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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Sandbox, Crafting, Simulation, Singleplayer.

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A sandbox adventure where every pixel is physically and chemically simulated! Build intricate, fully functional machines from the pixels around you. Harvest, react, and manipulate all 118 elements to craft everything from simple tools to complex systems.

Reviews: Very Positive — 95% — of 434 reviews
Released: 2026-07-22
Developer: Triplejump
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
    Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.

    Why similar: Crafting 25.7%, Sandbox 25%, Survival 17.8%, Open World 10.8%, Simulation 8.6%

  2. #2 Pixelum
    96% matchMixed49% of 74 reviews2025
    Dev: ZXC Games
    Windows

    Pixelum is a whole world made up entirely from interactive pixels. Explore procedurally generated sandbox with advanced physics. Dig and mine, fight mobs, build bases, craft items, and progress throughout the pixel canvas!

    Why similar: Sandbox 21.2%, Survival 16.6%, Simulation 15%, RPG 13.1%, Physics 12.4%

  3. #3 Mechanic Miner
    96% matchMixed58% of 210 reviews2020
    Dev: Hello John
    Windows

    Put your mechanical skills to the test in a physics-based sandbox where ingenuity and creativity are the ultimate key to survival. Construct fantastical machines, gather resources, acquire new technologies to battle dangerous enemies and use your imagination to shape your world.

    Why similar: Science 32.1%, Crafting 20.9%, Sandbox 19.5%, Physics 9%, Simulation 4.7%

  4. #4 Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
    95% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,173 reviews2020
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.

    Why similar: Crafting 23.2%, Sandbox 18.8%, Survival 14.6%, Physics 13.5%, Logic 8.8%

  5. #5 Sandboxels
    94% matchVery Positive95% of 1,172 reviews2025
    Dev: R74n
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.

    Why similar: Science 37.2%, Sandbox 19.5%, Education 19.4%, Crafting 15.2%, Simulation 4.5%

  6. #6 Project Chemistry
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 228 reviews2021
    Dev: Ata TürkoğluPub: Espale Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Interact with elements and molecules in a way that you have never before! Observe them and make them react with each other in the sandbox mode. Synthesize every molecule in the quest mode. Discover countless macromolecules and the elegancy of chemistry.

    Why similar: Science 37.9%, Education 19.3%, Crafting 17.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Logic 6.3%

  7. #7 Primitier
    92% matchVery Positive94% of 327 reviews2025
    Dev: Ota Mato
    Windows

    Primitier is a highly flexible VR sandbox game, where you can create tools and machinery by freely cutting and connecting objects in a vast world based on physics simulation.

    Why similar: Science 30%, Sandbox 18.7%, Crafting 17.7%, Physics 13.2%, Open World 7%

  8. #8 Scrap Mechanic
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
    Dev: Axolot Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 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 23.8%, Crafting 23.1%, Survival 18%, Physics 16.5%, Open World 10.4%

  9. #9 Adventure Craft
    93% matchVery Positive83% of 232 reviews2017
    Dev: Edible Entertainment
    Windows

    Adventure Craft is a procedurally generated open-world PvE survival crafting action RPG. Explore, gather resources, hunt monsters, craft weapons and armour, build a home, train companions, and survive a dangerous world that changes from day to night.

    Why similar: Crafting 20.7%, Sandbox 19.4%, Action RPG 15.5%, Survival 15.5%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

  10. #10 Noita
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 89,025 reviews2020
    Dev: Nolla Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Physics 24.4%, Crafting 18.8%, Open World 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

  11. #11 Sand:box
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,758 reviews2023
    Dev: smellymoo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 78.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    "Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!

    Why similar: Science 24.8%, Sandbox 18.4%, Education 16.2%, Physics 10.9%, Crafting 9.8%

  12. #12 Shards of Azuria
    90% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
    Dev: Blue Potion Games
    Windows

    Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.

    Why similar: Crafting 28.3%, Sandbox 21.3%, Survival 15.7%, Action RPG 12.2%, RPG 9.4%

  13. #13 Lifecraft
    87% matchVery Positive81% of 148 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixbits
    Windows · Mac

    Survive and evolve as an organism with this simulation game in which you will literally start as a single cell and manage and organize all its functions to a fully fledged system! Assemble, breathe, eat, fight threats, produce energy, grow, anything is possible!

    Why similar: Science 38.8%, Sandbox 22.4%, Crafting 21.7%, Procedural Generation 6%, Simulation 4.9%

  14. #14 Crafting Block World
    89% matchMixed47% of 55 reviews2019
    Dev: IO Games
    Windows

    Crafting Block World is an adventure with sandbox elements that will help you build your ideal world!

    Why similar: Sandbox 27.3%, Survival 20.9%, Crafting 17.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Procedural Generation 8.3%

  15. #15 Star Crafter
    86% matchMostly Positive70% of 110 reviews2025
    Dev: Tbjbu2
    Windows

    A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.

