- #1 Construction Simulator
97% matchVery Positive81% of 13,349 reviews2022
Dev: weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbHPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Construction Simulator has returned – larger and more impressive than ever! Fulfil your ambition to become a successful construction entrepreneur by establishing your business from scratch, assisted by your mentor Hape.
Why similar: Simulation 35.6%, Realistic 24.9%, Building 21.2%, Open World 18.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive experience for operating licensed heavy machinery to complete complex construction projects in an open world.
- #2 Scrap Mechanic
96% 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: Sandbox 39.6%, Building 22.8%, Open World 18.6%, Simulation 14.7%, Indie 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep creative sandbox where you can build complex machines and vehicles using physics-based components.
- #3 GearBlocks
96% 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: Sandbox 38.1%, Simulation 25.6%, Building 21.4%, Open World 11.4%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game emphasizes mechanical engineering and physics, allowing players to build intricate machines from individual parts.
- #4 Space Engineers
95% 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 30%, Realistic 20.9%, Simulation 20%, Building 14.8%, Open World 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title features advanced voxel-based building and realistic physics, allowing for the construction of massive industrial machines and structures.
- #5 Farming Simulator 22
93% matchVery Positive93% of 90,204 reviews2021
Dev: Giants Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 34.8 hrsMean: 149.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Create your farm and let the good times grow! Harvest crops, tend to animals, manage productions, and take on seasonal challenges.
Why similar: Sandbox 41.9%, Simulation 39.6%, Open World 18.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides an incredibly detailed simulation of heavy agricultural machinery and land management that mirrors the realistic operation found in Machine World 2.
- #6 Medieval Engineers
94% matchMixed52% of 7,282 reviews2015
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
Why similar: Sandbox 36%, Building 20.4%, Simulation 16.5%, Open World 14.8%, Realistic 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on structural integrity and physics-based construction, challenging players to build functional machines in a sandbox environment.
- #7 Giant Machines 2017
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 587 reviews2016
Dev: Code Horizon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Take control over seven of the biggest industrial machines in the world. During the 14 mission campaign you will punch through the snows of Greenland, plow the steppes of Wyoming and travel all the way to sunny Florida. Your hard work will be completed by launching a space shuttle into space.
Why similar: Simulation 56%, Realistic 12.4%, Building 12.1%, Indie 11.8%, Open World 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific focus on operating massive industrial equipment in a realistic, simulation-heavy environment.
- #8 Gold Mining Simulator
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 16,043 reviews2017
Dev: Code Horizon
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.
Why similar: Simulation 38.7%, Realistic 21.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 13.5%, Building 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic simulation of operating mining equipment and managing a site, which aligns with the industrial focus of the seed.
- #9 Hydroneer
91% matchVery Positive86% of 27,097 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Why similar: Sandbox 38.5%, Simulation 21.2%, Open World 17.2%, Building 16.8%, Indie 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the satisfying loop of digging, mining, and building complex automated machinery to process resources.
- #10 Demolish & Build 2018
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,659 reviews2018
Dev: Noble MuffinsPub: Demolish Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Your company is going global. Use big machines to demolish huge buildings or go close and personal and use your hammer. Buy land properties, upgrade your machines and hire workers in different parts of the world.
Why similar: Simulation 47.7%, Building 17.2%, Sandbox 12.7%, Indie 9.3%, Realistic 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title centers on using heavy machinery to destroy and rebuild structures, directly mirroring the construction-heavy gameplay of the seed.
- #11 BeamNG.drive
89% 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: Sandbox 31.3%, Simulation 26.9%, Realistic 26.7%, Open World 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features the most realistic soft-body physics engine for vehicles, making the operation of heavy trucks and machinery feel authentic.
- #12 Autocraft
90% 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 43.2%, Simulation 28.4%, Building 17.3%, Indie 7.2%, Open World 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows for the creation of custom vehicles and machines with a focus on physics and mechanical interaction.
- #13 Coal Mining Simulator
89% matchMostly Negative34% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: GamePlanet
Windows
Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.
Why similar: Sandbox 38.9%, Simulation 28.2%, Realistic 15.8%, Open World 13.7%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a specialized simulation of heavy mining machinery and industrial logistics.
