- #1 Scrap Mechanic
97% matchVery Positive92% of 117,049 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 57.3 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: Building 24%, Sandbox 21.9%, Open World 15.9%, Physics 14.4%, Multiplayer 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Creative mode lets you assemble absurd cars, machines, and contraptions with friends in an open sandbox that scratches the same engineering-playground itch.
- #2 Trailmakers
96% matchVery Positive92% of 34,107 reviews2019
Dev: Flashbulb
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.9%, Building 16.8%, Family Friendly 16.3%, Open World 13.1%, Physics 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its snap-together vehicle builder, co-op sandbox, and playful physics-driven driving make it one of the closest matches to Brick Rigs' build-then-test loop.
- #3 BeamNG.drive
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 384,707 reviews2015
Dev: BeamNG
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 91.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Why similar: Destruction 27.3%, Driving 18%, Sandbox 13.1%, Physics 10.9%, Open World 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It lacks the brick building, but few games rival its crash physics and freeform vehicle testing once you want more realistic destruction.
- #4 Besiege
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,104 reviews2020
Dev: Spiderling Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 19.1 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: LEGO 37.1% ★, Destruction 19.6%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 10.3%, Physics 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Like Brick Rigs, it's all about building machines piece by piece and enjoying the chaos when physics and destruction take over.
- #5 Space Engineers
94% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 95.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.1%, Building 21.7%, Open World 17.2%, Physics 16%, Multiplayer 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: If you want bigger-scale brick-like construction with workshop sharing, multiplayer, and physical vehicles you can actually drive and crash, this is a natural fit.
- #6 Main Assembly
94% matchVery Positive84% of 1,337 reviews2021
Dev: Bad Yolk GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.1%, Building 27.2%, Physics 19.5%, Multiplayer 16%, Simulation 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on designing your own robots and vehicles from parts, then experimenting with them in physics-heavy sandbox challenges.
- #7 Stormworks: Build and Rescue
93% matchVery Positive90% of 57,601 reviews2020
Dev: Geometa
Windows · Mac
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 111.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.1%, Building 22.7%, Open World 17.9%, Physics 15.3%, Flight 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its modular vehicle construction and open-world co-op sandbox are great if you love spending as much time building usable creations as driving them.
- #8 TerraTech
92% matchVery Positive91% of 24,455 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 33.0 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: Building 29.5%, Sandbox 27.8%, Open World 19.5%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Physics 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: You build blocky vehicles from modular parts and take them into an open world, giving it a very similar toy-box engineering feel.
- #9 Screw Drivers
91% matchVery Positive86% of 5,641 reviews2024
Dev: CreactstudiosPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Crazy physics and high-speed races! Craft vehicles cleverly by combining building blocks and mechanical parts to create powerful drivetrains. Unlock new parts, race for the gold, and challenge your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: LEGO 24.6% ★, Destruction 19.3%, Building 12.4%, Driving 12.2%, Physics 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This vehicle-building sandbox lets you design and drive custom rides in a physics-heavy setup that feels spiritually close to Brick Rigs.
- #10 LEGO® Worlds
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 15,565 reviews2017
Dev: TT GamesPub: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience a galaxy of Worlds made entirely from LEGO bricks. EXPLORE gigantic landscapes, DISCOVER countless surprises, and CREATE anything you can imagine by building with LEGO bricks.
Why similar: LEGO 52.3% ★, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 9.8%, Open World 8.2%, Destruction 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It trades vehicle destruction for a pure LEGO-style sandbox, but the brick-based building vibe is an obvious fit for Brick Rigs fans.
- #11 GearBlocks
90% matchVery Positive91% of 717 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: Destruction 24.1%, Building 17.2%, Sandbox 16.1%, Driving 13.5%, Physics 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeper mechanical construction sandbox for players who enjoy making functional vehicles and machines from interconnected parts.
