- #1 Zeepkist
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,724 reviews2021
Dev: Steelpan Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to Zeepkist! You race soapboxes down hills!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.5%, Racing 21%, Physics 17.5%, Building 16.7%, Character Customization 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar focus on physics-based racing and creative track building with a high degree of customization.
- #2 Tracks - The Train Set Game
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,553 reviews2019
Dev: Whoop GroupPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 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 22.2%, Building 17%, Physics 10%, Racing 9.9%, City Builder 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Like Marble World, this game provides a relaxing, toy-like sandbox experience centered on building intricate track layouts.
- #3 Besiege
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 53,310 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: Sandbox 33.3%, Physics 29.4%, Building 25.9%, Simulation 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game features deep physics-based machine building that challenges your logic and creativity in a sandbox environment.
- #4 Poly Bridge 2
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,237 reviews2020
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!
Why similar: Building 26%, Physics 23.2%, Sandbox 21.7%, Education 9.3%, Simulation 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core appeal of engineering and physics-based construction where you must balance structural integrity with creative design.
- #5 Brick Rigs
94% matchVery Positive95% of 59,870 reviews2023
Dev: Fluppisoft GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 78.0 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 26.4%, Building 18.3%, Physics 18.1%, Open World 11.8%, Racing 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game emphasizes physics-based vehicle building and destruction, offering a more chaotic but equally creative experience.
- #6 Scrap Mechanic
94% 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%, Building 21.4%, Physics 19.2%, Base Building 16.2%, Open World 12%
Why You'll Like It: It is a premier physics-based sandbox that allows for complex mechanical engineering and vehicle construction.
- #7 Fun with Ragdolls: The Game
93% matchVery Positive88% of 5,191 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 31.4%, Physics 27.3%, Building 15.1%, Simulation 8.7%, Funny 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the chaotic and entertaining side of physics simulations in a sandbox setting.
- #8 Trailmakers
92% matchVery Positive92% of 39,576 reviews2019
Dev: Flashbulb
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.5 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 18.9%, Physics 16.7%, Racing 16.2%, Building 15%, Family Friendly 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on building vehicles and machines using a physics-based block system that feels very similar to Marble World's creative tools.
- #9 WorldBox - God Simulator
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 56,966 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 29.8 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: God Game 53.2% ★, Sandbox 25.2%, Building 10.8%, Simulation 6.7%, Relaxing 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the god-game aspect of Marble World, allowing you to manipulate and observe a living, changing world.
- #10 Contraption Maker
91% matchVery Positive91% of 1,317 reviews2014
Dev: Kevin RyanPub: Top Meadow
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.5%, Physics 22.2%, Building 18.3%, Family Friendly 10.2%, Simulation 8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a classic physics puzzle game that encourages building elaborate Rube Goldberg-style machines.
- #11 Wobbledogs
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,387 reviews2022
Dev: Animal UprisingPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 3D pet simulation where you raise your own personal hive of mutating dogs, physically simulated all the way down to their guts! Wobbledogs is a casual and chill sandbox for players of all ages who want to care for their very own virtual pets in a surprising, unique, and stress-free environment.
Why similar: Sandbox 32.8%, Physics 20.6%, Family Friendly 10.4%, Simulation 9.9%, Colorful 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation game offers a relaxing and creative sandbox experience centered on the unique physics and genetics of its creatures.
- #12 Main Assembly
90% matchVery Positive83% of 1,355 reviews2021
Dev: Bad Yolk GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 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 22.6%, Physics 18.1%, Building 17.3%, Logic 16%, Education 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides advanced robotics and physics-based building tools that allow for highly detailed and functional creations.
- #13 Tinytopia
89% matchVery Positive83% of 328 reviews2021
Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.8%, Physics 19.5%, City Builder 18.1%, Building 16.8%, Family Friendly 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features physics-based city-building where you can stack and manipulate structures in a playful, miniature world.
- #14 Hydroneer
88% matchVery Positive86% of 28,536 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Base Building 28.8%, Sandbox 24.2%, Building 16.9%, Open World 11.9%, Simulation 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation game features physics-based mining and building mechanics that reward players for creating efficient automated systems.
- #15 Garry's Mod
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,267,518 reviews2006
Dev: Facepunch StudiosPub: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 290.6 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 33.9%, Physics 23.1%, Building 20.5%, Simulation 7.8%, Funny 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential physics sandbox that offers unparalleled freedom to build, experiment, and manipulate objects in a virtual space.
- #16 Townscaper
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,651 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.6%, Building 17.1%, City Builder 16%, Open World 9.1%, Relaxing 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a purely relaxing, minimalist building experience that focuses on the joy of creation without complex goals.
