MECH PROTOCOLS
Creative Studios & Audio

IN-ENGINE CREATIVE STUDIOS [ F6 ]

BUILT-IN LEVEL, WEAPON, MONSTER & SOUND ARCHITECT SUITES

Sand Horde features full developer-grade creative suites right inside the game client! Build custom firearms, design terrifying mutant species, craft subterranean complexes, and mix retro tracks.

  • ✦ Monster Maker: Customize mesh scales, HP (up to 50k), speeds, and AI profiles.
  • ✦ Weapon Forge: Assemble custom guns and test in the live firing range.
  • ✦ Real-Time Soundboard [ \ ]: Live multi-track chiptune and heavy metal synthesizer.
  • ✦ Desert Oasis Casino [ O ]: Play Slots, Roulette, and Blackjack between runs.
EXPLORE CREATIVE SUITES

THE COMPLETE ONE-PAGE GAME MANUAL

Everything you need to survive Night 1 to Night 50 in one seamless, searchable page: master keyboard and mouse controls, vehicle hotkeys, bunker excavation steps, modular weapon parts, boss strategies, and extraction coordinates.

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Sand Horde Game Manual Companion
Level Up Ventures Studio

LEVEL UP VENTURES

Crafted with passion in Unreal Engine 5.3. Sand Horde blends golden-era 90s retro top-down action with cutting-edge procedural chunk streaming, robust physics simulations, and limitless player creativity.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (720p 30 FPS)

  • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 / AMD FX-6300
  • RAM: 8 GB System Memory
  • GPU: NVIDIA GTX 960 (2GB) / AMD R9 280
  • DirectX: Version 11 (Shader Model 5.0)
  • Storage: 12 GB Available Storage Space

RECOMMENDED (1080p/1440p 60+ FPS)

  • OS: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-8700 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • RAM: 16 GB High-Speed Dual Channel RAM
  • GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1660 Super / RTX 2060 / RX 5600 XT
  • DirectX: Version 12 (SM6)
  • Storage: 12 GB (High-Speed NVMe SSD Recommended)