- #1 Ravenfield
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 79,893 reviews2017
Dev: SteelRaven7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 63.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Why similar: War 18.8%, Sandbox 17.3%, Moddable 13.9% ★, FPS 10.6%, Military 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar low-poly, large-scale battlefield experience with heavy emphasis on sandbox customization and moddability.
- #2 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 153,279 reviews2021
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Sandbox 29%, War 20.6%, Simulation 10.8%, Physics 10.4%, Funny 8%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same physics-based combat and chaotic, humorous unit interactions found in Ancient Warfare 3.
- #3 Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2
96% matchVery Positive84% of 7,445 reviews2023
Dev: Brilliant Game Studios
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Welcome to Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2, the most ridiculous and insane battle simulator in existence! Create eye watering battles with hundreds of thousands, even millions of characters on screen! Jump into multiple campaigns in game or player made, or play in sandbox mode and FPS invasion
Why similar: Sandbox 47.9%, Simulation 19.5%, Strategy 15.1%, Action 9.3%, First-Person 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on massive-scale warfare and sandbox simulation, allowing for the same level of unit-count experimentation.
- #4 Easy Red 2
95% matchVery Positive90% of 14,718 reviews2022
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!
Why similar: Sandbox 20.8%, War 20.5%, FPS 12.8%, Simulation 9%, Historical 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more grounded, simulation-heavy approach to large-scale war with significant sandbox and editing capabilities.
- #5 People Playground
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 317,170 reviews2019
Dev: mestiezPub: Studio Minus
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 57.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.9%, Moddable 30.7% ★, Physics 12.3%, Simulation 6.1%, Building 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A pure physics-based sandbox that excels in destruction and creative experimentation with various tools and entities.
- #6 Garry's Mod
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,260,759 reviews2006
Dev: Facepunch StudiosPub: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 289.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Why similar: Moddable 25.2% ★, Sandbox 23.7%, Physics 8.6%, FPS 8.1%, Shooter 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive sandbox experience that shares the same spirit of moddability and creative freedom for building custom scenarios.
- #7 Brick Rigs
93% matchVery Positive95% of 59,219 reviews2023
Dev: Fluppisoft GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 77.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Do whatever you want in a physics sandbox full of chaotic destruction, endless player-made creations and unpredictable adventures. Build, destroy, roleplay and mess around solo or with friends!
Why similar: Sandbox 39.3%, Physics 14.4%, Building 11.7%, Simulation 8.2%, Zombies 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines vehicle building with physics-based destruction, offering a similar sense of creative control over combat scenarios.
- #8 Besiege
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 53,170 reviews2020
Dev: Spiderling Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Moddable 34.7% ★, Sandbox 26.4%, Physics 12.4%, Simulation 10.2%, Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on physics-based construction and destruction, challenging players to build machines of war in a sandbox environment.
- #9 Animal Revolt Battle Simulator
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,828 reviews2022
Dev: VDimension
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The ultimate physics-based, sandbox battle simulator where you can create funny battles between all sorts of ragdoll creatures! You can also make your own monsters with the unit creator or even join the battles yourself in the first-person mode!
Why similar: Moddable 25.3% ★, Sandbox 21.9%, War 16.5%, Physics 8.9%, Simulation 8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the physics-based combat and unit-creation focus of Ancient Warfare 3, but with a creature-centric theme.
- #10 Total Tank Simulator
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,751 reviews2020
Dev: Noobz from PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, War 20.8%, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Action 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based war simulator that allows for large-scale tactical planning and sandbox-style combat execution.
- #11 Holdfast: Nations At War
90% matchVery Positive90% of 29,452 reviews2020
Dev: Anvil Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!
Why similar: War 24.9%, Historical 15.4%, FPS 13.7%, Military 11.5%, Shooter 11%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the chaotic, large-scale infantry combat feel with a focus on community-driven scenarios and physics-based interactions.
- #12 Teardown
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 135,234 reviews2022
Dev: Tuxedo Labs
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 29.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.
