3D game

Red Sands

Red Sands is an open-world western that runs entirely in a browser tab. The world covers roughly eight square kilometres of eroded frontier, with a physically based sky, volumetric weather, vegetation, wildlife, a town with a sheriff's office and horses you can ride. Raise the rifle to hunt, crouch to move quietly because animals can hear you, mount a horse and gallop across the plains, and skin what you bring down. Everything, including the terrain, textures, meshes and sound, is generated by code when the game starts, which is why the whole game is only a couple of megabytes. It is demanding on graphics hardware, so it suits a desktop or laptop with a decent GPU, and you can force a quality preset by adding ?quality=low, medium, high or ultra to the address. It is open-source under the MIT licence.

3DOpen WorldWesternHuntingWebGLDesktopPC
Red Sands game artwork

Why It Plays Well

  • About 8 square kilometres of procedurally generated frontier
  • Physically based sky and volumetric weather
  • A town, horses, wildlife and hunting
  • No downloads: all graphics and sound are generated in the browser
  • Quality presets for different graphics cards

Controls

  • Click the game to capture the mouse, then W A S D to move
  • Shift to run or gallop, Ctrl to crouch (quieter)
  • E to mount or dismount a horse, or skin a carcass
  • Right mouse raises the rifle, Left mouse fires
  • Hold Shift while aiming to steady your breath
  • R to reload

Compatibility

Desktop or laptop with a keyboard, mouse and a decent graphics card. Not playable on touch screens.

Landscape orientation.

Attribution

Credits and licence

Original work © 2026 gillworks. Licence information: MIT.

Bundled with Three.js (MIT).

View source · All game credits

FAQ

Red Sands: questions and answers

Is Red Sands free to play?

Yes. Red Sands is free to play in your browser on Endless. There is nothing to download or install and no account to create.

How do you play Red Sands?

Click the game to capture the mouse, then W A S D to move. Shift to run or gallop, Ctrl to crouch (quieter). E to mount or dismount a horse, or skin a carcass. Right mouse raises the rifle, Left mouse fires. Hold Shift while aiming to steady your breath. R to reload.

Can I play Red Sands on mobile?

Red Sands needs a keyboard and mouse, so it is best played on a desktop or laptop. Desktop or laptop with a keyboard, mouse and a decent graphics card. Not playable on touch screens.

What do I need to run Red Sands?

A desktop or laptop with a keyboard, a mouse and a decent graphics card. You can force a quality preset by adding ?quality=low, medium, high or ultra to the address.

Who created Red Sands?

gillworks created Red Sands. Licence information: MIT. Source and attribution details are linked in the credits section on this page.

Game details

What to expect

An open-world western in your browser: 8 square kilometres of frontier, a living town, horses, hunting and volumetric weather.