- #14 Truck & Logistics Simulator
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,408 reviews2023
Dev: Simula GamesPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Load, drive, and deliver through a huge open world with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer. Join your friends in exciting heavy transport convoys. Jump into the driver's seat of more than 30 unique vehicles and carry out complex loading tasks to deliver a variety of cargo.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.7%, Simulation 26.6%, Realistic 23.7%, Open World 16.3%, Indie 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the realistic operation of heavy transport vehicles and cargo handling in an open-world setting.
- #15 Junkyard Simulator
88% matchMixed65% of 2,146 reviews2021
Dev: Rebelia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.
Why similar: Sandbox 29%, Simulation 25.6%, Realistic 19.1%, Open World 14.1%, Building 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Players use various heavy machines to process scrap and manage a yard, blending simulation with sandbox exploration.
- #16 Out of Ore
86% matchVery Positive86% of 3,794 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.5%, Simulation 26%, Realistic 20.4%, Building 12.2%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation provides a deep dive into mining operations, logistics, and the use of heavy equipment.
- #17 Railroads Online
86% 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: Sandbox 49.4%, Open World 25.4%, Building 25.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on building and operating heavy industrial transport systems in a vast, open-world sandbox.
- #18 Brickadia
85% 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 69%, Building 31%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game offers robust building tools and physics, allowing for creative construction in a multiplayer-friendly environment.
- #19 Satisfactory
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Sandbox 38.1%, Open World 24.5%, Building 21%, Simulation 13.5%, Indie 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more automated, it captures the scale of industrial building and terraforming on a massive, complex map.
- #20 Tank Mechanic Simulator
84% matchVery Positive88% of 8,976 reviews2020
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.
Why similar: Realistic 34.6%, Simulation 34%, Building 22.2%, Indie 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a detailed look at the mechanical repair and operation of heavy armored vehicles.
- #21 Timberborn
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: Sandbox 48.8%, Simulation 27.4%, Building 23.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game features unique terraforming and water physics, requiring players to build and manage structures in a dynamic environment.
- #22 Poly Bridge 3
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,977 reviews2023
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The best just got better! Rediscover your engineering creativity in this genre-defining bridge engineering and puzzle solving masterpiece.
Why similar: Simulation 69.3%, Building 30.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the physics of construction and structural engineering, providing a challenging sandbox for building functional designs.
- #23 Stationeers
82% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Sandbox 66.9%, Building 33.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly deep simulation of mechanical and atmospheric systems, perfect for players who enjoy complex machine operation.
- #24 Besiege
81% 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: Sandbox 46.4%, Simulation 31.2%, Building 22.4%
Why You'll Like It: This physics-based building game challenges players to construct machines for destruction and traversal in a sandbox setting.
- #25 Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,698 reviews2021
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.
Why similar: Simulation 34.4%, Sandbox 33.2%, Realistic 23.6%, Open World 7.1%, Indie 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly detailed simulation of vehicle maintenance and mechanical systems.
- #26 SnowRunner
79% matchVery Positive90% of 52,428 reviews2021
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.4 hrsMean: 76.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!
Why similar: Sandbox 31.1%, Simulation 29.4%, Realistic 24%, Open World 15.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for heavy vehicle physics and terrain navigation, requiring careful operation of machinery in harsh environments.
- #27 Main Assembly
79% 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 46.5%, Simulation 30.8%, Building 22.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a powerful robot and vehicle builder that uses a robust physics engine for creative engineering.
- #28 Station to Station
78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,833 reviews2023
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
‘Station to Station’ is a minimalist & relaxing game about building railway connections. Grab your conductor’s hat and bring the voxel-art world to life through the magic of trains!
Why similar: Simulation 44%, Sandbox 40.7%, Building 15.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the logistics and construction of transport networks in a stylized, relaxing sandbox environment.
- #29 MudRunner
78% 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: Simulation 38.6%, Realistic 28%, Open World 17.2%, Sandbox 16.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic simulation of driving heavy trucks through difficult terrain, focusing on vehicle physics and environmental interaction.
- #30 Construction Simulator 2015
77% matchVery Positive82% of 6,829 reviews2014
Dev: weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbHPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Construction Simulator 2015, you take the controls of 16 realistic construction machines made by LIEBHERR, STILL and MAN with high-quality 3D graphics.