- #12 Brickadia
89% matchVery Positive87% of 1,234 reviews2025
Dev: Brickadia, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 29.8%, Building 25.4%, Physics 20.7%, Multiplayer 15.6%, FPS 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This block-building sandbox leans hard into collaborative creation and custom contraptions while keeping the colorful brick aesthetic Brick Rigs fans already love.
- #13 Garry's Mod
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,226,319 reviews2006
Dev: Facepunch StudiosPub: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.5 hrsMean: 284.3 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: Sandbox 28.2%, Building 20.2%, Physics 15.1%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Funny 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: The combination of multiplayer sandbox freedom, workshop sharing, vehicles, and physics chaos makes it a classic adjacent pick.
- #14 Teardown
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 126,822 reviews2022
Dev: Tuxedo Labs
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 28.0 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: Destruction 38.1%, Sandbox 18.6%, Driving 13.7%, Physics 13.2%, Multiplayer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Even without the vehicle creator, its fully physical sandbox destruction delivers the same 'let's see what breaks' appeal.
- #15 From the Depths
87% matchVery Positive89% of 12,523 reviews2020
Dev: Brilliant Skies Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.3%, Building 25%, Physics 16.8%, Gun Customization 15% ★, Multiplayer 13%
Why You'll Like It: This is a more complex take on constructing your own ships, tanks, and aircraft for physics-based battles and experimentation.
- #16 Dream Car Builder
88% matchVery Positive93% of 1,064 reviews2018
Dev: RoKo0 (Roman Konyukhov)
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Design your car from scratch: from the frame to the suspension and race it!
Why similar: Destruction 24%, Sandbox 20.2%, Building 19.9%, Driving 13.9%, Racing 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is more technical, but designing your own drivable vehicles from components hits the same custom engineering fantasy.
- #17 My Summer Car
82% matchVery Positive95% of 112,056 reviews2025
Dev: Amistech Games
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 46.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
Why similar: Driving 26.6%, Open World 18.5%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, Racing 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is a much grittier and more realistic car-building game, but it still appeals if your favorite part of Brick Rigs is assembling a vehicle and taking it for a spin.
- #18 SimplePlanes
85% matchVery Positive93% of 10,799 reviews2015
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build airplanes by snapping parts together, designing wing sections, and attaching engines. At any time, you can strap yourself into the cockpit and see how it flies with realistic physics. If you're not in the mood for building, over 100,000 airplanes are available to download for free.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.5%, Building 19.7%, Physics 14.7%, Open World 13.8%, Flight 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Building functional craft piece by piece and then immediately testing how they handle appeals to the same inventive trial-and-error mindset.
- #19 Blockland
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 5,537 reviews2013
Dev: Eric HartmanPub: Step 1 Games LLC
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Blockland is a non-linear sandbox game with no set goals, giving players the freedom to design and construct elaborate structures. Styled as a tiny minifigure, players build inside of the virtual world using bricks reminiscent of toy blocks.
Why similar: LEGO 38.8% ★, Sandbox 19.2%, Building 13.6%, Open World 8.4%, Multiplayer 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: The blocky multiplayer sandbox structure and user-made creations give off strong old-school Brick Rigs energy even if vehicle physics are simpler.
- #20 Instruments of Destruction
83% matchVery Positive91% of 1,507 reviews2024
Dev: RadiangamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Crash through walls and tear down buildings in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based demolition. Pilot 130+ unique vehicles across scores of challenge-packed missions or design your own contraptions and wreck highly-interactive sandbox worlds.
Why similar: Destruction 44.2%, Driving 22%, Physics 16.9%, Racing 8.6%, Simulation 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on joyful large-scale demolition with heavy machinery, making it a strong pick for players who mainly love the destruction sandbox.
- #21 Wreckfest
84% matchVery Positive88% of 39,799 reviews2018
Dev: BugbearPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.
Why similar: Destruction 38.8%, Racing 15.9%, Driving 15.6%, Physics 9.6%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Come here if the crashing and vehicle damage side of Brick Rigs is what you want more of.