- #17 From Dust
86% matchMixed67% of 2,990 reviews2011
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous in this modern God-Game where Nature is the Star!
Why similar: God Game 69.6% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Building 5.6%, Physics 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: This god-game features powerful terrain manipulation tools that allow you to reshape the environment using physics-based elements.
- #18 Equilinox
84% matchVery Positive92% of 3,026 reviews2018
Dev: ThinMatrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Equilinox is a relaxing nature simulation game in which you can create and nurture your own ecosystems. Shape the world to your liking, cultivate and raise hundreds of different species, and evolve your wildlife to unlock more exotic plants and animals.
Why similar: God Game 35.5% ★, Sandbox 28.9%, Simulation 13%, Relaxing 11.8%, Casual 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing nature simulation game that allows you to build and manage a thriving ecosystem at your own pace.
- #19 Deisim
83% matchVery Positive93% of 916 reviews2022
Dev: Myron Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.
Why similar: God Game 37.6% ★, Sandbox 17.1%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 12.2%, Relaxing 6%
Why You'll Like It: This god-game provides a sandbox experience where you can influence and observe the development of a civilization.
- #20 Fantastic Contraption
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: Northway Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
A surreal building game for VR. Create life-sized contraptions as tall as you can reach, then send them whirling, flinging, and trundling off to solve puzzles on the other side of a floating island. There are no right or wrong solutions, so bring your creativity.
Why similar: Physics 26%, Building 22.7%, Logic 20.4%, Education 12%, Relaxing 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on solving physics-based puzzles by building unique machines, mirroring the logic and experimentation found in Marble World.
- #21 Diorama Builder
82% matchVery Positive94% of 515 reviews2024
Dev: Virtual Arts Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The pleasure of assembling, admiring, and interacting with your own Dioramas collection, without ever losing a piece.
Why similar: Building 27.1%, Sandbox 20.9%, Simulation 16.5%, Relaxing 11.5%, Family Friendly 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a relaxing, tactile experience centered on building and decorating detailed miniature scenes.
- #22 Water Physics Simulation
84% matchVery Positive82% of 98 reviews2021
Dev: Gaming-Apps.com
Windows
Water Physics Simulation & Sandbox! Build ships and let them sink! Build cars and let them sink! Use bombs and destroy ragdolls. Play with natural disasters or create towns.
Why similar: God Game 26.9% ★, Sandbox 24%, Physics 19.4%, Building 13.1%, Simulation 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a pure sandbox experience that focuses on the realistic behavior of fluids and their interaction with built structures.
- #23 Gourdlets
81% matchVery Positive92% of 2,206 reviews2024
Dev: AuntyGamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
An easygoing sandbox game about building towns for cute vegetable folks. Create your perfect community then watch as the gourdlets make themselves at home. No objectives, no points, just good vibes. Play in full screen, or let your gourdlets hang out at the bottom of your screen!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.1%, City Builder 18.5%, Building 16.8%, Relaxing 9.2%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, non-stressful sandbox game where you build towns for cute creatures to inhabit.
- #24 Bridge Constructor Portal
82% matchVery Positive92% of 7,543 reviews2017
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.
Why similar: Physics 32.6%, Building 27%, Simulation 14.7%, Sandbox 12.4%, Education 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines structural engineering with physics-based logic puzzles in a highly polished and creative format.
- #25 Satisfactory
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 280,086 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 113.6 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: Base Building 38.1%, Sandbox 20.6%, Building 18.3%, Open World 14.8%, Exploration 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game takes the concept of building and automation to a massive scale, focusing on efficient factory design and exploration.
- #26 Timberborn
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 41,938 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 44.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: City Builder 21.8%, Base Building 21%, Sandbox 20.1%, Building 15.8%, Physics 15.6%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that emphasizes water physics and structural engineering, requiring creative solutions to survive.
- #27 Autonauts
79% matchVery Positive89% of 4,970 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Base Building 31.6%, Sandbox 21.3%, Building 16.5%, Simulation 14%, Casual 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends building and automation, allowing you to program robots to perform tasks in a relaxing, colorful world.
- #28 Infinifactory
79% matchVery Positive95% of 2,485 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
Why similar: Sandbox 37.5%, Building 33.8%, Logic 15.1%, Simulation 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the logic and automation side of building, requiring you to construct complex factories to solve puzzles.
- #29 Birthdays the Beginning
81% matchMixed64% of 989 reviews2017
Dev: Arc System WorksPub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The origins of the world are yours to decide in this engaging and open-ended builder experience! Shape the geography, control the temperature, and give rise to diverse lifeforms. Witness the birth of an entirely new ecosystem, made with your very own hands!
