Top-Rated Free Sandbox Games on Steam

172 free Sandbox games with 500+ reviews and a 70%+ positive rating, newest first.

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Aniimo - Players say: Catch creatures across Idyll, then Twine with them to fight, solve puzzles, and traverse an open world in real time. Players like: Creature Designs · World Exploration · Twine Creature Control ·
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Aniimo is a free-to-play, next-gen creature-catching open-world RPG. Explore the vast continent of Idyll, Twine with unique Aniimo, unlock new abilities. Travel to a sky-floating metropolis, meet other Pathfinders, and battle in exciting competitions. Choose your Aniimo and begin your epic journey!

Police Chief Simulator: Prologue - Early Days - Players say: Take charge of a neglected county police station: process reports, connect case clues, restore your base, and patrol town. Players like: Station Renovation · Case Investigations · Engaging Management ·
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Free introduction to the full Police Chief Simulator game takes you to Winston Springs Police Station! Handle incoming reports, renovate and expand the station, solve cases, and fight crime!

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Apr 20, 2026
85% 👍
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Gorilla Simulator - Players say: Play as a gorilla in a shared open map: explore, throw rocks, collect bananas and hats, and climb for a pineapple that triggers events. Players like: Absurd Humor · Playing with Friends · Exploration and Collecting ·
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Gorilla Simulator - Play with other gorillas, explore the map, participate in random events, collect bananas, hats and climb the mountain to collect Pineapple!

Money Simulator: Brokeville (Free Prologue) - Players say: Start broke in Brokeville, earn cash through jobs and races, trade vehicles and crypto, then build and staff a shop. Players like: Rags-to-Riches Progression · Varied Ways to Earn · Vehicle Trading ·
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Welcome to the Brokeville! Grind your way to the top through jobs, deliveries, bicycle races, and risky crypto trades. Buy, customize, and sell cars & motorcycles for profit. Build your own businesses, manage them, and hire staff to grow your empire.

IdleOn - The Incremental MMO - Players say: Manage up to 11 class-based heroes in an incremental MMO, fighting monsters, gathering resources, and progressing while away. Players like: Deep Progression Systems · Roster Management · Satisfying Number Growth ·
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The incremental idle MMO where your heroes keep fighting while you're gone! Spend their loot on upgrades, unlock classes from Elemental-Wizard to Cannon-Pirate, and level 20 unique skills like Farming, Sailing, and Construction!

World of Sea Battle - Players say: Captain a sailing ship in an open-world MMO, trading, fighting NPCs and players, upgrading vessels, and contesting ports. Players like: Tactical Naval Combat · Detailed Sea and Ships · Trading and Island Building ·
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Set sail in World of Sea Battle, an action-packed open-world MMO in the Golden Age of Sail! Command historic ships, battle in PvP & PvE, shape the economy, and engage in territorial guild wars in your quest for glory across the high seas!

Upload Labs - Players say: Build a node-based computer system to download, process, and upload files while researching, hacking, coding, and training AI. Players like: Addictive Progression · System Optimization · New Mechanics Unlock ·
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A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect

Mall Simulator: Prologue - Players say: Run a mall in first person: stock shops, set prices, serve shoppers, and reinvest profits to open more stores. Players like: Satisfying Mall Growth · Hands-On Shopkeeping · Relaxing Gameplay ·
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Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! Start working with Prologue now. To avoid going bankrupt, you'll need to build new stores, set good prices and keep up with trends. A limited number of stores & services for Prologue are waiting for you.

Bakery Cafe Simulator: Prologue - Players say: Run a first-person bakery café solo or with up to three friends, preparing orders, stocking ingredients, and arranging your shop. Players like: Hands-On Café Routine · Baking and Coffee · Co-op with Friends ·
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Start bake, build, and grow your dream bakery cafe with prologue now! Create delicious pastries, design your space, and serve customers. Play solo or with friends in online co-op to expand your business and experience the excitement of running a bustling cafe!