    Why similar: Crafting 32.5%, Sandbox 21.1%, Survival 18.2%, Simulation 10.3%, Open World 8.9%

  16. #16 Autocraft
    88% matchMixed56% of 298 reviews2017
    Dev: Alientrap
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.

    Why similar: Sandbox 40.1%, Physics 22.4%, Crafting 18.3%, Simulation 15.1%, Open World 3.4%

  17. #17 SpaceKraft!
    85% matchVery Positive91% of 97 reviews2024
    Dev: Game Dev Garage
    Windows

    Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth.

    Why similar: Sandbox 35.4%, Physics 26%, Open World 13.9%, Simulation 13.5%, Sci-fi 6.9%

  18. #18 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
    84% matchVery Positive84% of 705 reviews2026
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.

    Why similar: Education 33%, Sandbox 27.2%, Crafting 25.8%, Simulation 7%, 2D 4%

  19. #19 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
    82% matchVery Positive92% of 3,475 reviews2023
    Dev: Kodera Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.

    Why similar: Science 35.8%, Physics 15.8%, Sandbox 14.2%, Procedural Generation 8.5%, Open World 8%

  20. #20 The Sandbox Evolution - Craft a 2D Pixel Universe!
    86% matchMixed42% of 1,516 reviews2016
    Dev: PIXOWL INC.
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Use your godly powers to craft amazing pixel worlds or destroy the universe! Play with physics, over 200 elements and controllable heroes. Make your own games or levels, and then share your creations online. There are no limits to your creativity and imagination!

    Why similar: Sandbox 43%, Crafting 17.9%, Physics 13.7%, Simulation 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%

  21. #21 Lay of the Land
    82% matchVery Positive80% of 1,234 reviews2026
    Dev: Southern Cross Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.

    Why similar: Sandbox 24.2%, Crafting 16.8%, Physics 13.8%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 9.9%

  22. #22 Vilmonic
    84% matchMostly Positive72% of 86 reviews2018
    Dev: Bludgeonsoft
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Vilmonic is an artificial life simulator and genetics and evolution sandbox game. Protect and breed unique pixel-art life forms where pixels and color have meaning. Craft tools and buildings and change the environment. Find ancient tech and fend off haywire zombitons. Craft Farm Breed Evolve!

    Why similar: Science 29.1%, Crafting 15.9%, Sandbox 15.4%, Education 14.7%, Character Customization 7.2%

  23. #23 Little Rocket Lab
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,324 reviews2025
    Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
    Windows
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!

    Why similar: Science 39.5%, Crafting 21.9%, Sandbox 18.6%, RPG 7.8%, Logic 3.3%

  24. #24 PixPhys
    83% matchMostly Positive74% of 218 reviews2021
    Dev: Red Starship
    Windows · Linux

    PixPhys is a 2D engineering sandbox with huge technical possibilities and scope for imagination: design equipment from a jet-powered cart to space stations.

    Why similar: Sandbox 36.8%, Physics 25.9%, Simulation 12.6%, Open World 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

  25. #25 TerraTech
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 25,032 reviews2018
    Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.

    Why similar: Sandbox 32.6%, Crafting 24.6%, Survival 15.3%, Open World 13.8%, Physics 9.1%

  26. #26 AutoForge
    80% matchVery Positive87% of 467 reviews2024
    Dev: Siege Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.

    Why similar: Crafting 26.6%, Sandbox 25.4%, Character Customization 15.9%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Logic 9.4%

  27. #27 ACTION SANDBOX
    79% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,017 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 31.4%, Physics 22.1%, Character Customization 16.8%, Simulation 11.8%, Logic 6.4%

  28. #28 FortressCraft Evolved!
    79% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,066 reviews2015
    Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.

    Why similar: Crafting 28.9%, Sandbox 28.3%, Survival 17.9%, Open World 7.7%, Simulation 7.1%

  29. #29 Turing Complete
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,808 reviews2021
    Dev: LevelHead
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Learn CPU architecture with puzzles

    Why similar: Education 27.9%, Sandbox 25%, Logic 14.1%, Crafting 13.2%, Simulation 12.7%

  30. #30 Planet Explorers
    78% matchMixed62% of 6,818 reviews2016
    Dev: Pathea Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

    Why similar: Sandbox 31.5%, Crafting 20.2%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 13%, RPG 6.2%

  31. #31 Vagabond
    77% matchMostly Positive77% of 100 reviews2023
    Dev: Pierre Vigier
    Windows · Linux

    Explore procedurally generated living worlds in this 2D sandbox RPG. Meet hundreds of characters in cities, complete quests, craft powerful items, buy and furnish your home or fight monsters in dungeons.

    Why similar: Sandbox 23.5%, Crafting 18.1%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 9.3%

  32. #32 Outerverse
    78% matchMixed50% of 125 reviews2022
    Dev: Tbjbu2Pub: indie.io
    Windows

    Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!

    Why similar: Crafting 38.3%, RPG 19.8%, Open World 16.2%, Logic 14.1%, Action 6%

  33. #33 Cubic Odyssey
    75% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,754 reviews2025
    Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!