- #22 Homebrew - Patent Unknown
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 974 reviews2014
Dev: Copybugpaste
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Unleash your creativity and craft anything from flying cars to jet-powered toilets.Fair warning: there's a learning curve. But once you've got it, the sky's the limit for your creations!While active development is paused, we focus preserving the game and keeping it accessible.
Why similar: Driving 28%, Sandbox 19.5%, Building 17.9%, Racing 13.2%, Physics 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: This one is all about creating bizarre homemade vehicles and seeing whether they can actually survive the terrain and physics.
- #23 Sprocket
81% matchVery Positive93% of 12,133 reviews2021
Dev: Hamish Dunn
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.5 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 37.5%, Building 33.2%, Physics 15.8%, Gun Customization 12.3% ★, Action 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: This tank designer scratches the custom-vehicle itch with hands-on construction and the fun of driving your own creation.
- #24 Crossout
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 68,141 reviews2017
Dev: Targem GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 55.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crossout - the postapocalyptic MMO action game where you can create a unique design for an armoured vehicle from dozens of parts and then drive it into multiplayer battles raging on land and in the skies alike.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.8%, Building 26.5%, Gun Customization 25.2% ★, Multiplayer 16.7%, Action 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Building post-apocalyptic battle cars from modular parts and taking them online captures Brick Rigs' custom vehicle fun in a combat-heavy form.
- #25 Juno: New Origins
80% matchVery Positive89% of 3,369 reviews2023
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
Why similar: Building 27.3%, Sandbox 23.5%, Open World 17.2%, Physics 16.4%, Flight 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: Another excellent engineering sandbox for designing and piloting custom craft if you enjoy the iterative build-test-explode loop.
- #26 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
78% matchVery Positive95% of 12,431 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Building 55.8%, Multiplayer 29.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Singleplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Ship-building, testing, and refining your own designs gives a similar creator-first satisfaction in a 2D space format.
- #27 Kerbal Space Program
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 133,317 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 65.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.7%, Physics 21.5%, Building 20.9%, Open World 10.6%, Simulation 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a more simulation-heavy sandbox, but the joy of building unstable machines and watching physics decide their fate is very similar.
- #28 People Playground
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 308,374 reviews2019
Dev: mestiezPub: Studio Minus
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 53.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Why similar: Sandbox 32.5%, Destruction 29.6%, Physics 16.5%, Building 11.9%, Funny 4.5%
- #29 Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,144 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 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: Sandbox 28.2%, Building 26.6%, Open World 20.3%, Physics 19.2%, Action 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its focus on assembling functional machines from modules makes it a good fit for Brick Rigs players who like tinkering.
- #30 Fun with Ragdolls: The Game
78% matchVery Positive88% of 5,115 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 26.1%, Physics 17.6%, Building 14.7%, Destruction 10.7%, Funny 7.9%
- #31 Turbo Dismount® 2
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 629 reviews2026
Dev: Secret Exit Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Turbo Dismount 2 is a comedy physics racing sandbox with Mr. Dismount and his friends. It is the officially ambitious sequel to the wildly popular, immensely successful, world-renowned entertainment juggernaut - Turbo Dismount.
Why similar: Destruction 36%, Sandbox 20.1%, Racing 11.4%, Family Friendly 7.9%, Funny 7.4%
- #32 Fireworks Mania - An Explosive Simulator
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,671 reviews2020
Dev: Laumania ApS
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Destruction 21.7%, Sandbox 21.2%, Building 16.9%, Physics 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.8%
- #33 Voxel Project VR
75% matchVery Positive87% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: 180°
Windows
Voxel Project offers an immersive sandbox experience set in a fully destructible voxel environment. Explore a dynamic world teeming with vehicles, dynamic fire mechanics, enemy NPCs, voxel gore, weapon customization, and a bunch of additional features to discover.
