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What is your favorite sandbox game? (jeremmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by GeorgePieVG@jeremmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Berserkware@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Definitely Terraria, Factorio, or Project Zomboid.

[–] privacyn@feddit.it 5 points 2 years ago

Kerbal Space Program

[–] ErmahghrrdDavid@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Dyson Sphere Program - more of a factory builder than a sandbox I guess but it is sandbox in a way

Also Garry's mod - showing my age here but this was the classic sandbox game I grew up with

[–] nachtigall@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Crusader Kings

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

https://mindustrygame.github.io/

is rather cool and fully open-source.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My list:

No Man's Sky – exploring the universe
Parkitect, OpenRCT – building a theme park
Satisfactory – building a factory, exploiting a planet with Diesel trucks without destroying the real life one

What defines a sandbox for you?-

[–] GeorgePieVG@jeremmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

IMO sandbox games are games in which players have the freedom to do things that make gameplay non-linear, such as exploring the world or building structures. Sandbox games can also be based entirely on player creativity, like creating levels or even entire game modes (or games) within a game

[–] Helix@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

ah, then we have a pretty similar definition :)

[–] meticulousPotato@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

openTTD is fun if you want to harrass an abstraction of a city

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Considering 250GB of mods, Skyrim lol.

[–] deadlyremote@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Garry's Mod

[–] Heyrros@readit.nsgn.eu 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Stormworks: Build and Rescue!

[–] peeonyou@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i really want to like this game and i have reinstalled it at least a half dozen times now but i always end up extremely frustrated with it

[–] Heyrros@readit.nsgn.eu 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh really? Why ? 🥺

[–] peeonyou@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

i think i just suck at these kinds of games really.. like i want to be able to build awesome things and it turns out to be a lot of work and I'm just not good at it

[–] anxietea@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Minest is a lot of fun

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Terraria, definitely.

[–] leo7@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Unciv is pretty cool. It's a open source civilization building game. Pretty entertaining with all the various mods it have

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The classic ==> its evolution...

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero ==> Burnout Paradise
Phantasy Star Online ==> Borderlands 2 (online co-op)
Perfect Dark ==> Battlefield 3 (online multiplayer)

cool question georgy :)

[ whoever down-voted this - I'm curious to know why? ]

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