Why similar: Simulation 49.9%, Building 20.3%, Realistic 12.5%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 5.7%
- #31 Derail Valley
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,827 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Simulation 27.8%, Realistic 27.1%, Sandbox 24.4%, Open World 15.6%, Indie 5.1%
- #32 RoadCraft
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 15,086 reviews2025
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
Why similar: Simulation 44%, Building 30.7%, Realistic 25.3%
- #33 Sandbox World
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: XMAKE
Windows
Welcome to the Sandbox World! Here, you bring your ideas to life: create tanks, airplanes, ships, and anything else – with over 120 unique blocks at your disposal. Engage, defend, and showcase your masterpieces in tense multiplayer battles that await you!
Why similar: Sandbox 42.6%, Simulation 29.8%, Realistic 27.6%
- #34 MachineCraft
77% 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 44.4%, Simulation 23.3%, Building 23.2%, Indie 6%, Open World 3.1%
- #35 Purplis Sandbox
76% 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 41.7%, Simulation 39.1%, Building 14.8%, Indie 4.3%
- #36 Logic World
74% matchVery Positive94% of 349 reviews2021
Dev: Mouse Hat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Invent a new computer! Logic World is a first-person sandbox simulation game that's all about digital logic. Play alone or with friends, design unique machines, build up layers of complexity, and experience the joy of circuits!
Why similar: Sandbox 40.7%, Simulation 23%, Building 21.5%, Open World 14.8%
- #37 Stormworks: Build and Rescue
73% 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 54.4%, Building 23.1%, Open World 22.5%
- #38 House Builder 2
73% matchMixed53% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
In House Builder 2, you build your dream structures in a vibrant, open-world low-poly environment! Purchase materials for your work, load them up, and head off to diverse tasks in the ultimate building adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 38.6%, Realistic 20.7%, Building 19.6%, Simulation 13.7%, Indie 7.4%
- #39 Winter Resort Simulator 2
74% matchVery Positive82% of 1,854 reviews2020
Dev: Simuverse InteractivePub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Winter Resort Simulator 2 is the extensive simulation of a ski area with all its exciting technical facilities and vehicles.
Why similar: Simulation 31.5%, Realistic 30.3%, Sandbox 20.8%, Indie 9.2%, Building 8.1%
- #40 Terra Firma 2
71% matchVery Positive89% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Working as Intended
Windows
Shape breathtaking worlds in Terra Firma 2, a vast simulation where your creations evolve through the forces of nature. Sculpt the land, then watch as weather, erosion, and life itself transform your world into a dynamic, living ecosystem- right down to every plant and creature.
Why similar: Sandbox 37.7%, Simulation 26.6%, Building 11%, Realistic 10.1%, Indie 7.9%
- #41 Realistic Tower Destruction
75% matchMixed65% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita Markin
Windows
Game allows you to build many kinds of towers from a variety of bricks and experience their dynamic destruction physics in a sandbox environment.
Why similar: Simulation 55.4%, Sandbox 18.9%, Indie 17.8%, Building 7.9%
- #42 Space Engineers 2
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,293 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Sandbox 31%, Simulation 18.6%, Realistic 17.9%, Building 14.9%, Open World 12.9%
- #43 Marble World
72% matchVery Positive90% of 1,278 reviews2022
Dev: Vector Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Marble World is a physics sandbox simulator with marbles. Create your own marble races, runs and machines. Customize a variety of tracks, decorations and marbles to create a beautiful world.
Why similar: Sandbox 46%, Simulation 24.5%, Building 16.6%, Open World 12.9%
- #44 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
71% matchMixed63% of 1,628 reviews2022
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
For the first time in railroad simulation, play as both the driver and company director! Take the controls of your locomotives and grow your railway empire by negotiating deals and developing your network.
