Gods of Sand
Manage a gladiator school through turn-based arena fights
Achenar Studios · Released Apr 14, 2026
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 757
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 70% of 17 in 30 days
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 6 months ago
- Apr 21, 2026
What is Gods of Sand?
A gladiator management game with turn-based combat in Roman-inspired arenas. You restore your family's abandoned gladiator school by training and equipping fighters, managing its finances, and sending gladiators into matches for money and prizes.
For you if...
- +you enjoy building fighters and balancing school finances
- +you like planning when to use gear in turn-based fights
Not for you if...
- −you dislike repeated battles and a grind-heavy pace
- −you want forgiving fights without permanent gladiator losses
What players say
87% of 757 reviews are positive · 70% of 17 in the last 30 days
Players praise building and managing gladiators. They criticize repetitive fights, punishing random losses, and limited endgame content; some also report losing progress to save problems.
How many players finish Gods of Sand?
4.0% of Steam players have unlocked «God of the Sands», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Gods of Sand system requirements
Minimum: 3D Accelerated, 2 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Gods of Sand?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- 2GHz
- Graphics
- 3D Accelerated Card
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Gods of Sand have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Gods of Sand run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 17
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Russian.
Does Gods of Sand use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Turn-Based
- Management
- Rome
- Pixel Graphics
- Strategy
- Tactical
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Turn-Based Combat
- Indie
- Simulation
- 2D
- RPG
- Perma Death
- Character Customization
- Singleplayer
- Choices Matter
Recent updates
- Apr 21, 2026 · Gods of Sand v1.0.7 - Patch Notes
- Apr 21, 2026 · Gods of Sand v1.0.6 - Patch Notes
- Apr 20, 2026 · Gods of Sand v1.0.5 - Patch Notes
- Apr 19, 2026 · Gods of Sand v1.0.4 - Patch Notes
- Apr 17, 2026 · Gods of Sand v1.0.3 - Patch Notes