Why similar: God Game 60.1% ★, Sandbox 25.6%, Simulation 10.5%, Cute 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: It allows you to manipulate the environment to foster the evolution of life, sharing the god-game and simulation themes.
- #30 Cozy Marbles
75% matchVery Positive95% of 126 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Pea GamesPub: Mythwright
Windows
Engineer the marble run of your dreams. No need to get it perfect – just release your marbles and let the good times roll.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.3%, Racing 20.4%, Building 19.6%, Physics 11.3%, Relaxing 9.1%
- #31 Universe Sandbox
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 32,344 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 24.5 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: God Game 32.4% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Physics 13.2%, Education 8.5%, Open World 7.6%
- #32 IncrediMarble
77% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2021
Dev: Dave Kap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build amazing marble contraptions with IncrediMarble! Enjoy idle incremental tycoon sandbox simulation gameplay with the best physics Unity can offer. It's like that old toy you had as a kid!
Why similar: Sandbox 27%, Building 19.2%, Physics 18.8%, Relaxing 10.5%, Simulation 7.5%
- #33 Sand:box
74% 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: God Game 32.7% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Physics 11.5%, Logic 10.5%, Building 8%
- #34 Tiny Town VR
76% matchVery Positive92% of 1,262 reviews2017
Dev: Lumbernauts
Windows
Create an original world and fill it with buildings, roads, vehicles and more. Give it life with posable characters. Tell a story with custom speech bubbles and in-game photo captures. Then, share with friends!
Why similar: Sandbox 27.4%, God Game 26.1% ★, City Builder 21%, Simulation 10%, Building 8.2%
- #35 MMORPG Tycoon 2
75% matchVery Positive86% of 3,154 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.
Why similar: God Game 35.4% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, City Builder 12.9%, Character Customization 6.1%, Relaxing 5.9%
- #36 Sandboxels
72% 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: God Game 41.1% ★, Sandbox 20.8%, Building 12.8%, Education 10.7%, Relaxing 4.6%
- #37 Terra Firma 2
73% matchVery Positive93% of 213 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: God Game 37.4% ★, Sandbox 17.9%, Physics 14.1%, Building 8.4%, Simulation 6.4%
- #38 SUPER BUILD
76% matchVery Positive82% of 241 reviews2019
Dev: MOONBEAR
Windows · Mac
Build, design, and explore your own fantasy world using over 1000+ items, in this relaxing sandbox game. No missions, no objectives, no timers. Just stress-free building, exploration, and good vibes.
Why similar: Sandbox 31%, Building 17.9%, City Builder 11.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Simulation 9%
- #39 Atlas Architect
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 226 reviews2021
Dev: Danial RashidiPub: Rashidi Interactive
Windows
A creative game where your imagination is your limit.
Why similar: God Game 29.4% ★, Sandbox 19%, Building 15.7%, City Builder 9.9%, Open World 5.9%
- #40 Kselebox
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: KseLeroNPub: ONRI Studio
Windows
Kselebox is a sandbox game, which means you can do whatever you want in it! You can build a rocket and go to explore the vastness of space. Or maybe you want to build a huge car? No problem! Players can save their buildings and then publish them to the Steam Workshop.
Why similar: God Game 37.5% ★, Sandbox 20%, Physics 15.7%, Simulation 6.9%, Relaxing 5.8%
- #41 Blocksworld
74% 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: God Game 33.6% ★, Sandbox 18.4%, Building 14.5%, City Builder 11.9%, Family Friendly 7.1%
- #42 Train Yard Builder
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: GameFormatic S.A.Pub: Frozen Way
Windows
Enter the world of Train Yard Builder and customize your railway to your heart's content. Work with different models of trains and wagons, control them the way you want, and use modeler tools to unleash your creativity.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.4%, Base Building 16.9%, Building 13.6%, City Builder 13.1%, Logic 12.5%
- #43 Art of Destruction
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: ZHANG FAN
Windows · Mac · Linux
A physics sandbox simulation game about constructing and demolishing structures. If you like destroying stuff or just mess around, then this game is for you!
Why similar: God Game 38% ★, Sandbox 17.8%, Physics 14.7%, City Builder 11.4%, Building 9.5%
- #44 Heliopedia
71% matchVery Positive88% of 215 reviews2021
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A fictional universe sandbox/exploration game. 🪐☄️✨ Shape your own solar system by terraforming planets. Find new species and make beautiful ecosystems . . . or breed destruction with volcanos, lightning storms and wildfires!
Why similar: God Game 43.7% ★, Sandbox 19.3%, Building 10.5%, Simulation 7.1%, Family Friendly 5.1%
- #45 Poly Bridge
70% matchVery Positive91% of 18,944 reviews2016
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles!
