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.
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
- Paid • Proprietary
- 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
+7Luanti is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner, Minecraft, and the like.
- Sandbox Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- Flathub
+3Dig, 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
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
- Steam
- GOG.com
+6Veloren 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.
- Sandbox Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+2Tiny 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.
- City Building Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
- Steam
- SteamOS
+6Garry'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.
- Sandbox Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Steam
- SteamOS
+9Roblox 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
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- HTC Vive
- Kindle Fire
- Playstation
- Gear VR
- Xbox
- Meta Quest
+2Survive, farm, build, explore, play with friends, and do much more. Inspired by Minecraft, pushing beyond.
- Sandbox Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Minetest
+3A game famous for geting you hooked from the start. You build and optimize a factory and well, its addictive.
- Factory Building Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Steam
+1RimWorld 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.
- City Building Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Steam
+13SimCity 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.
- City Building Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- ReactOS
+1No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie studio Hello Games.
- Open World Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Steam
- GOG.com
- Playstation
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox
+8Create complex supply chains, produce materials, and defend against enemy waves in this cross-platform sandbox tower defense game.
- Factory Building Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Steam
- F-Droid
- itch.io
+5Galaxy of procedural worlds made entirely from LEGO bricks.
- Sandbox Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Steam
- Playstation
- Xbox
+5EVE 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.
- Role-playing Game
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Wine
- Steam
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