Why similar: Destruction 30.7%, Sandbox 18.2%, Driving 16.5%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Physics 10.4%
- #34 Wobbly Life
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,276 reviews2025
Dev: RubberBandGames
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Wobbly Life is a vibrant open-world physics sandbox. Play with your friends online or in local co-op, with exciting jobs, mini games and wacky story missions. Earn cash to spend in the world on clothes, vehicles and houses. There is a whole Wobbly World out there to explore!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.9%, Open World 19.9%, Multiplayer 16%, Physics 12.1%, Family Friendly 10%
- #35 ACTION SANDBOX
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,004 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: Destruction 32.4%, Sandbox 20.2%, Building 16.9%, Physics 13.4%, Zombies 6.8%
- #36 My Garage
76% matchVery Positive91% of 3,884 reviews2021
Dev: Viking Game Studio
Windows
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 68.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
MY GARAGE is a car simulation game with main focus being simulating real car repair, maintenance and physics.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.5%, Driving 16%, Open World 14.5%, Building 12.7%, Physics 10.6%
- #37 Universe Sandbox
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Why similar: Destruction 31.5%, Sandbox 29.7%, Physics 17.3%, Open World 8.4%, Family Friendly 6.4%
- #38 Ultimate Ragdoll Game
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 665 reviews2024
Dev: Sunday's Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.7 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: Destruction 33.5%, Sandbox 22%, Building 17.4%, Physics 14.3%, Funny 5%
- #39 Ancient Warfare 3
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,746 reviews2024
Dev: JNI Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into a sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different game modes like deathmatch, conquest, king of the hill, zombie survival and many more. Create your own scenarios and content in the easy to use in-game editors or use one of the 50k+ workshop items from other players...
Why similar: Sandbox 39%, Physics 14.5%, Building 11.6%, Simulation 8.3%, Zombies 6.6%
- #40 Sand:box
72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,486 reviews2023
Dev: smellymoo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!
Why similar: Destruction 37%, Sandbox 27.8%, Physics 16.5%, Building 12.5%, Simulation 5.6%
- #41 Aviassembly
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,303 reviews2025
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.
Why similar: Building 21.5%, Sandbox 19.4%, Destruction 18.2%, Physics 14%, Flight 13.1%
- #42 GoreBox
71% matchVery Positive88% of 21,831 reviews2023
Dev: Felix FilipPub: F²Games
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
GoreBox is a chaotic physics-driven sandbox where creativity meets destruction. Use the Reality Crusher to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate anything. Customize, battle with friends, roleplay, or face devious creatures. In this world, your imagination rules—and chaos is your playground!
Why similar: Sandbox 49.9%, Physics 29.4%, FPS 11.4%, First-Person 6.7%, Action 2.6%
- #43 Tracks - The Train Set Game
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,507 reviews2019
Dev: Whoop GroupPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Jump into the ultimate toy sandbox and build the train set of your dreams! Create colourful railway systems, decorate beautiful towns, transport commuting passengers, and even ride your train in first-person.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Building 22.9%, Open World 13.8%, Physics 9%, Family Friendly 7.4%
- #44 Railroads Online
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,879 reviews2024
Dev: Stefan KelnbergerPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 67.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!
Why similar: Driving 18.3%, Sandbox 17%, Building 16.5%, Open World 13.5%, Physics 12.2%
- #45 MudRunner
69% matchVery Positive92% of 42,117 reviews2017
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
MudRunner is the ultimate off-road experience putting the players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!
Why similar: Driving 31.9%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Open World 14.6%, Physics 13.3%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #46 MachineCraft
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 889 reviews2016
Dev: G2CREW
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
The main purpose of this game is showing and watching machines made out of blocks. Some of the game-modes allow you to battle or race against other players. (testing phase) You can create your original machine with ease by reassembling those machines that are distributed, or by using the automatic control block.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.3%, Building 35%, Multiplayer 18.8%, Simulation 6.5%, Open World 3.8%
- #47 Turbo Dismount™
70% matchVery Positive94% of 5,842 reviews2014
Dev: Secret Exit Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Turbo Dismount is a kinetic tragedy about Mr. Dismount and the cars who love him. It is the official sequel to the wildly popular and immensely successful personal impact simulator - Stair Dismount.
