SAND: Raiders of Sophie

If you like to get getting fisted with no lube then this is the perfect game for you! Nothing is more fun then starting to play the game learning a few things and enjoying my time with my friends and then a maxed tech tree crawler comes out of the bush and outguns you every single time so the game is just a waste of time. Unbalanced, bugs, cheaters

I'll start by saying that I NEVER leave reviews. NEVER, EVER. This will actually be my first review. This game has pissed me off so much that I decided it was necessary to leave one. In the current state of this game as of 7/25/26, it is not worth it to play for anyone looking to make a new purchase. Let these "devs" fix this broken ass game first before you hop in. This game is absolutely riddled with bugs. I don't say that lightly at all. It has so many issues and the devs try to fix things and make it worse. Oh and don't get me started on the cheaters. They're in some many of these lobbies! The anti-cheat does not work well after the "anti-cheat" update. You can load into a game, get robbed of all your gear by cheaters before touching down and then get booted back to the lobby because its stuck on a loading screen and you lose all of your gear. Whether that's a cheater's doing, or the game's fault, this represents one of the many ways this game absolutely f#$#'s you and any hard work you put into building a bank. Also, the game is heavily focused on your trampler and having the necessary upgrades for battle. There is no matchmaking based on your trampler upgrades it seems, so you can go up against people with absolute god tier equipment over, and over, and over again. You will most certainly lose these battles despite having better gun skill because of the upgrades on their tramplers and how fast they can rain down fire upon your measly, feeble early game builds. In addition, there is no duo game mode, so if you spawn in with two people you're in a lobby with trios and already at a disadvantage. This aspect is absolutely stupid and frustrating. You can also spawn in with 4 people and go up against 6 man squads and be at a disadvantage every time because the game splits the parties up by "solo", "trio", and (big team battle) "six-man" squads. I should add that there is no way to fill the squad either, so you're on your own if you only have one other person to play with. And, for you Stans out there, I get the whole, early access BS, and I don't care. I'm done with these titles using "early-access" as an excuse for putting out slop while charging for it. Test and patch your damn game. Then, do it again and again, until it's in a very solid state. Do another close-beta or something, I don't care, just do better. Anyway....Continuing on, this game can, at times, be very slow paced. There is way too much time spent in your binoculars or just standing there while your trampler just drives on or someone drives for you across the map or to a POI or Extract. With that said, when a fight does come your way it can be exhilarating, yet frustrating as hell at the same dam time. Further, Looting is riddled with bugs. One such bug is chests looking unopened yet being empty, or having to crouch to see the loot. It doesn't make sense how you don't fix looting mechanics already, it's such a basic aspect of this game. With all the negative things I have to say about this bug riddled, underdeveloped game, I will say that it is fun to play, when you get to play it properly. Also, it does have satisfying moments of making it out alive, (after looting a POI), without getting obliterated by a suped up team with every mid-to-late game upgrade you don't have. Finally, I will say, the game has a solid foundation with its mechanics and design, which I do like. I want to love this game, however, this game needs work and it needs frequent updates and patches. Wait to buy and just enjoy watching your favorite streamer play it better than you ever can and ever will. Thanks for listening to my rant. I feel better now. 2.7/5

This Game has potential Lots of it, Just like sea of thieves did, unfortunately the Devs who have alot of gusto made something incredible that got too big too fast. They are incapable of making a balanced game when it comes to crew spawns, Trampler Tech rankings and loot. I like Stomrdive and that seems like tha polished well planned half of the game, whereas voyage, the more fun slow paced calm gamemode seems like an afterthought, tramplers spawning practically on top of one another. Loot always missing because of teleporting cheaters or the aforementioned spawn that no-one thought about. I love the look, loot, gameplay and vibe of the game however the devs are reacting too slowly and the playerbase has the same overly toxic matchmaking and community issues as many other extraction shooters. All and all, I think this game is a pass, its fun but the frustration you'll experience between player combat and ship balancing ON TOP of constant bugs and a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ playerbase isn't worth the money and time. There's a great game under this slop, and I've played enough to get to the gold, I can just tell you it is NOT worth it. IF some sort of "peaceful seas" mode comes I might come back and play. However at this point its falling in to the same hole SoT did but this team doesn't have the manpower like Rare did to fix and and make major adjustments fast enough.

chinese cheaters dominate this game. CHINA IS EVIL DONT TRUST CHINA CHINA IS ASHHOOOOEEE

Thank you for kicking me for suspicious activity and giving me a one hour ban for ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nothing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game dont buy this goyslop

The game is currently unplayable and i suggest waiting to buy it for a while. currently as a new player there is no way to survive or win. you get hunted down by max teir players and cheaters until you loose all your gear. they MUST implement some kind of trampler/teir based matchmaking to make it okay for newer players. im uninstalling and waiting a few months to play again until theyve fixed issues. im used to hard grindy games like tarkov or dayz where you can loose everything and i enjoy the challenge. rebuilding from nothing is fun. however there is no way to build or progress currently. i have not met a single friendly player. and even when my friends and i went WAAAYYYYYYY off map to loot and try and be safe. we were hunted down by what i can only assume was hackers. we were half a map distance or more off the map and someone just shows up in voyage mode? no. i know the devs said they are working on the cheaters soon, but they seem to have no plans for any ranked matchmaking. you cant run or outmaneuvere to get away from bigger tramplers, and they can have no smoke to get right up to you and are faster. the guides say run through the coral. but they still follow or trap you inside the coral with a bigger trampler. you may get away alittle inside but they still catch up after the coral. absolutely unplayable and the first game in my steam library i have to suggest people dont buy. i may change this with updates later but for now, save your money

It was fun for a minute but like most of these games, cheaters ruin it. Uninstalling....

This game is so fun and id love to be able to leave a positive review but i just cant. Between all the bugs and cheaters i lose my will to play. Ive had my trampler blown up in one shot by dudes with the lowest tier cannons, people teleport onto my trampler and one shot me over and over again leaving me unable to do anything but watch the last 30-60mins of my time go up in flames. On top of the cheaters ive had loot disappear into the sand never to be seen again. I can live with the loot glitches but i cant live with the cheaters.