Why similar: Sandbox 44.9%, Physics 21.4%, Simulation 11.8%, First-Person 8.6%, Action 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a highly advanced physics engine that allows for complete environmental destruction, perfect for sandbox-style experimentation.
- #13 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
88% matchVery Positive88% of 296,418 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.6 hrsMean: 155.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: War 25.2%, Sandbox 24.1%, Moddable 19.8% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Historical 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a grand-scale sandbox war experience where players can command armies and participate in massive, physics-influenced battles.
- #14 Rise of Liberty
89% matchVery Positive84% of 1,869 reviews2019
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Rise of Liberty is a FPS single-player massive Revolutionary War battle simulator. Fire deafening cannons into the thick of the battle, stand in line formation and fire devastating volleys into the enemy. Gather your men for these monumental battles and defeat the enemy!
Why similar: Sandbox 20.9%, War 20.9%, FPS 11.5%, Military 8.9%, Shooter 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-focused FPS that captures the feel of massive historical battles with simple, accessible mechanics.
- #15 Rising Front
86% matchVery Positive88% of 4,199 reviews2026
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.2%, War 23.5%, FPS 10.3%, Historical 9.1%, Simulation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on large-scale, singleplayer-friendly sandbox warfare with a focus on historical settings and physics.
- #16 Forts
86% matchVery Positive92% of 25,292 reviews2017
Dev: EarthWork Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
Why similar: Moddable 28.5% ★, Sandbox 20.8%, Physics 11.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Military 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based strategy game where building and destroying structures is the core of the tactical experience.
- #17 Warbox
87% matchMixed56% of 3,636 reviews2021
Dev: Mantaliss
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A sandbox game that enables players to watch or take part in a warzone. Players will have access to a variety of tools and features that give them access to customize and change the battlefield however they like.
Why similar: Sandbox 46.2%, War 29.1%, Physics 14.3%, Military 4.6%, Action 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated sandbox war simulator that emphasizes physics, gore, and realistic unit behavior.
- #18 WorldBox - God Simulator
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 56,385 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!
Why similar: Sandbox 60.6%, Simulation 18.1%, Building 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Indie 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a god-game perspective on sandbox simulation, allowing players to influence wars and civilizations with total freedom.
- #19 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
85% matchVery Positive91% of 46,616 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Why similar: War 34%, Strategy 22.8%, Simulation 13.9%, Military 12.1%, Historical 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep tactical simulation of war with high levels of unit control and scenario-based gameplay.
- #20 Paint the Town Red
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 32,464 reviews2021
Dev: South East Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.5%, Physics 19.9%, FPS 15%, Action 11.4%, First-Person 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based combat game that relies heavily on physics and creative melee interactions in a sandbox setting.
- #21 Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare
84% matchMixed65% of 12,453 reviews2019
Dev: KK Game Studio
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.6%, FPS 14.5%, Shooter 13.3%, War 13.2%, Strategy 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Blends tactical strategy with FPS combat, offering a sandbox campaign experience focused on war.
- #22 Shieldwall
82% matchVery Positive86% of 7,391 reviews2023
Dev: Nezon Production
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Shieldwall is a funny third-person tactical battle simulator with strategy elements. It allows you to feel like a squad leader right on the battlefield.
Why similar: War 28.7%, Historical 13.3%, Simulation 12.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A third-person tactical battle simulator that focuses on unit management and large-scale medieval combat.
- #23 Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator
82% matchMixed54% of 375 reviews2022
Dev: Screambox Studio
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator is a physics-based tactical strategy game where you must lead a military force in a fantasy medieval world. Build an army. Construct siege equipment. Experience epic battles. Lead your people to victory!!
Why similar: War 20.6%, Moddable 20.5% ★, Sandbox 20%, Physics 8.8%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines physics-based destruction with tactical siege planning in a sandbox environment.
- #24 Age Of Warbots
79% matchVery Positive84% of 165 reviews2026
Dev: VDimension
Windows
A sandbox battle simulator game where you can build your own shape-shifting warbots, program their AI, and watch them smash each other up on the battlefield! Join the battles yourself by taking control of the warbots! Use Steam Workshop to check out warbots created by players from around the world!
