- #1 Besiege
97% 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 33.2%, Physics 29.7%, Building 25.6%, Simulation 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game features deep physics-based machine building that mirrors the mechanical creativity required in Marble World.
- #2 Poly Bridge 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,114 reviews2020
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!
Why similar: Building 25.8%, Physics 23.5%, Sandbox 21.6%, Education 9.1%, Simulation 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly polished physics-based construction experience where structural integrity and logic are key to success.
- #3 Tracks - The Train Set Game
96% 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 22.5%, Building 16.9%, Physics 10.2%, Racing 9.5%, City Builder 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same relaxing, toy-like track-building aesthetic found in Marble World.
- #4 Trailmakers
95% 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 18.9%, Physics 17.1%, Racing 15.8%, Building 14.9%, Family Friendly 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox allows for complex vehicle and machine building using a robust physics engine that rewards experimentation.
- #5 Universe Sandbox
94% 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: God Game 27% ★, Sandbox 24.1%, Physics 18.1%, Simulation 7.4%, Education 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive physics-based sandbox where you can manipulate celestial bodies and observe the results of your changes.
- #6 Scrap Mechanic
94% 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 23.1%, Building 21.2%, Physics 19.5%, Base Building 16.2%, Open World 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a creative sandbox environment focused on engineering, logic gates, and physics-based contraptions.
- #7 Contraption Maker
93% matchVery Positive91% of 1,303 reviews2014
Dev: Kevin RyanPub: Top Meadow
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.7 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 27.6%, Physics 22.6%, Building 18.1%, Family Friendly 9.9%, Simulation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style physics puzzle game that focuses on building intricate Rube Goldberg-style machines.
- #8 WorldBox - God Simulator
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,884 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 52.8% ★, Sandbox 25.4%, Building 10.8%, Simulation 6.8%, Relaxing 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a god-game sandbox experience where you can observe and manipulate the development of a world.
- #9 Water Physics Simulation
92% matchVery Positive81% of 95 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 26.4% ★, Sandbox 24.1%, Physics 19.7%, Building 13%, Simulation 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the satisfying, tactile nature of physics-based interactions in a sandbox environment.
- #10 Crazy Machines 3
91% matchVery Positive94% of 10,052 reviews2016
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.
Why similar: Physics 43.4%, Sandbox 25.2%, Simulation 17.7%, Building 10.2%, Casual 2%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at providing complex physics-based logic puzzles that require careful planning and creative building.
- #11 Wobbledogs
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,224 reviews2022
Dev: Animal UprisingPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 32.6%, Physics 21%, Family Friendly 10.3%, Simulation 9.9%, Colorful 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based creature simulation that is both humorous and deeply engaging to observe.
- #12 Fantastic Contraption
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: Northway Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 26.4%, Building 22.5%, Logic 20.2%, Education 11.6%, Relaxing 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique physics-based building experience where you design machines to solve spatial puzzles in a surreal environment.
- #13 Bridge Constructor Portal
89% matchVery Positive92% of 7,257 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 32.8%, Building 26.6%, Simulation 15%, Sandbox 12.4%, Education 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines physics-based construction with the logic and humor of the Portal universe for a satisfying building experience.
- #14 Townscaper
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,438 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 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 15.9%, Relaxing 8.9%, Open World 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a relaxing, experimental building experience that focuses on the joy of creation without strict goals.
- #15 Tinytopia
88% matchVery Positive84% of 319 reviews2021
Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 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: Physics 19.9%, Sandbox 19.9%, City Builder 17.9%, Building 16.7%, Family Friendly 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based city builder that lets you stack and combine structures to create miniature worlds.
- #16 Tiny Town VR
86% matchVery Positive92% of 1,217 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 27.7%, God Game 25.7% ★, City Builder 20.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for intuitive, sandbox-style city building in a virtual reality environment.
- #17 Gourdlets
84% matchVery Positive93% of 2,096 reviews2024
Dev: AuntyGamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 18.2%, Building 16.9%, Relaxing 9.4%, Open World 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, open-ended city-building sandbox that emphasizes a cozy atmosphere.
- #18 Equilinox
86% matchVery Positive92% of 2,999 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 34.4% ★, Sandbox 29.1%, Simulation 13.6%, Relaxing 12.2%, Casual 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing simulation game where you manage an ecosystem, offering a similar low-stress creative loop.
- #19 Sandboxels
84% matchVery Positive95% of 844 reviews2025
Dev: R74n
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.