Wrap House Simulator🌯 Prologue - Players say: Run a wrap shop by chopping ingredients, grilling meat, assembling orders, and serving customers alone or with up to three friends. Players like: Co-op With Friends · Hands-On Cooking · Funny Shared Chaos ·
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Welcome to Wrap House Simulator🌯 Prologue! Run your own wrap shop, chop, grill, and serve in this cooking adventure. Customize your shop, master the grill, and survive the rush solo or co-op with up to 4 players. Keep up with orders, satisfy customers, and build your dream restaurant!

waxweaver - Players say: Explore and mine a procedurally generated square planet, craft gear, build a home, and fight bosses under shifting gravity. Players like: Distinctive Gravity · Straightforward Progression · Charming Pixel Art ·
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A short sandbox rpg game that takes place on a square planet. Explore the world, gather resources, build a home and become stronger.

Deconstruction Simulator: Prologue - Players say: Run a small demolition business: take contracts, dismantle or smash properties, salvage valuables, and reinvest your earnings. Players like: Satisfying Demolition · Relaxing Work Loop · Company Progression ·
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Deconstruction Simulator: Prologue is the ultimate demolition simulator, offering you complete freedom of action and a wide array of contracts to complete. Get ready for spectacular destruction.

Find 100 Ducks and Blast Them! - Players say: Search 3D home-and-yard maps for hidden toy ducks, then shoot them; use radar, uncover secrets, or race the clock. Players like: Relaxing Casual Play · Creative Duck Hiding · Secrets and References ·
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Yes! In this 3D hidden object game, you must blast 100 toy ducks! Relax, take aim, and let the feathers fly! With light-hearted gameplay and cute ducks to hunt, it's a casual first-person experience full of wholesome, family-friendly fun!

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Mar 5, 2025
97% 👍
of 1.2k
Terra Firma - Players say: Sculpt a world, then speed through geological time as tectonics, flowing water, erosion, and plant life reshape its terrain. Players like: Hands-On Terrain Shaping · Flowing Water Erosion · Mesmerizing World Changes ·
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Play god and create your own world in this complex simulation. Plate tectonics, wind and water erosion and plant life all develop and interact to produce a world that is viewable from a single tree to kilometres across.

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Feb 20, 2025
94% 👍
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Viking Frontiers: Prologue - Players say: After washing ashore in the North, lead a Viking clan by gathering, crafting, hunting, and building a settlement through survival challenges. Players like: Viking Atmosphere · Building and Crafting · Varied Survival Activities ·
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Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.

Tobacco Shop Simulator: Prologue - Players say: Run a first-person tobacco shop: sign brand contracts, stock shelves, serve customers, and grow alone or in four-player co-op. Players like: Co-op Shopkeeping · Hands-On Store Routine · Shop Growth ·
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Run your tobacco shop in this free prologue version of the game. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, and meet customer needs. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.

Haven & Hearth - Players say: Build a homestead in a mutable online wilderness, gathering and crafting to grow stronger amid open PvP and permanent death. Players like: Deep Crafting Systems · Quality-Based Progression · Worldbuilding and Exploration ·
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A free-to-play MMORPG with crafting, building, landscaping, foraging, hunting, fishing, a dash of poetry, and open PvP combat,

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Nov 1, 2024
73% 👍
of 1.0k
Mash Box - Players say: A physics sandbox for riding BMX-style bikes, pulling tricks, racing, and trying experimental sports activities across selectable maps. Players like: BMX Physics · Freeform Riding · Tricks And Racing ·
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Mash Box is a prototype sandbox game from an indie team, offering endless creative possibilities. Be part of its evolution with regular updates and help shape the tech foundation for future games. Dive in and influence the development of something special!

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Oct 17, 2024
89% 👍
of 1.1k
Industry Idle - Players say: Build an industrial economy by placing factories, balancing resource chains, trading goods, and restarting for lasting upgrades. Players like: Factory Optimization · Relaxed Idle Play · Player Market Trading ·
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Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.

