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Sandlings is a sandbox game about little people with minds of their own. Shape a living world, talk to its inhabitants, and see who they become.

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Facts

DeveloperWAW Etc Ltd, Watford, England
Release date8 November 2026
PlatformsiPhone, iPad and Mac on the App Store. Android phones and tablets on Google Play.
Price£2.99. Pay once: no ads, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions.
GenreSandbox life simulation
PlayersSingle player. No account or multiplayer chat.
Websitesandlingsgame.com
Press contacthello@wawetc.com

In one line

A game where little people collect silver poop from a unicorn and use it to decorate their houses.

Description

Little lives, chaos and magic.

Pour a river. Plant a forest. Shape the landscape, experiment with nature and bring a little chaos. Watch a world come to life, where the smallest changes can set off surprising chains of events.

And living within this world are the Sandlings. Little people with entire lives going on inside their heads. Thoughts, feelings, memories, hopes, fears and opinions of their own.

Every Sandling has a mind of their own. They make friends, fall out, build homes and get on with life, whether you’re watching or not. Tell them you’re proud of them. Warn them that fire is coming. Make a promise. Keep it. Or don’t. They listen, answer, remember, and form their own opinions of you. But they don’t have to do a thing you say.

Soil absorbs water, sand shifts and settles, rivers find their own paths, and plants respond to the conditions around them. Experiment with the world, collect discovery cards explaining what you’ve found, and follow the riddles in the discovery book to uncover the rest.

Horses become unicorns. Unicorns poop silver. Naturally.

Trailer

Real gameplay on iPhone, 30 seconds. Download MP4

Screenshots

Captured in the game. Click any picture for the full-size file.

iPhone

Juno’s home at dusk, built into a hillside: “My home stands. Somewhere to come back to.”Pip’s mind panel: what Pip is doing, feelings, friendships and thoughtsA reading room by moonlightEagles over the hillsLava pouring down a built-up world at nightA snowy mountain beside a lava fallA unicorn in a meadow

iPad

Lava at sunsetA unicorn beside its silver at sunsetLightning over the world

iPad, landscape

Glass Cove on iPad in landscape, with the controls beside the world

Mac

Glass Cove in the Mac appA village in the Mac app

iPhone Duo, tabletop

Sandlings on iPhone Duo in tabletop mode: the world above, the tools below

Logo and art

About WAW Etc

WAW Etc Ltd is a small independent studio in Watford, England, making apps, film, etc. More at wawetc.com.

Contact

For review copies, interviews or anything else, email hello@wawetc.com. We read every message.