The Sand Man
Worth it · Narrative · 2018
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $2.99.
- Length
- 3.8h 5.5h to 100%
- Value
- $0.79/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 380 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
“I’ll tell you a scary story. It’s so scary you might not be able to take it. It’s the story of the Sand Man...” This is the second title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Unable to sleep and exhausted, Sophie wanders into a town where everything sleeps. That is where the terror begins...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Integrated graphics, 61 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 82 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 2 percent on value. It is cheaper than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Yume Nikki (free, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats Buddy Simulator 1984 ($9.99, scores 79).
More about The Sand Man
None of the 302 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
74% start to 20% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
I've never been (and never will B) an anime fan. But Uri is incredible at creating a well made horror game and telling a well written story. If U want, dive into her twisted mind and pray 2 God U make it out alive. Rating: 7/10
2 more reviews
Comentario Analítico: "The Sand Man" The Sand Man es un juego narrativo de horror Japonés elaborado en Wolf RPG Editor, se trata de la segunda entrega de la (actualmente) tetralogía antológica de 'The Strange Men' a manos de la autora independiente Uri, quien ya había publicado The Crooked Man como otro clásico Freeware con una iteración comercial estrenada en colaboración con PLAYISM. No tengo constancia de si esto...
i love uri games so muchhh. this one's certainly the "calmest" of the strange men series, which is appreciated after the crooked man in a way heh. love the sandman and sophie as leading characters
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Sand Man scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/741250/the-sand-manReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.