Supermarket Together - Players say: Build and run a supermarket solo or with up to 15 others, stocking shelves, serving shoppers, hiring staff, and catching thieves. Players like: Chaotic Co-op · Store-Growth Progression · Wide Product Range ·
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The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

Retail Company Simulator: Prologue - Players say: Run a first-person clothing shop: source branded stock, set prices, serve shoppers, hire staff, and grow your store. Players like: Store Layout Customization · Relaxed Shopkeeping · Easy Checkout ·
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Run your retail company in this free prologue version of the game. Sign contracts with leading brands, order new products, meet customer needs, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Hire new workers, expand your store, and enjoy the growth of your retail company.

Rally Mechanic Simulator: Light Edition - Players say: Play as a rally-team mechanic, repairing and tuning a damaged car under time pressure before rallies and test-track runs. Players like: Detailed Car Repairs · Rally Mechanic Role · Realistic Car Detail ·
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Step into the world of rally car mechanics with Rally Mechanic Simulator: Prologue, a free introduction to the full game. Take your first steps as a rally mechanic, facing the challenges of fixing and tuning a rally car.

Once Human - Players say: Explore a Stardust-tainted wasteland, craft and customize guns, fight monsters, and build a relocatable base alone or with others. Players like: Creative Base Building · Atmospheric World · Solo-Co-op Flexibility ·
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Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue - Players say: Survive an ocean planet’s giant waves by gathering resources, crafting tools, automating production, and transforming the terrain. Players like: Factory Automation · Base Building · Relaxing Atmosphere ·
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Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.

Ale & Tale Tavern: First Pints - Players say: Restore a rundown fantasy tavern by cooking, serving guests, gathering supplies, and exploring or fighting solo or in four-player co-op. Players like: Cozy Fantasy Atmosphere · Fun With Friends · Varied Outdoor Activities ·
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This is the free version of the game "Ale & Tale Tavern". Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING!

The Powder Toy - Players say: Experiment with particles in a 2D physics sandbox, mixing materials, building reactors and circuits, or triggering chain reactions. Players like: Particle Experiments · Physics Interactions · Reactors and Circuits ·
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The Powder Toy is a classic physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances

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Jun 14, 2024
98% 👍
of 3.0k
Mini Settlers: Prologue - Players say: Build island settlements, connect factories by roads, trains and ports, and balance deliveries to meet residents’ needs. Players like: Simple City Building · Resource Logistics · Relaxing Minimalist Style ·
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Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

Tinkerlands: A Shipwrecked Adventure - Players say: Shipwrecked on mystical islands, gather and craft supplies, battle monsters, and build a settlement for the first survivors. Players like: Pixel-Art Visuals · Relaxed Pacing · Clear Progression ·
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A Shipwrecked Adventure is a free prologue immersing you into the vast world of Tinkerlands. Uncover the story of the first survivors on these mystical islands. Explore the breathtaking archipelago, craft essential tools, build your settlement, and strive to survive!

Sky: Children of the Light - Players say: Fly through seven realms as a Child of Light, freeing spirits, restoring a fallen kingdom, and meeting other travelers. Players like: Beautiful Worlds · Meaningful Friendships · Soothing Music ·
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A breathtaking open-world adventure awaits! Explore magical realms, restore lost light, and form wordless bonds with players worldwide. Complete quests and solve puzzles in seasonal events that celebrate kindness, discovery, and heartfelt connection.

World of Shooting - Players say: Train as a first-person sport shooter, clearing timed target courses and tactical rooms while customizing guns and chasing scores. Players like: Satisfying Target Practice · Distinct Gun Handling · Large Weapon Selection ·
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A first-person shooting sports sim from the developers of World of Guns. Collect hundreds of realistic firearms and accessories, beat practical shooting and tactical training campaigns, set global high scores, and build your own ranges!

