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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
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Pixel art
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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

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2021PEGI 16PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified97 % positive18.99 €

A chaotic physics battle sandbox where you place wobbly units from eras ranging from the Stone Age to fantasy and watch them hilariously clash. Figuring out the perfect army on a tight budget meets glorious slapstick absurdity.

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Dungeon Village

Pixel art

You grow a humble village into a magnet for adventurers who hunt monsters and bring in gold. By building shops, training facilities and homes, you manage their growth in a relaxed blend of town management and RPG.

Poly Bridge

Sandbox with your own goals

A physics-based bridge-building puzzler where you design structures on a budget so vehicles can cross safely. The sandbox and Steam Workshop support offer nearly endless levels and room to experiment.

Clones

Puzzles and brain teasers

A Lemmings-inspired puzzler where you guide a horde of clones through more than 150 levels. It also offers online multiplayer with team play, powerups and a built-in level editor.

Tile Cities

Puzzles and brain teasers

A relaxed city-building puzzle where you arrange randomly generated city tiles into attractive maps, matching colors and connecting tram lines. A creative mode lets you build freely without limits.

Thronefall

Gameplay comes before story

A minimalist kingdom builder and defense game: you expand your small realm by day and fight off waves of enemies as a hero by night. Its clean low-poly look and simple rules make it approachable yet tactically tricky.

Poly Bridge 3

Puzzles and brain teasers

A physics-based puzzle game where you engineer bridges to carry vehicles safely across gaps. The campaign, sandbox mode and mod support encourage plenty of tinkering and creative, often hilarious solutions.

TheoTown

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Sandboxels

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Shapez

Sandbox with your own goals

You build factories on an infinite map that automatically cut, rotate, paint and stack geometric shapes. It rewards clever layout design and optimization, with no combat or time pressure.

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