Maybe sci-fi desert survival game Starsand entered early release today on Steam.

Survival games are plentiful but this one's potentially interesting for tapping into both Stargate and Dune for inspiration, neither of which has had any major success in the gaming world.

Funcom are currently developing a Dune survival massively multiplayer online game but that is reportedly still years away from release. Meanwhile Dune is popular right now.

Starsand features deserts, pyramids and giant "extraterrestrial" worms and other enemies.

But at least judging by available gameplay footage, the survival elements (tools, buildings, weapons) are all very technologically primitive. And they describe it as:

Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert.

Sounds like they're also trying to channel Harry Potter.

References

Anderson, Jenna (May 2, 2020). Funcom's Dune Video Game Is Still Years Away. ComicBook.com.

Tunnel Vision Studo (November 4, 2021). At the start of a long run: Early Access begins. Steam.

Tunnel Vision Studo. Starsand. Steam. (viewed November 5, 2021)