Sandbox 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.

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Terraria ( ) is a 2011 action-adventure video game developed by Re-Logic and published by 505 Games. As a sandbox game, Terraria has no set goals. After creating the player character and choosing the game's difficulty, the player is placed in a two-dimensional, procedurally generated world where they explore, fight enemies, gather resources, and craft equipment. Players beat bosses, a tougher variety of enemies, to gain access to more items, resources, and equipment. By completing select goals, players receive access to non-player characters (NPCs) who sell items and offer services, such as he

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2015 city-building video game

SimCity is an open-ended city-building video game franchise originally designed by Will Wright. The first game in the series, SimCity, was published by Maxis in 1989 and was followed by several sequels and many other spin-off Sim titles, including 2000's The Sims, which itself became a best-selling computer game and franchise. Maxis developed the series independently until 1997, and continued under the ownership of Electronic Arts (EA) until 2003. EA commissioned various spinoffs from other companies during the 2000s, focusing on console and mobile releases. A 2013 EA-Maxis reboot was subject

2006 sandbox physics game

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.

puzzle video game developed by Rovio Entertainment

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2021 stealth video game developed by IO Interactive

Luanti (formerly Minetest) is a community-driven, free and open-source voxel game engine, available on various platforms. Originally, Luanti was a voxel game created in October 2010 by Perttu Ahola to explore the mechanics of Minecraft. Over time, Luanti evolved from the original Minetest game into a general game engine as developers integrated new features.

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.

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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

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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.

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WorldBox is a 2012 sandbox game by Maxim Karpenko. The game allows the use of different elements to create, change, and destroy virtual worlds as well as civilizations using powers given to them. In the game you can make and destroy while handling the "politics" of the world.

2018 simulation video game

Infiniminer is an open-source multiplayer sandbox game developed by Zachtronics, centered on block-based construction and excavation. Players assume the role of miners on a team, aiming to collect the highest amount of money by mining ore while avoiding and fighting the opposing team. According to its creator, Zachary Barth, the game was inspired by Infinifrag, Team Fortress 2, and Motherload by XGen Studios. The game has been cited as an influence on the development of Minecraft.

2024 video game developed by Neal Agarwal

0x10c (pronounced "ten to the c") is an unfinished sandbox science fiction video game previously under development by Mojang AB. It was announced on April 3, 2012, by Markus Persson, the game's lead designer. The game was indefinitely postponed because Persson found himself burned out and demotivated after so much early effort were spent into planning and designing the game, up until the point that it "sucked out any fun from the project". Persson then stated he will instead most likely continue to work on smaller projects for the rest of his life, rekindling the reason he loves programming ga

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video game within Fortnite developed by Epic Games, consisting of 2023's Lego Fortnite Odyssey and 2024's Lego Fortnite Brick Life

Boneworks is a 2019 first-person shooter virtual reality game developed and published by Stress Level Zero. The game is designed to be entirely physics-based, with the player controlling a full virtual body that responds not just to the player's real-world input but also to obstructions in the game world.

2025 early access video game developed by Full Circle

Minecraft clone