Sandbox games

Sandbox games are similar to toys. They put emphasis on creativity, freedom, exploration and self-imposed goals.

List of Sandbox games

This is a list of free/libre sandbox games:

Game	Screenshot	Last Release	Genres	Description
RogueBox Adventures		2020-02-23	Roguelike, RPG	RogueBox Adventures RogueBox Adventures Genre Roguelike, RPG Latest release 3.0.1  (Announcement) Release date February 23rd, 2020 Developer themightyglider Code license GPLv3 Media license Various (CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC0/Public domain) P. language Python Library Pygame Homepage https://rogueboxadventures.tuxfamily.org/ Contribute RogueBox Adventures is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Forum RogueBox Adventures is a 2D graphical game that combines aspects of roguelikes and sandbox games like Minecraft. The player can fight monsters, craft tools and furniture, collect resources like wood and stone, and build a house using those resources. The game features a number of enemies and non-hostile NPCs.
Veloren		2024-03-30	MMO RPG	This article has been marked for deletion review by a wiki user. Discuss on the talk page Veloren Veloren Genre MMO RPG Latest release 0.16.0  (Announcement) Release date March 30th, 2024 Platforms Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3 P. language Rust Homepage https://veloren.net/ Contribute Veloren is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Available as a package in:   AUR: veloren   Flatpak: net.veloren.veloren Veloren is an open world, open-source multiplayer voxel RPG inspired by Cube World, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress, and Minecraft, written in Rust. Its development began on May 28th, 2018 and is currently in pre-alpha. It is playable and content is being added all the time. Veloren will feature a procedurally generated world with complex interactions between NPCs creating a vivid world simulation.
Powder Toy		2024-04-01	Physics simulation	The Powder Toy The Powder Toy Genre Physics simulation Latest release 98.2.365  (Announcement) Release date April 1, 2024 Code license GPL v3 Media license GPL v3 P. language C++ Homepage https://powdertoy.co.uk/ Contribute The Powder Toy is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Chat Forum The Powder Toy is a 2D physics simulation/sandbox game. It showcases a big number of materials such as liquids, gasses or explosives, and interactions by simulating air pressure, heat, gravity and electricity. Construction of complex machines and mechanisms is possible. Controllable stickmen can be placed in the scenes. Users can create accounts and share their simulations. As a result there is a big repository of creations including working power plants, cities or human body simulations. Many of them are under free licenses or even public domain.
Blackvoxel		2021-08-05		Blackvoxel Blackvoxel Latest release 2.5  (Announcement) Release date August 5, 2021 Platforms Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3 P. language C++ Library OpenGL Homepage http://www.blackvoxel.com/ Contribute Blackvoxel is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Available as a package in:   AUR: blackvoxel Blackvoxel is a 3D voxel sandbox game. The backstory takes place in the future, with the player finding themselves on a mysterious planet, after the crash of their spaceship.
FreeTrain		2007-06-04	Transport infrastructure game	FreeTrain Screenshot of FreeTrain Genres Transport infrastructure game Latest release 20070604 Release date June 4th, 2007 Developer Kohsuke Kawaguchi Code licenses LGPL P. language C# Homepage https://freetrain.sourceforge.net Contribute FreeTrain is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code FreeTrain is a rail and business simulation computer game, originally created by Kohsuke Kawaguchi and inspired by the A-Train series of games. Both the source code and the graphics are licensed under a combination of the LGPL and the GPL.
Craft		2014-03-01		Craft Craft Latest release 1.0  (Announcement) Release date March 1, 2014 Platforms Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS Code license MIT Media license MIT P. language C (client), Python (server) Library OpenGL Homepage https://www.michaelfogleman.com/projects/craft/ Contribute Craft is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Bug/Feature Tracker Craft is a Minecraft-like voxel sandbox game, which is simpler than e.g. Luanti, consisting of only few thousand lines of code. It has been used as a base for several other projects. However, despite its simplicity, the game is very fast and offers a lot of features such as: procedural terrain more than 20 types of blocks, easy addition of new ones day/night cycle lights ambient occlusion persistent world support for multiplayer via Python server