Why similar: God Game 41.4% ★, Sandbox 21.1%, Building 13%, Education 10.5%, Relaxing 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A science-focused sandbox that allows for complex interactions between different elements and materials.
- #20 Fun with Ragdolls: The Game
85% 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 31.6%, Physics 27.6%, Building 14.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Funny 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox that is perfect for players who enjoy experimenting with ragdoll physics and environmental destruction.
- #21 MMORPG Tycoon 2
83% matchVery Positive86% of 3,013 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 14.5 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 35.2% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, City Builder 12.9%, Character Customization 6.2%, Relaxing 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a god-game management experience where you build and maintain a virtual world for NPCs.
- #22 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 147,242 reviews2021
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Sandbox 37.2%, Physics 25.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Funny 8.2%, Family Friendly 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a wacky physics engine to create chaotic and entertaining sandbox battles.
- #23 Infinifactory
81% matchVery Positive95% of 2,459 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 37.4%, Building 33.9%, Logic 14.8%, Simulation 12.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: A logic-heavy building game that challenges you to create automated assembly lines in a 3D space.
- #24 Marble Run
82% 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 23.1%, Building 21.4%, Logic 17.9%, Simulation 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Directly thematic to the seed game, focusing on building tracks and navigating marbles through puzzles.
- #25 Human Fall Flat
79% matchVery Positive95% of 223,253 reviews2016
Dev: No Brakes GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.7%, Physics 33.1%, Open World 18.3%, Funny 9.1%, Simulation 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox platformer that relies on quirky movement and environmental interaction.
- #26 From Dust
82% matchMixed67% of 2,936 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 70.3% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Simulation 7.2%, Building 5.6%, Physics 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic god-game that uses physics-based terrain manipulation to solve environmental challenges.
- #27 Autonauts
79% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 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 21.5%, Building 15.9%, Simulation 14.3%, Casual 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on logic and automation, allowing you to build complex systems that run on their own.
- #28 Blocksworld
81% 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: God Game 33.3% ★, Sandbox 18.7%, Building 14.6%, City Builder 11.8%, Family Friendly 7%
Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox that lets you build interactive 3D models and games using simple logic blocks.
- #29 Indoorlands
78% matchVery Positive81% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 24.4%, Sandbox 22%, City Builder 16.1%, Simulation 11.9%, Family Friendly 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A theme park management simulation that allows for detailed building and customization of rides.
- #30 Terra Firma 2
75% 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: God Game 36.7% ★, Sandbox 18%, Physics 14.4%, Building 8.4%, Simulation 6.6%
- #31 Planetary Life
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 743 reviews2025
Dev: Sotenbox
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 46.3% ★, Sandbox 20.1%, Relaxing 6.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Education 6.5%
- #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 26.9%, Physics 19%, Building 19%, Relaxing 10.6%, Simulation 7.6%
- #33 Design it, Drive it : Speedboats
78% matchVery Positive86% of 93 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 20.9%, Racing 18%, Physics 16.3%, Simulation 15.9%, Open World 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines vehicle building with physics-based racing, appealing to the engineering side of Marble World.
- #34 SUPER BUILD
77% 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 31.4%, Building 17.5%, City Builder 11.6%, Base Building 10.6%, Simulation 9%
- #35 Atlas Architect
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 225 reviews2021
Dev: Danial RashidiPub: Rashidi Interactive
Windows
A creative game where your imagination is your limit.
Why similar: God Game 29% ★, Sandbox 19.3%, Building 15.8%, City Builder 9.8%, Simulation 6%
- #36 Train Yard Builder
74% matchMixed69% of 124 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 17.1%, Building 13.6%, City Builder 12.9%, Logic 12.4%
- #37 Kselebox
76% matchMostly Positive76% 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 36.8% ★, Sandbox 20.1%, Physics 16%, Simulation 7.1%, Relaxing 5.9%
- #38 Poly Bridge
73% matchVery Positive91% of 18,451 reviews2016
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 26.6%, Physics 24%, Sandbox 16.2%, Simulation 9.1%, Education 7.7%
- #39 Diorama Builder
71% matchVery Positive94% of 498 reviews2024
Dev: Virtual Arts Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The pleasure of assembling, admiring, and interacting with your own Dioramas collection, without ever losing a piece.
