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Games like Hound

2017PC38 % positive

Hound is an experimental indie project that feels more like an engine or system than a conventional game. Little is known about its exact content, so expect an open-ended sandbox approach.

  • Sandbox with your own goals

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In short: Games like Hound

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hound special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Universe Sandbox Legacy

78 %Match

2011PC80 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Hound: a sandbox with your own goals, a realistic look and gameplay over story.

A space sandbox simulator where you build and wreck planets, stars and galaxies, tweaking gravity and orbits and smashing bodies together. There are no goals, just open-ended experimentation with a strong educational feel.

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3D SexVilla 2: Ever-Lust

Realistic visuals

An early 3D erotic simulation for PC where players customize characters and interact with them in a virtual villa using explicit, selectable poses. There are hardly any goals; the focus is entirely on customization and interaction.

Universe Sandbox

Realistic visuals

A space sandbox where you create, alter and destroy planets, stars and entire galaxies with realistic gravity, collisions and climate simulation. It is about free experimentation and wonder rather than goals or story.

Gridworld

Sandbox with your own goals

Gridworld is an abstract evolution simulator where you watch virtual creatures on a two-dimensional grid compete for food and evolve through natural selection.

WorldBox

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Chunky Orbits

Sandbox with your own goals

A relaxed gravity sandbox where you toss boulders into space and watch them pull on each other and orbit. There are no goals, just experimenting and wonder.

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.

Everything

Easy to pick up

This meditative sandbox lets you become any object in the universe, from animals to planets to galaxies, and drift freely through it all. Lectures by philosopher Alan Watts accompany a goal-free, contemplative journey.

Artificial Academy 2

Bright, upbeat tone

An erotic high school social simulation where you create custom students and guide or watch them form friendships and romances. Its appeal lies in deep character creation and open-ended sandbox play.

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