Voxelands		2017-09-24	Survival sandbox	Voxelands Voxelands Genre Survival sandbox Latest release 1709.00 Release date 24 September 2017 Developer darkrose, Menche and many others Code license GPLv3+ Media license CC BY-SA 3.0 Engine Voxelands P. language C++ Contribute Voxelands is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Source Code Chat Voxelands is a voxel sandbox survival game. The first aim in this game is to survive in a blocky environment, defend against angry creatures and build shelter. Almost every block can be dug and placed, allowing you to create complex structures. Almost the entire landscape can be manipulated with digging and building. You can build the world of your dreams, one block at a time.
Minetest Game			Sandbox	Minetest Game Genre Sandbox Latest release (rolling release) Code license LGPLv2.1+ Media license CC BY-SA 3.0 Engine Luanti P. language Lua Homepage http://luanti.org/ Contribute Minetest Game is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Chat Forum Minetest Game is a simple and peaceful sandbox game based on Luanti. There are no goals. The player is thrown into a world made of cubes and can attempt to explore the surface and hitchhike through grasslands, forests, deserts, jungles, snowy and arctic regions, explore the seas with a boat or swim and dive, and collect various materials and craft tools from them. Using a pickaxe, the player can dig into the depths and collect precious minerals, but a careless player can also be cooked by lava. Or the player could become a farmer or forester and plant trees and crops. Almost every block can be removed with the correct tool and with the collected blocks almost every building can be erected—only the imagination is the limit. Minetest Game has a focus on creativity, building and exploring worlds, rather than being a challenge, so the gameplay naturally is sandbox-style. There are no animals, monsters or other creatures except the players themselves. Like most games for Luanti, this game supports online multiplayer and mods.
Water Game		2021-07-11	Sandbox games	Water Game Swimming among the fish of Water Game Genre Sandbox games Latest release 8455  (Announcement) Release date July 11th, 2021 Developer Lefty Studios Code license GPLv3 Media license CC-BYv3 Engine Luanti Homepage https://content.minetest.net/packages/Lefty/water_game/ Contribute Water Game is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Water Game is a sandbox game for Luanti, which resembles Minetest Game in that the player starts in an open world and moves around collecting resources and crafting objects. However, this game takes place in a vast sea. The player begins in a boat atop the water and is free to explore and gather resources—preferably without being eaten by sharks or crocodiles. This page is a stub. Please help Libregamewiki by expanding it.
VoxeLibre		2025-08-08	Sandbox games	VoxeLibre Screenshot of survival VoxeLibre in a flat world Genre Sandbox games Latest release 0.90.1  (Announcement) Release date August 8th, 2025 Developers davedevils, Wuzzy, many others Code license GPLv3 Media licenses CC-BY-SAv3&4, CC0 Engine Luanti Homepage https://content.minetest.net/packages/Wuzzy/mineclone2/ Contribute VoxeLibre is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Available as a package in:   AUR: minetest-mineclone2 VoxeLibre is a survival sandbox game, free clone of Minecraft created in Luanti. The player spawns in a randomly-generated world made of cubes and can survive, gather, hunt, build, explore, and do much more. The player can choose to play in a “survival mode” in which they have to fight monsters, hunger for survival and slowly progress through the various other aspects of the game, such as mining, farming and so on, or play in “creative mode” in which player can build and destroy almost anything instantly.
MineClone 5		2022-07-23	Sandbox games	MineClone 5 Screenshot of MineClone 5 with player in the Nether dimension Genre Sandbox games Latest release 1.11.1  (Announcement) Release date November 1st, 2022 Developer kay27 and many others Code license GPLv3+ Media license CC0, CC-BY-SAv3&4 Engine Luanti Homepage https://content.minetest.net/packages/kay27/mineclone5/ Contribute MineClone 5 is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Forum MineClone 5 is a Luanti game that is forked from MineClone 2. It aims to clone Minecraft. MineClone 5 contains lots of improvements added by community. The player can survive, gather, hunt, mine for ores, build houses, explore, and do much more.
Naikari		2024-02-12	Space, Shooter	Naikari: Eye of Chaos Naikari Genre Space, Shooter Latest release 0.12.0  (Announcement) Release date February 12th, 2024 Developer The Diligent Circle Code license GPL Media license Generally CC BY-SA P. language C Library OpenGL Homepage https://naikari.github.io Contribute Naikari: Eye of Chaos is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Naikari: Eye of Chaos is a 2-D freeform space mystery game featuring exploration, trading, and combat mechanics similar to games like Endless Sky and Starsector, and a branching mystery storyline written in a manner inspired by works like Star Control 2 (The Ur-Quan Masters) and The Expanse. You assume control of a space ship and are free to advance through the game however you want. Naikari started as a fork of the Naev project by a former contributor to the Naev project due to creative differences. Other than this history, the two projects have no affiliation with each other.