Why similar: Building 27.6%, Sandbox 21.5%, Simulation 17.2%, Relaxing 11.8%, Family Friendly 9.2%
- #40 Art of Destruction
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 95 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 37.5% ★, Sandbox 18%, Physics 15%, City Builder 11.3%, Building 9.5%
- #41 Planet Coaster 2
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 12,780 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
Why similar: God Game 31.7% ★, Sandbox 20.5%, Building 15.6%, City Builder 13%, Simulation 8.8%
- #42 Birthdays the Beginning
75% matchMixed64% of 965 reviews2017
Dev: Arc System WorksPub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.6 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 59.5% ★, Sandbox 25.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Cute 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #43 Heliopedia
72% matchVery Positive88% of 212 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 43.2% ★, Sandbox 19.5%, Building 10.5%, Simulation 7.3%, Family Friendly 5.1%
- #44 RoboCo
69% matchVery Positive88% of 204 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 25.7%, Physics 22.1%, Building 20.8%, Education 12.1%, Simulation 7.9%
- #45 Logic World
71% 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 23.6%, Building 19.8%, Logic 16.1%, Education 14.9%, Open World 9.1%
- #46 JellyCar Worlds
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,014 reviews2022
Dev: Walaber Entertainment LLC
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
It's a Car, made of Jelly! Squishy Physics, Tactile, Silly & Imaginative Driving/Platforming
Why similar: Racing 32.5%, Physics 28.5%, Simulation 9.4%, Character Customization 9.2%, Family Friendly 6.7%
- #47 Deisim
70% matchVery Positive93% of 851 reviews2022
Dev: Myron Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.
Why similar: God Game 39% ★, Sandbox 17.4%, Building 13%, City Builder 12.1%, Relaxing 5.8%
- #48 Pocket City 2
68% matchVery Positive94% of 128 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 19.1%, City Builder 18.5%, Building 9.3%, Open World 8%
- #49 Brick Rigs
66% matchVery Positive95% of 56,117 reviews2023
Dev: Fluppisoft GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 77.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.5%, Physics 18.3%, Building 18.2%, Open World 11.5%, Racing 9%
- #50 Cozyrama
67% matchVery Positive94% of 66 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 31.4%, Building 24%, Relaxing 10.7%, Family Friendly 8.8%, Simulation 8.1%
- #51 Machine World 2
73% matchMixed49% of 200 reviews2017
Dev: Trino GamesPub: Trino AB
Windows · Mac
Take control of a range of different machines and operate them in a unique environment. Each new game generates a new world, and it is yours to develop: Dig and build anything, anywhere! All machines have been carefully modelled down to small details.
Why similar: Sandbox 46%, Simulation 24.5%, Building 16.6%, Open World 12.9%
- #52 SUMMERHOUSE
67% matchVery Positive93% of 3,193 reviews2024
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.
Why similar: Sandbox 31%, City Builder 20.1%, Building 19.3%, Relaxing 12.6%, Simulation 5.4%
- #53 Awe
71% 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 59.3% ★, Building 13.1%, Simulation 8.3%, Colorful 7%, Relaxing 5.8%
- #54 Autocraft
72% 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 34.5%, Physics 23.5%, Building 22%, Simulation 11.7%, Casual 4%
- #55 Marble Run 2D
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 88 reviews2018
Dev: PS Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Marble Run - The famous track designer brings a lot of fun and positive emotions
Why similar: Physics 37.3%, Logic 35%, Simulation 14.2%, Colorful 10.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #56 Make Way
65% matchVery Positive92% of 1,859 reviews2023
Dev: Ice BEAMPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Speed around loops, dart through train crossings, drift around helter skelters, and unleash wacky weaponry in this modern take on classic top-down multiplayer racing games such as Micro Machines and Mashed. The twist? You build the track.
Why similar: Physics 27.7%, Racing 25.8%, Building 20.9%, Family Friendly 12.2%, Funny 8.4%
- #57 The Architect: Paris
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 234 reviews2021
Dev: Enodo GamesPub: 5PM Studio
Windows
The Architect: Paris is a construction game that allows you to shape the city of Paris into what you want. Destroy, draw, build your own architectural projects, customizing each building carefully or entire districts at once.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.7%, Building 22.7%, City Builder 19.5%, Simulation 9.4%, Casual 7.1%
- #58 Brickadia
63% 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 27.5%, Physics 24.6%, Building 19.6%, Logic 17.2%, Character Customization 6.7%
- #59 Mars First Logistics
62% 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: Sandbox 21.1%, Physics 18.7%, Building 16.7%, Logic 16.4%, Open World 10.1%
- #60 Zen World
67% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2021
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 38.9% ★, City Builder 17.9%, Building 16.7%, Relaxing 10.1%, Colorful 5.9%