    Why similar: Sandbox 39%, RPG 14.1%, Crafting 12%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Survival 9%

  34. #34 Planet Centauri
    74% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,395 reviews2024
    Dev: Permadeath
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!

    Why similar: Sandbox 32.6%, Crafting 29.2%, Open World 13.4%, RPG 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

  35. #35 Black Skylands
    74% matchVery Positive84% of 4,521 reviews2023
    Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Become the captain of an airship and explore the world of the skies, gather resources and build powerful weapons, uncover ancient secrets and fight beneath your ship's sails.

    Why similar: Sandbox 19.2%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 13.6%, Character Customization 10.8%, Open World 10%

  36. #36 The Planet Crafter
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
    Dev: Miju Games
    Windows
    Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

    Why similar: Crafting 29.8%, Survival 25%, Sandbox 23.9%, Open World 12.6%, Sci-fi 5.8%

  37. #37 Lantern Forge
    77% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
    Dev: Hearthfire Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.

    Why similar: Sandbox 30.7%, Crafting 30.4%, Survival 23%, RPG 13.1%, Adventure 2.8%

  38. #38 Windforge
    76% matchMixed68% of 623 reviews2014
    Dev: Snowed In Studios
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.

    Why similar: Sandbox 32%, Crafting 26.7%, RPG 12.1%, Open World 9%, Survival 9%

  39. #39 Tile Miner
    75% matchMixed62% of 63 reviews2021
    Dev: nalothchrisPub: MadSwan
    Windows · Mac

    Explore a vast world. Manipulate every tile. Build your kingdom. Conquer the elemental dungeons. The moldable world of Tile Miner is at your fingertips!

    Why similar: Sandbox 25%, Crafting 23%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 10.9%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

  40. #40 Space Trash Scavenger
    73% matchVery Positive83% of 528 reviews2024
    Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.

    Why similar: Crafting 25.5%, Sandbox 21.5%, Survival 19.1%, Open World 10%, Procedural Generation 9.6%

  41. #41 Miniland Adventure
    73% matchMostly Positive74% of 334 reviews2023
    Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!

    Why similar: Sandbox 33.7%, Crafting 26.7%, Survival 25%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, 2D 5.6%

  42. #42 Archean
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 252 reviews2024
    Dev: batcholi
    Windows · Linux

    Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.

    Why similar: Science 33.6%, Sandbox 17.8%, Crafting 17.6%, Physics 11.5%, Open World 7.7%

  43. #43 ASTRONEER
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 139,497 reviews2019
    Dev: System Era Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

    Why similar: Survival 26.9%, Sandbox 25.1%, Crafting 21.6%, Open World 15.8%, Simulation 4.6%

  44. #44 FOUNDRY
    70% matchVery Positive81% of 3,960 reviews2024
    Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 48.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.

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  45. #45 The Last Caretaker
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 13,935 reviews2025
    Dev: Channel37 Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

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  46. #46 RealmCraft
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2018
    Dev: Tellurion Mobile
    Windows

    RealmCraft is the original Sandbox Game. Build Cubes & Explore 30+ Blueprint Worlds in 3D. Try to Survive & Use 100+ Types of Blocks to Build Your Unique Town.

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  47. #47 Aviassembly
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,569 reviews2025
    Dev: Jelle Booij
    Windows
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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  48. #48 Forsaken Isle
    70% matchMostly Positive71% of 521 reviews2025
    Dev: Smoodlez
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!

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  49. #49 Trailmakers
    69% matchVery Positive92% of 39,576 reviews2019
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    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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  50. #50 StarMade
    72% matchMixed68% of 2,992 reviews2014
    Dev: Schine GmbH
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    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!

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  51. #51 The Powder Toy
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,022 reviews2024
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  52. #52 Necesse
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 29,166 reviews2025
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  53. #53 Avorion
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 14,588 reviews2020
    Dev: Boxelware
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 99.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.

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  54. #54 CHR$(143)
    69% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2021
    Dev: Nicolas Jean
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    A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!

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    71% matchMixed62% of 705 reviews2014
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    Windows · Linux
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  56. #56 Deep Despair
    70% matchMixed67% of 284 reviews2020
    Dev: BekkerDev Studio
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    Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!

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  57. #57 Caves of Qud
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,678 reviews2024
    Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 35.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.

    Why similar: Procedural Generation 21.4%, Survival 19.6%, Open World 18.9%, Character Customization 17.4%, RPG 8.7%

  58. #58 Dig or Die
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 4,291 reviews2018
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

    Why similar: Sandbox 26.5%, Crafting 24.3%, Survival 22.6%, Open World 7.6%, Physics 7.6%

  59. #59 Omega Crafter
    66% matchMostly Positive79% of 579 reviews2025
    Dev: Preferred Networks
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!

    Why similar: Crafting 30.1%, Survival 23.1%, Sandbox 20.6%, Open World 12.6%, RPG 8.6%

  60. #60 Space Engineers 2
    65% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,654 reviews2025
    Dev: Keen Software House
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.

    Why similar: Science 28%, Sandbox 17.6%, Survival 13%, Crafting 12.3%, Physics 11.5%

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