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Feb 19, 2024
76% 👍
of 806
Supermarket Simulator: Prologue - Players say: Run a small supermarket: order stock, arrange shelves, serve customers, set prices, and manage the business within a limited prologue. Players like: Addictive Stocking Loop · Relaxing Storekeeping · Easy To Learn ·
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Start running your own supermarket with Prologue already. Stock shelves, handle cashier tasks, process online orders, design & expand. Set the prices based on the market. Be prepared to face the consequences if you fail to make the nightly repayment to the gangs.

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Jan 26, 2024
94% 👍
of 4.8k
Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator: Prologue - Players say: Operate a Soviet locomotive on a Siberian railway, balancing realistic driving and repairs with survival, trade, and danger. Players like: Detailed Train Controls · Siberian Atmosphere · Train-Survival Mix ·
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Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?

FUCK STALIN - Players say: Build physics-based torture contraptions for Stalin, use weapons to score points, and share custom maps in a sandbox. Players like: Ragdoll Mayhem · Absurd Dark Humor · Creative Setups ·
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Avenge millions of innocent victims and inflict brutal violence on the communist dictator Joseph Stalin using a wide range of torture tools thanks to the blessing of the free market.

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Jan 12, 2024
85% 👍
of 940
Taora : Beginning - Players say: Scavenge a zombie-infested island, build a base, craft and upgrade gear and vehicles, and develop skills to survive. Players like: Relaxed Survival Play · Island Scavenging · Vehicle Customization ·
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Taora : Beginning offers the limited introduction experience to Taora : Survival, an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse!

Life Makeover - Players say: Create a customizable avatar, style and dye outfits, tackle themed story challenges, and design a home in a fashion-focused life sim. Players like: Detailed Avatar Creator · Fashion and Dye · Home Decorating ·
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Explore Life Makeover: Unleash your style, dye outfits, and design freely. Dive into unlimited dress-up, build your dream home - all for free.

Builders of Greece: Prologue - Players say: Manage an ancient Greek polis by planning its layout, balancing resources and citizens’ needs, and directing trade and defense. Players like: City-Building Strategy · Economic Management · Ancient Greek Setting ·
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Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece: Prologue, being a shortened version of the full game, is a great way to try your hand as a ruler of an ancient Greek city-state, practice your management skills, and learn basic game mechanics.

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Sep 18, 2023
75% 👍
of 621
Birds Aren't Real: The Game - Players say: Play a government spy pigeon in an anti-bird city, flying, scanning residents, and disrupting conspiracists in comic missions. Players like: Silly Bird Humor · Spy Pigeon Premise · Cute Art Style ·
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Birds Aren’t Real is a 3D sandbox game with a comic twist.Based on the real-life satirical conspiracy theory, play as a government surveillance pigeon drone, using sneaky maneuvers and creative thinking to manipulate the citizens and dispel their suspicions about the government's avian task force.

Pyroworks - Players say: Set up mortars, wire firing systems, and launch real-brand fireworks to choreograph displays or make multiplayer mayhem. Players like: Firework Variety · Creative Show Design · Realistic Sound Effects ·
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Pyroworks is a free-to-play online multiplayer game containing fireworks from real-life companies from all over the globe. You can choose to make your own show, cause destruction and chaos or simulate new years. Don't miss out on playing with your friends - the most fun part.

Sim Companies - Players say: Grow a small company by building production chains, trading with players, and adapting your business to a shifting online market. Players like: Dynamic Player Market · Deep Production Chains · Company Growth ·
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Build a business empire in a player-driven online economy. Manage supply chains, trade with thousands of players, dominate markets, research new products, and grow from a small startup into a global corporation.

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Aug 31, 2023
80% 👍
of 1.1k
Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue - Players say: From a hidden apartment, investigate a surveillance conspiracy with command-based hacks, digital leads, and newly unlocked tools. Players like: Command-Based Hacking · Hacking Atmosphere · Conspiracy Story ·
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Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.

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Aug 28, 2023
90% 👍
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Let's School Homeroom - Players say: Rebuild and run a school as headmaster, designing facilities while managing teachers, students, their needs and school crises. Players like: ·
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Let's School: Homeroom is the prologue of Let's School. You can experience 2 weeks of in game time. If you like the experience, please go to Let's School Full Version's Store page and add to wishlist!

