Endless Legend 2: 1.0 Arrives September 17 With the Sandshapers on PC, PS5 and Xbox

Amplitude Studios and Hooded Horse announced on August 4, 2026 that ENDLESS Legend 2 will leave Early Access on September 17, 2026. Version 1.0 arrives on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, with a sixth major faction, the Sandshapers, two Rogue Factions and a new minor faction. The central question is how these additions fit a game where the water recedes with every Tidefall.

Update, October 26, 2026: version 1.0 came out on September 17 as planned, with the Sandshapers, the Order of Zelevas, the Severed Claw and the Mangrove of Harmony, and the game has since received several patches. See the release announcement on Steam.

The Sandshapers, sixth major faction

According to Amplitude’s announcement, the Sandshapers are the oldest civilization on Saiadha. They remember a world before the oceans, and their sacred duty is to terraform the planet back into a desert. Like other major factions, they bring a faction quest, units, heroes, technologies and traits, also available in the custom faction creator.

Two Rogue Factions and one minor faction

Version 1.0 introduces Rogue Factions, variants of existing factions. These splinter groups share a lot with their parent faction, but each has its own quest, story and playstyle. The first two are the Order of Zelevas, a conquest-focused variant of the Kin of Sheredyn, and the Severed Claw, a Necrophage variant that can only replace its losses by enslaving other factions. With the Sandshapers, that makes eight playable factions at launch.

The Mangrove of Harmony is a starfish-like minor faction designed with the community. It brings its own hero, quest, new villages, recruitable units, a new population and two hero skills.

PC, PS5 and Xbox Series

The September 17 date applies to PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, according to Amplitude’s community post. On PC the game is sold on Steam, the Epic Games Store and the Microsoft Store, at €49.99 in Early Access. Two physical PS5 editions are announced with Strictly Limited, timing to be confirmed.

Consoles are a first for the Endless Legend series: the original game only came out on PC, according to the Amplitude Store listing. Amplitude has already shipped other games on console, such as Endless Dungeon.

What to watch

Balance is the real test: a faction that turns land into sand runs against the game’s central mechanic, and the risk is that it hampers other factions instead of opening new ways to play. The quality of the PS5 and Xbox Series versions remains to be checked at launch.

For anyone already playing, July’s Retold Tales update reworked the quests of two factions ahead of this 1.0.

Going further

• Our Endless Legend 2 hub: every article on the game.
• Endless Legend 2 faction guide for 1.0: the playable factions.
• Endless Legend 2 1.0 launch analysis: the review after release.