Why similar: Building 26.7%, Physics 23.8%, Sandbox 16.2%, Simulation 8.9%, Education 7.9%
- #46 Logic World
69% matchVery Positive94% of 369 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 23.3%, Logic 21.8%, Building 19.2%, Education 13.8%, Simulation 8.3%
- #47 Indoorlands
70% matchVery Positive81% of 279 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The indoor park management simulator where you can create your rides and coasters from scratch and freely design your halls. Manage, expand and develop your own park to inspire your guests. Satisfy your visitors' needs by unlocking and researching new buildings, rides, transportation and more!
Why similar: Building 24.5%, Sandbox 21.8%, City Builder 16.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Family Friendly 9.7%
- #48 JellyCar Worlds
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,086 reviews2022
Dev: Walaber Entertainment LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
It's a Car, made of Jelly! Squishy Physics, Tactile, Silly & Imaginative Driving/Platforming
Why similar: Racing 33.6%, Physics 27.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Character Customization 9%, Family Friendly 6.8%
- #49 Zen World
67% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Cartboard Games
Windows
Zen World is a strategy game that can be as relaxing as you want it to be. Build a calm and colorful landscape with hexagonal tiles, matching their borders to each other, collect valuable boxes, and explore the tech tree.
Why similar: God Game 39.2% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Building 16.6%, Relaxing 9.8%, Colorful 5.9%
- #50 Pocket City 2
67% matchVery Positive94% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.9%, Base Building 18.8%, City Builder 18.7%, Building 9.3%, Open World 8.3%
- #51 Marble Run
71% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2017
Dev: PS Games
Windows · Mac
Marble Run - is a fantastic educational toy that provides hours of fun while combining basic learning skills with coordination and organizational skill.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.4%, Physics 22.8%, Building 21.6%, Logic 18.2%, Simulation 7.8%
- #52 Design it, Drive it : Speedboats
70% matchVery Positive87% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Performance Simulations
Windows
Design and drive your own speedboats with simulation quality physics including blowover/chine walk/porpoising dynamics. Popular with real life boat racers. Free drive anywhere or compete on courses through leaderboards. 40+ adjustable design parameters. Solo developer.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.7%, Racing 18.7%, Physics 16%, Simulation 15.5%, Open World 10.4%
- #53 Marble Skies
69% matchVery Positive83% of 333 reviews2019
Dev: [untitledDev]
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Marble Skies is a fast paced 3D-platformer where you control your marble through various levels and try to get the best time for each one. Complete all the levels in your own time, or challenge your friends to get on top of the leaderboards!
Why similar: Racing 34.1%, Physics 31.2%, Family Friendly 14.2%, Simulation 12%, Casual 6.2%
- #54 Cozyrama
66% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Sandwich Games 🥪Pub: Frozen District
Windows
Cozyrama is a peaceful sandbox where you shape your own magical dioramas. Sculpt it, pick the right colors, decorate with hundreds of items and add cute animals. Observe a cozy world grow around you! No pressure or timers. Just relax, unwind, and let your imagination bloom!
Why similar: Sandbox 31.5%, Building 24.1%, Relaxing 10.6%, Family Friendly 8.9%, Simulation 7.8%
- #55 RoboCo
65% matchVery Positive88% of 220 reviews2026
Dev: Filament Games
Windows
RoboCo is a sandbox game about designing and building robots to serve the needs of squishy, hapless humans in the world of tomorrow!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Physics 21.7%, Building 20.9%, Education 12.5%, Simulation 7.8%
- #56 SUMMERHOUSE
65% matchVery Positive93% of 3,380 reviews2024
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.9%, City Builder 20.1%, Building 19.7%, Relaxing 12.5%, Simulation 5.2%
- #57 Planetary Life
63% matchVery Positive94% of 948 reviews2025
Dev: Sotenbox
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!
Why similar: God Game 44.6% ★, Sandbox 19.3%, Education 10.3%, Relaxing 6.9%, Simulation 6.4%
- #58 Awe
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 258 reviews2015
Dev: Badland Development StudioPub: BadLand Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Awe is a god-game about expressing one’s creativity by shaping and building planets’ ecosystems in a soothing and relaxing ambiance carried by beautiful, minimalist lowpoly 3D art style and atmospheric music.
Why similar: God Game 59.9% ★, Building 13%, Simulation 8%, Colorful 6.9%, Relaxing 5.7%
- #59 Train Valley World
65% matchMixed70% of 302 reviews2024
Dev: FlazmPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Train Valley World is an engrossing transport tycoon inspired by the genre classics. Build and manage efficient railroads across the globe, create sophisticated logistics chains, design your own levels, and become a business mogul – solo or in multiplayer!
Why similar: Sandbox 46.2%, City Builder 34.3%, Simulation 16.8%, Singleplayer 2.7%