Early access video games

Minecraft is a sandbox game developed and published by Mojang Studios. Following its initial public alpha release in 2009, it was formally released in 2011 for personal computers. The game has since been ported to numerous platforms, including mobile devices and various video game consoles.

2017 video game

Fortnite is a 2017 online video game and game platform developed and released by Epic Games. It is available in seven distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: Fortnite Battle Royale, a battle royale game in which up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing; Fortnite: Save the World, a cooperative hybrid tower defense-shooter and survival game in which up to four players fight off zombie-like creatures and defend objects with traps and fortifications they can build; Fortnite Creative, in which players are given complete freedom to cr

2008 video game

2023 role-playing video game developed by Larian Studios

Factorio is a construction and management simulation game developed and published by Czech studio Wube Software. The game follows an engineer who crash-lands on an alien planet and must harvest resources and create automated industry to build a rocket; players can continue the game after achieving the end goal. There are both single-player and multiplayer modes, as well as eight additional game scenarios.

2017 free-to-play battle royal video game developed by Epic Games

2015 sandbox-style space flight simulator game

stealth action video game

2018 survival video game

2020 action role-playing game developed by Supergiant Games

2018 first-person survival horror video game

2017 video game

2013 open-world, tactical shooter video game

2019 augmented reality spin-off video game of Minecraft

Hytale is a sandbox game developed and published by Canadian-Irish developer Hypixel Studios. Development began in 2015 by members of the Minecraft server team of Hypixel with funding from Riot Games, which would go on to purchase the studio in 2020. The game was canceled in June 2025, before being revived in November 2025 by its original creator, Simon Collins-Laflamme, who had repurchased it and recommenced development. Hytale was released in early access on 13 January 2026 to positive reception.

2020 unofficial video game remake of the original Half-Life

2018 first-person shooter video game

2022 medieval role-playing video game developed by TaleWorlds Entertainment

is an upcoming action-adventure, survival, and monster-taming game created and published by Japanese developer Pocketpair. It was announced in 2021 and launched through early access for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in January 2024, and for the PlayStation 5 in September 2024.

video game development and funding strategy where a video game is made available for purchase in an unfinished state while it is still being developed

2023 video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment

massively multiplayer space trading combat video game

2017 action-adventure survival video game

RimWorld is a construction and management simulation video game developed by Canadian game designer Tynan Sylvester and published by Ludeon Studios. Originally called Eclipse Colony, it was initially released as a Kickstarter crowdfunding project in early access for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux in November 2013, and version 1.0 was released on October 17, 2018. The game was ported to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as RimWorld Console Edition on July 29, 2022, with development and publishing being handled by Double Eleven. Rather than a test of skill or a challenge, the game is intended

2015 construction and management simulation game

2020 early access video game

2016 video game

2015 puzzle strategy video game

2013 open world survival horror video game

Satisfactory is a factory simulation game by Coffee Stain Studios for Windows, Xbox, and Playstation. The player (referred to as "pioneer") is dropped onto an alien planet with a handful of tools and must use the planet's natural resources to construct increasingly complex factories. The initial goal is to construct a space elevator, through which the Pioneer begins supplying the megacorp the player works for (FICSIT Inc.) with increasingly numerous and complex components for their unknown, but stated to be prudent, purposes. These exports unlock access to new technology that in turn unlocks a

2024 survival horror video game developed by Red Barrels

2023 video game developed by Void Interactive

2018 Virtual reality rhythm game

2016 indie open world video game

Brawlhalla is a free-to-play platform fighting game developed by Blue Mammoth Games. It was originally released for macOS, PlayStation 4 and Windows in 2017, with ports for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android and iOS released later. Full cross-play is supported across all platforms. The game was shown at PAX East in April 2014 and went into alpha later that month. An open beta became available in November 2015, followed by the game's full release in October 2017. The game features 68 playable characters, referred to as "Legends", each with unique stats, varied loadouts, and cosmetic skins and c

BeamNG.drive is a 2015 sandbox vehicle simulation video game developed and published by Bremen-based video game developer BeamNG GmbH for Windows and Linux. The game features soft-body physics to simulate realistic handling and damage to vehicles. Initially released as a tech demo on August 3rd, 2013 along with paid access to an alpha, it was later made available on Steam Early Access for Windows on May 29th, 2015. BeamNG also develops a fork of the game designed for education as well as industrial and academic research entitled BeamNG.tech.

Valheim is an upcoming survival and sandbox video game by the Swedish developer Iron Gate Studio and published by Coffee Stain Studios. It was released in early access for Linux and Microsoft Windows via Steam on 2 February 2021, and for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on 14 March 2023. A port to the Nintendo Switch 2 is scheduled to release in 2026.

2025 video game developed by TiMi

Unturned is a free-to-play open world zombie survival sandbox game by Smartly Dressed Games, a studio consisting of Canadian game designer Nelson Sexton and a community administrator who goes by "MoltonMontro". It was released for Windows, macOS, and Linux in early access on July 7, 2014. The full game released three years later, on July 17, 2017. Unturned allows players to create custom maps using an in-game editor. Cosmetics and mods can also be created using the game's Unity engine, which allows them to publish creations on the Steam Workshop. A retail version of the game was released for t

InZOI (stylized as inZOI) is an upcoming life simulation game developed by inZOI Studio and published by Krafton. The game was released in early access for Windows on 28 March 2025. On 9 June 2025, during Apple's WWDC 2025, Craig Federighi announced that the game will be released on macOS, with a PlayStation 5 release coming in early 2026.

2014 space trading and combat simulator

2017 life simulation video game developed by Monomi Park

Astroneer, officially stylized in all caps, is a 2019 sandbox adventure game developed and published by American studio System Era Softworks. The game was released through early access in December 2016 before a full release on February 6, 2019. The player is tasked with colonizing planets, creating structures, and collecting resources. The character is called an Astroneer and the player can travel to planets to activate cores and complete the game. There are often rewards given to players upon completion of core activation, most notably a suit and/or visor.

2022 video game

2024 video game developed by Endnight Games

2022 video game

co-op sandbox survival game developed by Epic Games

2022 video game

2015 racing video game

2023 early access video game developed by Zeekerss

Broforce is a 2015 side-scrolling run and gun game developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital. The game has the player as one of several "bros", based on popular culture action movie icons (for example, John Rambo and Ellen Ripley – "bro" treated as a gender neutral term), rescuing other "bros" through highly destructible environments.

Starbound is a 2016 action-adventure game by Chucklefish. It takes place in a two-dimensional, procedurally generated universe which the player is able to explore in order to obtain new weapons, armor, and items, and to visit towns and villages inhabited by various intelligent lifeforms. Starbound was released out of early access in July 2016 for Windows, OS X, and Linux, and for Windows via Xbox Game Pass in December 2020. It was later released for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in October 2024.

2016 first-person shooter video game

2014 video game

VRChat is an online virtual world platform created by Graham Gaylor and Jesse Joudrey and operated by VRChat, Inc. The platform allows users to interact with others with user-created 3D avatars and worlds. VRChat is designed primarily for use with virtual reality headsets, being available for Microsoft Windows PCs and as an app for Android-based headsets such as Meta Quest, Pico 4, and HTC Vive XR Elite. VRChat is also playable without a virtual reality device in a desktop mode designed for a mouse and keyboard, gamepad, or mobile app for touchscreen devices.

2019 video game

2020 video game

2021 video game developed by Unknown Worlds Entertainment

2017 video game