Why similar: Moddable 29.8% ★, Sandbox 26.5%, Physics 11.9%, War 11.1%, Simulation 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox simulation game focused on building and testing robotic units in physics-based combat scenarios.
- #25 Wooden Battles
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 534 reviews2017
Dev: SP Digital Arts Inc.
Windows
Build a wooden fort, place your units, watch the mayhem!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.7%, War 19.9%, Physics 11.5%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 8%
Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler that uses physics-based mechanics to simulate combat between wooden units in a sandbox setting.
- #26 RUNNING WITH RIFLES
80% matchVery Positive88% of 16,734 reviews2015
Dev: Osumia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.
Why similar: Moddable 39.1% ★, Sandbox 29.3%, Military 13.3%, Shooter 9.7%, Action 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical shooter that emphasizes large-scale warfare and sandbox-style freedom on the battlefield.
- #27 SwarmZ
81% matchMixed66% of 413 reviews2019
Dev: Mutiny Software
Windows
Face massive zombie swarms in this funny post-apocalyptic tactical sandbox! Do you know what it's like to be surrounded by 100,000 zombies? Well, you're about to find out!
Why similar: Sandbox 29.4%, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 17.6%, Zombies 12.8%, Action 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-simulation hybrid that focuses on managing large-scale battles against massive zombie hordes.
- #28 Plastic Battlegrounds
76% matchVery Positive90% of 293 reviews2025
Dev: Simulated Minds
Windows
Set up the battlefield with an ever growing list of units, vehicles, and emplacements! Then either join the battle as a plastic soldier or be life sized and tower over the chaos.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.6%, War 24.2%, Military 10.9%, Shooter 10.1%, Simulation 9.1%
- #29 Fireworks Mania - An Explosive Simulator
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,920 reviews2020
Dev: Laumania ApS
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
FIREWORKS MANIA is a small casual explosive simulator game where you play around with fireworks, create beautiful firework shows or just blow stuff up.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.8%, Moddable 15% ★, Physics 11.8%, Building 8.9%, Simulation 8.2%
- #30 Beast Battle Simulator
78% matchVery Positive88% of 1,293 reviews2018
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Beast Battle Simulator is a physics based battle-simulation sandbox game featuring dinosaurs, animals, and humans. Kamikaze Zebras VS. T-Rex with laser guns, Lions VS. medieval knights; anything is possible! Watch as the beasts dismember and rip each other apart in gory detail!
Why similar: Sandbox 36.1%, Simulation 18.6%, War 12.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Action 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-driven simulation game that lets you pit various creatures against each other in custom sandbox battles.
- #31 Hyper Knights: Battles
79% matchMixed60% of 87 reviews2017
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Spartans vs Persians, Ogres vs Chickens, Marines vs Archers. Create your own units, customize their AI and watch them fight!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.3%, War 23.6%, Simulation 22.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Indie 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy strategy game that focuses on the chaos and scale of medieval warfare.
- #32 Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 12,254 reviews2017
Dev: Brilliant Game Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Here is a sandbox like no other. Create massive battles with absolutely no limits. Want to see 10,000 chickens fight an army of Romans?? Sure, why not. Want to see a company of WW2 U.S soldiers fight 11,000 Medieval soldiers?? There are simply no limits to the carnage you can achieve in UEBS.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.4%, War 27.1%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Funny 5.2%
- #33 Modbox
78% matchVery Positive86% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: Alientrap
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Modbox is a multiplayer game creation sandbox for Desktop+VR
Why similar: Moddable 31.6% ★, Sandbox 22.3%, Physics 10.4%, FPS 8.3%, Simulation 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A highly moddable VR sandbox that allows players to create their own games and physics-based scenarios.
- #34 Arma 3
75% matchVery Positive90% of 294,889 reviews2013
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 257.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
Why similar: War 15.6%, Sandbox 13.3%, Moddable 13.1% ★, Military 12.7%, Shooter 9.9%
- #35 Ultimate Ragdoll Game
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 747 reviews2024
Dev: Sunday's Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Ultimate Ragdoll Game is a Sandbox game without any limits. Have fun with ragdolls available in Steam Workshop and build your very own constructions using wide variety of blocks.
