Games: Sandbox

Sandboxes hand the player tools and rules and step back: build, break, combine, invent your own goals. Cubic universes, survival crafting games, physics constructors and "do-it-yourself" simulators all live here. What unites them is freedom bordering on unbridled imagination. Tip: check replay value in reviews — a good sandbox lives for years and reveals more with every run. Size and year filters will match a project to your hardware, and descriptions will list the mechanics inside.