Terasology		2022-09-02	Sandbox	Terasology Genre Sandbox Latest release 5.3.0  (Announcement) Release date September 2, 2022 Code license Apache 2.0 Media license CC-BY-SA 4.0 P. language Java Homepage https://terasology.org/ Contribute Terasology is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Terasology is a platform for Minecraft-inspired games. It started as a tech demo to demonstrate the latest rendering techniques in LWJGL. The game stakes out its own niche by adopting the NPC-helper and caretaker feel from such games as Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper.
LucKey Park		2025-03-14	Transport infrastructure, Sandbox	LucKey Park It's just a ride Genre Transport infrastructure, Sandbox Latest release 20250314  (Announcement) Release date March 14th, 2025 Developer LucKey Productions Code license GPL Media license CC0, CC-BY, CC-BY-SA Engine Dry P. language C++ Homepage https://LucKey.Games Contribute LucKey Park is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Chat Forum Available as a package in:   AUR: luckeypark-git LucKey Park is a theme park building game created by LucKey Productions using Dry and other open source software. Binaries and source code are available through GitLab.
Principia		2025-04-05	Physics sim, Puzzle	Principia Genres Physics sim, Puzzle Latest release 2025.04.05  (Announcement) Release date Apr 05, 2025 Developers Bithack AB (& the Principia community) Code license BSD-3 Media license BSD-3 Engine TMS (in-house) P. language C++, C Libraries SDL Homepage https://principia-web.se/ Contribute Principia is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Available as a package in:   AUR: principia-git Principia is, in its simplest form, a physics-based sandbox game. In Principia, you can build contraptions and simulate them in the physics simulation. This could be a mechanical contraption, an RC car, or a pinball game. Principia also contains a LuaScript object which allows you to write and create Lua programs that can interact with and affect the simulation. Principia also features the Adventure game mode. In this game mode, you take control of a small robot which can do whatever you decide it to do. It can take part in a giant battle with enemy robots, or it can take control of the giant robot and wreak havoc on the world.
Novora			Sandbox, Open-world	Novora In Game Screenshot Genre Sandbox, Open-world Latest release Development Version Developer Hacknique and contributors, main maintainer: James David Clarke. Code license AGPLv3 Media license CC BY-SA 4.0 Engine Godot P. language GDScript Library Git Godot plugin Homepage https://codeberg.org/Hacknique/Novora Contribute Novora is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Novora is an upcoming sandbox open-world game that offers extensive modding capabilities. While still in development, it's poised to provide a fresh, dynamic experience in the voxel game landscape. Built using the Godot 4.1 engine, its performance, flexibility, and modularity set it apart.
Exile		2024-07-23	Sandbox games	Exile A broad grassland seen from a high perch in a Tangkal tree Genre Sandbox games Latest release v0.3.18  (Announcement) Release date July 19th, 2024 Developers the Exile Team Code license GPLv3 Media licenses CC-BY-SA v3&4, CC0, MIT, CC-SA v3, WTFPL Engine Luanti Homepage https://content.minetest.net/packages/Mantar/exile/ Contribute Exile is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Exile is an original survival sandbox game, for the Luanti engine. You play as a series of characters, each exiled from their homeland, stripped of all possessions, and pushed through a portal into the harsh wilderness of an accursed land. Gameplay centers around wilderness survival: struggling against exhaustion, thirst, hunger, killing temperatures and fierce weather. Learn to survive and utilize primitive technology, and seek out the secrets of the Ancients who died here long ago.
Mineclonia		2025-11-30	Sandbox	Mineclonia Genre Sandbox Latest release 0.118.0  (Announcement) Release date November 30th, 2025 Developer ryvnf, cora Code license GPLv3 Media license CC-BY-SA-4 Engine Luanti Homepage https://content.luanti.org/packages/ryvnf/mineclonia/ Contribute Mineclonia is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Forum Mineclonia is a sandbox game clone of Minecraft created in Luanti.
Cytopia		2020-04-14	City building game	Cytopia Genre City building game Latest release v0.2.1  (Announcement) Release date April 14th, 2020 Code license GPLv3 Media license CC-BY-SA Engine custom P. language C++ Library SDL2, SDL2_ttf, OpenAL, zlib, libnoise, libogg, libvorbis, libpng, imgui Homepage https://cytopia.net Contribute Cytopia is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Chat Forum Available as a package in:   OpenSUSE: cytopia Cytopia is a free, open source city building game with a big focus on mods. It utilizes a custom, SDL2 based rendering engine written in C++. It will combine the spirit of SimCity 2000 with everything a modern 2D city building game should offer.

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