Why similar: Moddable 29% ★, Sandbox 27.2%, Physics 11.9%, Building 7.6%, Simulation 6%
- #36 Warbox Sandbox
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 303 reviews2022
Dev: Madar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Create intense battles across time periods, join the battle, rewrite history, and become a legend.
Why similar: FPS 20%, Simulation 16.9%, Shooter 15.9%, Historical 14.8%, Strategy 14.3%
- #37 Landfall Archives
73% matchVery Positive95% of 3,664 reviews2023
Dev: landfall
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
Why similar: War 20.3%, Sandbox 19.6%, Physics 16.2%, Historical 12.9%, Simulation 12%
- #38 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,014 reviews2023
Dev: JoySpark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Ages of Conflict is a versatile Map Simulation game where you create and observe custom AI nations battle it out across an infinite number of worlds. Paint beautiful maps and scenarios, and command nations to change history into your liking!
Why similar: Sandbox 45.1%, Historical 19%, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
- #39 ACTION SANDBOX
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,016 reviews2022
Dev: Vona Soft
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A physics sandbox game for people who like to play with digital toys. Create, control toys and define your goals.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.2%, Physics 15.8%, Simulation 13.3%, Zombies 11.1%, Building 10.6%
- #40 Fun with Ragdolls: The Game
74% matchVery Positive88% of 5,182 reviews2019
Dev: Jadon BarnesPub: Fun & Simple
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Become a ragdoll and create your own environments in Sandbox Mode, explore worlds created by others, or just flop around your destructible sets! Fun with Ragdolls®: The Game lets you enjoy everything you love about ragdolls!
Why similar: Sandbox 37%, Physics 16.9%, Simulation 11.6%, Funny 9.5%, Building 7.6%
- #41 Operation: Harsh Doorstop
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,639 reviews2023
Dev: Drakeling Labs
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by developers of the cancelled Project Reality 2 project.
Why similar: War 18.9%, FPS 15.5%, Military 14.5%, Moddable 14.5% ★, Shooter 10%
- #42 Field of Honor
71% matchVery Positive94% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: civciv
Windows
Field of Honor is a single-player game that combines elements of first-person shooter and strategy, set in the Napoleonic Wars, American Revolutionary War and American Civil War. You can take command of massive battles or engage as a single soldier to defeat the enemy in various game modes.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.2%, Simulation 15.5%, War 13%, FPS 11.2%, Shooter 9.7%
- #43 Arma Reforger
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 56,460 reviews2023
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 21.2 hrsMean: 94.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.
Why similar: Sandbox 19%, War 17.1%, Military 13.4%, FPS 11.8%, Simulation 10.8%
- #44 Sprocket
70% matchVery Positive93% of 12,843 reviews2021
Dev: Hamish Dunn
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Carefully balance mobility, firepower and armour in a dedicated tank designer. Then uncarefully put them to the test in a series of combat scenarios progressing through the ages of the tank. Here, your limit is what you can fit inside your hull and turret while still being able to move forwards.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.9%, War 26.3%, Military 13.4%, Building 11.6%, Physics 10.3%
- #45 Attack on Toys
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,213 reviews2021
Dev: N7T-GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!
Why similar: War 22.8%, FPS 17.6%, Shooter 13.5%, Military 13.1%, Strategy 11.2%
- #46 Scrap Mechanic
65% matchVery Positive92% of 122,134 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 64.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Sandbox 32.5%, Moddable 15.8% ★, Physics 14.4%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 6.9%
- #47 BLOCKADE 3D
73% matchMixed59% of 25,388 reviews2014
Dev: Novalink
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
BLOCKADE 3D! First Person Shooter in an editable procedural cubic world. A large arsenal of weapons, 4 teams at the same time and up to 32 players on one map. A large number of game modes!
Why similar: Sandbox 20%, FPS 19.8%, Shooter 18.4%, Zombies 14.9%, Building 11.2%
- #48 Gunsmith Simulator
68% matchVery Positive85% of 3,268 reviews2024
Dev: GameHuntersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a Gunsmith and unveil the great pleasure of working in your own workshop! Repair, restore and personalize guns to make unique pieces that every firearm lover will appreciate.
