Short answer
Sandustry launched into Early Access on August 13, 2026, according to the official Steam Community announcement and the Steam store listing. That date is the release-stage observation, not a promise about the final 1.0 schedule. The current page should always display when the information was last checked because store stage and future plans can change.
What the official surfaces say
The Steam listing shows a release date of August 13, 2026 and an Early Access release date on the same day. The community announcement describes the launch as an Early Access release and points players toward the official store and community channels. These sources agree on the current stage and date, so the answer is safe within that bounded scope.
The store’s Early Access section also explains that the game is playable in its current state and that the team plans to involve the community. It describes future work as additional content influenced by player feedback, including further buildings, resources, production chains, quests, biomes, and technologies. Those are development plans; the sources do not provide a final release date.
How to read older dates
Sandustry also has developer-owned demo and itch.io material that predates the current store stage. A date or sentence copied from that page may describe the historical demo rather than the current Early Access build. When a guide says “release,” check whether it means the demo becoming available, the Early Access launch, or a future full release.
This distinction matters for mechanics too. Tools, terminology, mod loaders, and access rules may be different between a demo and Early Access. The site therefore keeps a timestamped status on this page and links to the live Steam surface rather than presenting a historical page as a current changelog.
What is not answered here
There is no official final 1.0 date in the supplied evidence. There is no supported roadmap calendar to convert into a prediction. Price, discount, language, and platform fields are also live store data and should be checked separately in the target region.
If an update changes the stage label or adds a dated announcement, refresh this page and preserve the older date as history rather than silently replacing it. The useful fact is the timeline: Early Access began on August 13, 2026; future timing remains unconfirmed.