# Order of Battle: Sandstorm

Summer DB entity ID: b09c0f7a\-2e99\-453c\-8270\-8f8386cbcdca

Steam App ID: 816780

Sandstorm  is the new DLC for Order of Battle\! It brings the series to North Africa for the first time, putting you in the shoes of Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox himself, commander of the Axis forces in North Africa between 1941 and 1943\.   Lead the Italo\-German forces across a hostile desert front\. Use your precious tanks to unleash a mighty blitzkrieg on the Allied forces\. Overcome difficulties such as sandstorms and scarcity of supplies and vanquish your enemies with firepower and superior speed\. The road to the Suez canal lies open\.\.\.  Alongside a new campaign covering the whole of the North African theater \(including a What\-if mission in Malta\!\),  Sandstorm  greatly expands the units roster of Italy\. Furthermore a brand new terrain type is available, Arid, allowing for new situations and environments\. Features:  \- A greatly expanded roster of units for Italy, including light Bersaglieri and sturdy Alpini infantry, Semoventi mobile artillery and agile and nimble MAS motorboats; \- A 14 scenarios long campaign featuring the North African theater: play famous battles such as Tobruk or El Alamein;  \- An entire new terrain type, Arid, representing the deserts of North Africa; \- New terrain rules, allowing the presence of movement blocking Ridges; \- Sandstorms\!

## Game information

- Type: dlc

- Developer: The Artistocrats

- Publisher: Slitherine Ltd\.

- Release date: May 16, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: 312450

- Genres: Free To Play, Simulation, Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, Downloadable Content, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Includes level editor, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

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- Price: 1499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: Not collected

- Steam review count: 31

- Steam positive reviews: 29

- Steam negative reviews: 2

- Steam positive percentage: 93.54838709677419%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T10:37:01\.762601\+00:00

- Player count observed: Not collected

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T10:37:02\.823812\+00:00

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