Why similar: Sandbox 13.7%, Simulation 13.3%, Military 12.5%, Moddable 12.3% ★, FPS 11.5%
- #49 Call to Arms
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 24,122 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.
Why similar: War 21.3%, Strategy 17.5%, Military 14.4%, Sandbox 10.1%, Shooter 8.4%
- #50 GoreBox
68% matchVery Positive84% of 24,589 reviews2023
Dev: F2Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
GoreBox is a chaotic physics-driven sandbox where creativity meets destruction. Use the Reality Crusher to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate anything. Customize, roleplay, or face devious creatures. In this world, your imagination rules, and chaos is your playground!
Why similar: Sandbox 43.4%, Physics 17.2%, FPS 15.6%, Shooter 11.9%, First-Person 7.2%
- #51 GearBlocks
67% matchVery Positive91% of 782 reviews2023
Dev: SmashHammer Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a world of creative building, interactive machines, and gears - lots of gears. Build all things mechanical: cars, trucks, cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, anything you can think of. Test your creations to destruction in challenging scenarios, and share them in the workshop!
Why similar: Moddable 30.2% ★, Sandbox 25.1%, Physics 12.5%, Building 9.7%, Simulation 9.7%
- #52 Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 23,870 reviews2026
Dev: RUST LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 55.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Do you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we've got all that, and guns. SO MANY GUNS. So if you like ordnance, meat, and far too many groan-worthy puns, this is the VR sandbox game for you.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.8%, Moddable 19.8% ★, FPS 11.6%, Physics 11%, Shooter 9.3%
- #53 Brickadia
66% matchVery Positive81% of 1,421 reviews2025
Dev: Brickadia, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Brickadia is a next-generation brick building sandbox that gives you the tools to create and play, your way. Build massive worlds, invent cool contraptions, and play in them however you like - all with your friends!
Why similar: Sandbox 45.6%, Physics 21.3%, Building 14%, FPS 10.7%, First-Person 6.5%
- #54 Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator
68% matchVery Positive84% of 458 reviews2021
Dev: Mutiny Software
Windows
Welcome to Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator, the most immersive medieval battle simulator to date! Throw tens of thousands of soldiers into battle, enjoy the show, or take control of one of them to prove your valor! The only limit is your imagination! Or maybe your CPU?
Why similar: Sandbox 36.7%, War 26.5%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 12%, Action 7.7%
- #55 Front Lines
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 214 reviews2019
Dev: Marco S HampelPub: Firez Studios
Windows · Mac
Battle on the Front Lines with funny, crazy physics. Create your own battles between men and test out everything to the limits.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.1%, Simulation 25.8%, Strategy 22.3%, Action 13.9%, Indie 7.8%
- #56 Block Fortress 2
66% matchVery Positive82% of 274 reviews2025
Dev: Foursaken Media
Windows · Mac
Choose a planet, build your fortress, and prepare for war. Arm yourself with powerful weapons, deploy troops, and defend your stronghold against relentless attacks. In this action-packed block-builder, survival is earned, and only the strongest will remain.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.7%, War 21.9%, FPS 14.4%, Shooter 9.2%, Action 6.5%
- #57 Blockstorm
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 6,348 reviews2015
Dev: GhostSharkPub: IndieGala
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Blockstorm is a FPS game set in a world made of destructible blocks. All maps and characters included in the game are made with the same tools that are available to the public. You can build everything in Blockstorm, and you can destroy it.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.5%, FPS 20.3%, Shooter 13.2%, Action 12.8%, Building 9.3%
- #58 Blocksworld
69% matchMixed65% of 765 reviews2017
Dev: Fortell Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Build anything from characters that run around to mighty machines that drive, blast, crawl, and fly! Then play with your creations in action-packed games, share what you’ve built with your friends, and explore creations made by people all over the world!
Why similar: Sandbox 35.9%, Simulation 14.1%, Zombies 14.1%, Building 12.1%, Funny 9.6%