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Jun 20, 2023
94% 👍
of 1.0k
Thief Simulator 2: Prologue - Players say: After a mob robbery brings assassins to your door, break into homes, gather loot, and evade police while seeking a way out. Players like: Enjoyable Heists · Useful Introduction · Stealth Planning ·
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Tired of political exploitation? Join me and let's rebuild our thieving business together! Let's steal cars, radios, and TVs - anything that catches your eye can be yours! Recall what it's like to be a thief in Thief Simulator 2: Prologue!

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May 3, 2023
84% 👍
of 1.7k
Ship Graveyard Simulator 2: Prologue - Players say: Dismantle stranded ships with hand tools, sort and collect valuable scrap, and build a salvage business along a wreck-strewn coast. Players like: Satisfying Shipbreaking · Scrap Sorting Minigame · Useful Salvage Tools ·
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The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. Visit the new beach coast with the largest, biggest ship graveyard in the world, dismantle huge ship parts and collect tons of precious steel. Roll up your sleeves, it's time to get back to the business.

Landfall Archives - Players say: Explore a studio archive and play 23 abandoned prototypes, from building airships and fighting robots to an early TABS version. Players like: Varied Prototype Ideas · Behind-The-Scenes Access · Standout Mini-Games ·
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Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

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Mar 31, 2023
95% 👍
of 3.7k
Above Snakes: Prologue - Players say: After a catastrophe devastates a frontier settlement, help survivors rebuild while placing world tiles, crafting, and exploring. Players like: Tile-Based Worldbuilding · Relaxed Exploration · Crafting and Building ·
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In the prologue of Above Snakes, you awake in a destroyed settlement and help the survivors rebuild it. After that, expand the world with world pieces, craft, farm, hunt, build a base, and fight to find out more about what happened.

Out of the Park Baseball 24 - Players say: Run a baseball franchise: scout and draft talent, negotiate trades and contracts, set tactics, and manage games pitch by pitch. Players like: Engaging Baseball Strategy · Adjustable Management Depth · Easy to Start ·
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Play What The Pros Play! Officially licensed by MLB, the MLB Players Inc., and KBO, Out of the Park Baseball 24 is the newest in the award-winning sports strategy series. A sports fan’s dream come true - and the only game ever to win Metacritic PC Game of the Year Award TWICE.

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Mar 24, 2023
81% 👍
of 886
Beer Factory - Prologue - Players say: Run a first-person brewery, moving ingredients through brewing and bottling while managing workers, machinery, finances, and deliveries. Players like: Hands-On Production · Factory Progress · Relaxed Pacing ·
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Beer Factory - Prologue is a business simulation and management game. Take the challenge and manage your own beer factory, employees, production lines, as well as the import and export of merchandise.

Miniland Adventure: Prologue - Players say: Shape a tiny island with biome tiles, then gather, craft, farm, build, explore caves, and fend off monsters. Players like: Creative Worldbuilding · Relaxing Pixel Style · Crafting System ·
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Miniland: Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full game. Your task is to build your world and fight against your enemies. The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself!

BABBDI - Players say: Explore a strange concrete city, meet its residents, and use unusual tools to reach new places as you search for a way out. Players like: Eerie City Atmosphere · Freedom To Explore · Unusual Movement Tools ·
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Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

I Am Jesus Christ: Prologue - Players say: Play as Jesus in a first-person New Testament retelling, helping people, performing miracles, and praying to restore spiritual power. Players like: Scripture Brought Alive · Educational Storytelling · Unusual Miracle Scenes ·
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I Am Jesus Christ: PROLOGUE is a stand-alone game and the introduction to the full version of I Am Jesus Christ. Walk in the footsteps of Jesus in this incredible first-person retelling of the story of Christ from birth to resurrection. Become the Messiah in ‘I Am Jesus Christ.