SAND: Raiders of Sophie Issues Ban Wave, Flags ~3% as Possible False Positives

A significant anti-cheat enforcement action hit SAND: Raiders of Sophie this week, carried out by BattlEye, the game's third-party anti-cheat provider.

What changed

• BattlEye executed a ban wave that the development team describes as "significant"
• Banned players are kicked specifically when entering an expedition; all prior menu navigation functions normally
• The team analyzed the wave and estimates it is at least 97% accurate, with the remaining 3% characterized as possible false positives or cheaters not yet caught by the developers' own internal systems
• A partial list of banned accounts — identified only by the last four digits of each Steam ID — has been published in the announcement
• Attempting to log in after a ban is in place will make the ban "harsher," according to the post
• Clearer in-game ban messaging is noted as a planned future improvement, though no timeline is given

Players who believe they were banned in error are directed to submit an appeal directly to BattlEye at battleye.com/contact, including their Steam ID. The developers state these appeals help the provider identify and correct false positives over time.

For the small fraction of players caught in the 3% uncertainty band, the appeal route is the only recourse described — the game's own systems apparently did not flag them, making the BattlEye channel the appropriate point of contact.