Why similar: Destruction 32.9%, Sandbox 14.8%, Physics 14.8%, Driving 14.4%, Funny 9.9%
- #48 World of Contraptions
69% matchVery Positive87% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: JCP Games Studio
Windows
World of Contraptions is a physics-based building game in which you build the most varied contraptions to solve the most diverse types of puzzles. Win dozens of levels with different types of obstacles. Design the best contraption for each challenge using a giant collection of blocks.
Why similar: LEGO 30.5% ★, Destruction 19.1%, Sandbox 12%, Building 11.7%, Driving 11.3%
- #49 Ravenfield
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 77,990 reviews2017
Dev: SteelRaven7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 61.9 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: Sandbox 41.2%, FPS 15.8%, Physics 14.8%, Funny 9.1%, First-Person 7.6%
- #50 Mars First Logistics
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,474 reviews2025
Dev: Shape Shop
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
Why similar: LEGO 44.7% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Building 13.4%, Open World 9.8%, Physics 9.7%
- #51 Street Legal Racing: Redline v2.3.1
69% matchVery Positive89% of 4,097 reviews2016
Dev: Invictus Games Ltd.Pub: Activision Value Publishing Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The most popular vehicle mechanic simulator in the world got a second life in the new Steam version! Build cars, tune them, crash, repair and race against other racers!
Why similar: Driving 26.5%, Building 19.6%, Racing 19.4%, Destruction 13.3%, Open World 9.8%
- #52 Autocraft
71% matchMixed56% of 297 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 35.2%, Building 26.8%, Physics 18.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Multiplayer 5.8%
- #53 DRIFT ISLAND
66% matchMixed62% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: ECC GAMES
Windows
Rise as a drift master and missile car mechanic! DRIFT ISLAND is an open-world drift build-and-drive game. Create unique 'missile cars,' tune them, shred sideways, and test your skills! Earn cash, upgrade parts, and become a true drifting legend!
Why similar: Driving 22.4%, Sandbox 18.5%, Open World 16.2%, Physics 13.4%, Racing 12.8%
- #54 Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator
65% matchMostly Positive80% of 18,152 reviews2023
Dev: Nils JakrinsPub: Excalibur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Play solo or in up to 10-player multiplayer co-op! Flashing Lights is an open world police, firefighting and EMS simulator game with plenty of opportunity for role-play or more relaxed fun with friends. Become the law or save lives! Discover leagues of player-created mods!
Why similar: Destruction 26.4%, Driving 19.1%, Sandbox 14.3%, Open World 11.4%, Physics 10.7%
- #55 Purplis Sandbox
68% matchMixed67% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGOLITEPub: DRAGOLITE STUDIO
Windows
Create your own worlds, build interesting mechanisms and just beautiful buildings, everything depends on your imagination.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.3%, Destruction 30.3%, Building 23.2%, Simulation 11.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #56 Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,663 reviews2019
Dev: N3V Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Much more than just a train driving simulator. Build, drive and operate the railroad of your dreams with Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019.
Why similar: Driving 27.3%, Building 17.3%, Open World 17.2%, Sandbox 16.9%, Simulation 13.2%
- #57 LEGO® 2K Drive
67% matchMixed63% of 1,756 reviews2023
Dev: Visual ConceptsPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Welcome to Bricklandia, home of a massive open-world LEGO® driving adventure. Race anywhere, play with anyone, build your dream rides, and defeat a cast of wild racing rivals for the coveted Sky Trophy!
Why similar: LEGO 42.7% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 11.2%, Driving 10.9%, Racing 6.8%