Why similar: Simulation 38.7%, Realistic 36.8%, Open World 24.6%
- #45 Infinite Gravity
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: Gravity Wave Interactive
Windows
This is a build sandbox game We have hundreds of elements for your choice We offer a variety of materials in building their ideal architectural works for you We will also open survival mode in the future
Why similar: Sandbox 44.5%, Simulation 26.1%, Building 21%, Indie 8.4%
- #46 Survival Machine
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Sandbox 45.8%, Building 23.5%, Open World 23%, Indie 7.7%
- #47 Deconstruction Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,366 reviews2025
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Deconstruction Simulator is the ultimate demolition simulator, offering you complete freedom of action and a wide array of contracts to complete. Get ready for spectacular destruction.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.1%, Simulation 24.2%, Realistic 22.1%, Building 16.9%, Open World 6.1%
- #48 Rising World
70% matchVery Positive86% of 5,845 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Sandbox 58.9%, Building 29.8%, Indie 11.3%
- #49 My Garage
67% 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 28.4%, Simulation 23.3%, Realistic 22.3%, Open World 15.2%, Building 10.9%
- #50 Train Mechanic Simulator 2017
70% matchMixed67% of 815 reviews2017
Dev: Si7 StudioPub: Atomic Jelly
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take your opportunity as real Train Mechanic. Find locomotives around game world that needs your help and repair them in one of 3 workshops localized in huge 25 km2 open world. You will be face all types of damages in all genres of trains: Diesel, Electric and even Old-School Steam units.
Why similar: Simulation 25.7%, Sandbox 21.1%, Realistic 19.3%, Building 16%, Open World 11.2%
- #51 Diesel Railcar Simulator
69% matchVery Positive95% of 333 reviews2018
Dev: Lapioware
Windows
Drive vintage diesel trains, shifting gears manually and trying to reach a perfect score. Create new routes, trains and timetables. Share your creations and download new content from the Workshop.
Why similar: Sandbox 31.6%, Simulation 23.5%, Realistic 23.2%, Building 12.2%, Open World 5.7%
- #52 Lumberjack Simulator
69% matchMixed64% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: Exponential Games Inc.
Windows
Pick up a chainsaw and cut down trees, wield an axe and and operate a whole set of monstrous forestry machinery to build up your logging empire. Precisely control the cranes and load the logs and haul to the destination across realistically simulated terrain, water and mud.
Why similar: Simulation 28.4%, Realistic 26.3%, Open World 23.4%, Sandbox 21.9%
- #53 Blocksworld
70% matchMixed65% of 764 reviews2017
Dev: Fortell Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 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 41.9%, Simulation 28.7%, Building 20.5%, Indie 8.9%
- #54 Ship Graveyard Simulator 2
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,881 reviews2023
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 59.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dust off your torch and hammer - it's time to get back to work, you have a new job to do. Visit the new beach coast with the largest, biggest ship graveyard in the world, dismantle huge ship parts and collect tons of precious steel. Roll up your sleeves, it's time to get back to the business.
Why similar: Simulation 29.2%, Sandbox 26.2%, Realistic 22.5%, Building 16%, Indie 6.1%
- #55 Elsewhere
65% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
Explore, dig for resources, and build factories in a vibrant open world with quests for both technological and magical progression. Inspired by classic old-school Minecraft modpacks and featuring many new and unique features.
Why similar: Sandbox 50.2%, Open World 23.2%, Building 19.6%, Indie 7.1%
- #56 Infinite Rails
65% matchVery Positive91% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Benjamin Voráč
Windows · Mac
A railway-building adventure in an endless, procedurally generated world. Lay tracks, transport passengers and goods, complete tasks, and unlock unique locomotives. Play solo or with friends and create your ultimate railway network!
Why similar: Sandbox 36.5%, Simulation 25.6%, Open World 14.5%, Building 13.7%, Realistic 9.8%
- #57 Construction Simulator 2 US - Pocket Edition
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 609 reviews2018
Dev: weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbHPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
The mobile hit Construction Simulator 2 is available on Steam! Experience one of the most comprehensive construction simulators for mobile devices, optimized for your PC.
Why similar: Simulation 60.5%, Building 25.7%, Realistic 13.7%
- #58 Coal Mining Simulator: Prologue
67% matchMixed66% of 305 reviews2022
Dev: Grande GamesPub: GamePlanet
Windows
Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.
Why similar: Sandbox 37.5%, Simulation 27.5%, Realistic 16.7%, Open World 14.4%, Indie 3.9%
- #59 Mashinky
67% matchVery Positive85% of 2,785 reviews2018
Dev: Jan Zelený
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.
Why similar: Sandbox 38.4%, Simulation 27.7%, Realistic 18.9%, Open World 15%