Sandbox Games

As technology has grown, so have constraints on what the limits of video games can be. Nowhere is this any more evident than the ever-expansive sandbox genre of video games. With a surge of popularity due to the likes of Minecraft, games in this category focus on providing the player with unlimited agency, hence the name being based off the concept of a kid in a sandbox.

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  1. Minecraft icon
     1008 likes

    Venture into endless 3D worlds where creativity meets exploration and survival. Craft, build, and explore to your heart’s content against ongoing challenges.

    • Sandbox Game
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    • FreeBSD
    • Playstation
    • Fire TV
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    • NetBSD
    • Meta Quest
    • OpenBSD
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  2. Luanti is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner, Minecraft, and the like.

    • Sandbox Game
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    Luanti (formerly Minetest) screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Minecraft iconMinecraftandVeloren iconVeloren61 alternatives
  3. Terraria icon
     192 likes

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. The world is your canvas and the ground itself is your paint.

    • Crafting Game
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    Terraria screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Starbound iconStarboundandVeloren iconVeloren73 alternatives
  4. Veloren icon
     44 likes

    Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust. It is inspired by games such as Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft.

    Veloren screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Minecraft iconMinecraft21 alternatives
  5. Tiny Glade icon
     8 likes

    Tiny Glade is a relaxing free-form building game. Tap into the joy of making something pretty with no management, no combat, or wrong answers — just kick back, doodle some castles, and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.

    Tiny Glade screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Cities: Skylines iconCities: SkylinesandRooms iconRooms36 alternatives
  6. Garry's Mod icon
     82 likes

    Garry's Mod is a Sandbox Game based around the idea of building. Unlike most other games there aren't any objectives - you can't lose and you definitely can't win. Doesn't work on MacOS 11.15 or higher.

    Garry's Mod screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Minecraft iconMinecraftandRoblox iconRoblox25 alternatives
  7. Roblox icon
     91 likes

    Roblox allows you to create games, build whatever you want with lego-like bricks, play other games made by users of the community, and even participate in the economy by trading, selling, buying, and collecting items.

    • Sandbox Game
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • HTC Vive
    • Kindle Fire
    • Playstation
    • Gear VR
    • Xbox
    • Meta Quest
    Roblox screenshot 1
  8. Survive, farm, build, explore, play with friends, and do much more. Inspired by Minecraft, pushing beyond.

    Minetest looks almost exactly like Minecraft.
    Best alternatives are Minecraft iconMinecraft53 alternatives
  9. Factorio icon
     30 likes

    A game famous for geting you hooked from the start. You build and optimize a factory and well, its addictive.

    Factorio screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Mindustry iconMindustryandSatisfactory iconSatisfactory12 alternatives
  10. RimWorld icon
     36 likes

    RimWorld follows three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of known space. Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

    RimWorld screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Dwarf Fortress iconDwarf FortressandBanished iconBanished23 alternatives
  11. SimCity icon
     50 likes

    SimCity is a series of city-building simulation games, where you are given the task of founding and developing a city, while maintaining the happiness of the citizens and keeping a stable budget.

    SimCity screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Cities: Skylines iconCities: Skylines36 alternatives
  12. No Man's Sky icon
     32 likes

    No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie studio Hello Games.

    • Open World Game
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    No Man's Sky screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Starbound iconStarboundandEVE Online iconEVE Online21 alternatives
  13. Mindustry icon
     26 likes

    Create complex supply chains, produce materials, and defend against enemy waves in this cross-platform sandbox tower defense game.

    Mindustry screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Factorio iconFactorioandSatisfactory iconSatisfactory9 alternatives
  14. LEGO Worlds icon
     33 likes

    Galaxy of procedural worlds made entirely from LEGO bricks.

    LEGO Worlds screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Minecraft iconMinecraft40 alternatives
  15. EVE Online icon
     35 likes

    EVE Online is a massive multiplayer online game that offers limitless potential to discover, explore and conquer an amazing science fiction universe where you pilot spaceships, fight, trade, and form corporations and alliances with other players.

    EVE Online screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Star Citizen iconStar Citizen29 alternatives