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2012PC55 % positive

The Sandbox is a 2D sandbox where over 200 interacting physics elements let you build worlds, pixel art, chain reactions and electric circuits. You can craft elaborate contraptions or simply play with the physics.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Building and crafting
  • Pixel art
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
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WorldBox

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2018PCSteam Deck verified95 % positive19.50 €

Fits your focus: Look like The Sandbox and Combat like The Sandbox.

A pixel-art god sandbox where you shape worlds, watch civilizations rise, and intervene with miracles or disasters. The appeal is the emergent chaos as kingdoms form, wage wars, and collapse.

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Sandboxels

  • Look like The Sandbox
  • Combat like The Sandbox

Sandboxels is a browser-based falling sand simulator where you mix over 500 elements and watch heat, electricity, density and chemical reactions interact. There are no goals, just relaxed, free-form experimenting and destruction.

TheoTown

  • Look like The Sandbox
  • Combat like The Sandbox

TheoTown is a relaxed city-building simulation where you grow your own metropolis step by step. You plan roads, neighborhoods and infrastructure and watch your city come alive.

Pixross

  • Look like The Sandbox
  • Combat like The Sandbox

Pixross is a calm collection of over 150 nonogram puzzles where you use number clues to reveal pixel pictures. Extra challenges and unlockable customizations add cozy variety.

Jumbo Airport Story

  • Look like The Sandbox
  • Combat like The Sandbox

A relaxed pixel-art airport management sim where you place shops, restaurants and seating to keep visitors happy and grow your airport into a world-famous destination.

McPixel 3

  • Look like The Sandbox
  • Combat like The Sandbox

McPixel 3 is an absurd comedy puzzler where you stop disasters in short scenes by trying the most ridiculous actions possible. Experimenting and laughing at the bizarre outcomes is the core appeal.

People Playground

  • Look like The Sandbox
  • Combat like The Sandbox

A physics-driven sandbox where you freely experiment with weapons, machines and odd gadgets on ragdoll characters. The fun comes from creative tinkering and the unexpected, chaotic results.

Picross Touch

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  • Combat like The Sandbox

A classic nonogram puzzle game where you use number clues to fill in grid cells and reveal a hidden pixel image. Every puzzle is solvable by pure logic, making it ideal for relaxed brain-teasing.

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