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Sandfall Interactive Plans Small, Risk-Forward Follow-Up to Expedition 33

Sandfall will keep a roughly 26-person team, using creative limits to guide design and protect its artistic freedom.

Overview

  • CEO Guillaume Broche said in interviews published July 28–29 that the studio’s next game is still in very early conception and has not entered pre-production.
  • Broche said the team intends to “go a bit crazy” creatively and focus on projects they love rather than chasing broader commercial appeal or critical comparisons.
  • Sandfall currently employs about 26 people and leadership says that size is sufficient for early work and helps preserve the focused design that defined Expedition 33.
  • The studio explicitly embraces limitations as a design tool, arguing that constrained scope forces teams to prioritise what matters and breeds creativity.
  • After a four-to-six year development on Expedition 33 and its breakout success, Sandfall accepts the commercial risk of a smaller, more experimental follow-up and plans to proceed deliberately.