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Patterns
Puzzle canceled
Patterns is a sandbox MMO production developed by Linden Research team, which enables players to create a private virtual world subject to realistic physical laws. The game consists mainly in creating your own objects from simplified blocks, and then sharing them with other users.
Miasmata
Adventure 28 November 2012
The first adventure in which we are looking for a cure for a mysterious plague. The game takes place on a large open island inhabited by dangerous predators. Miasmata combines exploration, survival struggle and logical elements. Noteworthy is the title graphics - a modest independent studio created an original engine.
Planet Explorers
Arcade 08 November 2016
A Minecraft-inspired sandbox simulation game that emphasizes survival aspects. It was developed by the independent developer Pathea Games and tells the story of a group of colonists whose ship broke down while landing on an uncharted planet. Those who survived the crash have to keep fighting for survival in an unknown and hostile environment. The gameplay mechanics are typical to the genre and involve primarily exploration, gathering resources, constructing various items, vehicles, and weapons.
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
Action 30 October 2012
Assassin's Creed is the second installment of the bestselling Assassin's Creed series, created by the Bulgarian branch of Ubisoft. For the first time in series history we play as a woman - black Aveline de Gandpré. The action takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana and Mexico, and the axis of the story is the fight for freedom and independence under the supervision of a mentor - a slave who ran away from his master and became the leader of the local brotherhood of assassins.
Disney Infinity
Arcade 18 August 2013
Disney Infinity is an arcade game in which the most famous characters and worlds from Disney and Pixar movies appear. Production allows you to create your own levels based on selected elements of fairytale brands. The game requires a special docking station to operate, where the characters you want to control are placed. You can play alone or with friends in multiplayer mode.
Limit Theory
Simulation canceled
A science-fiction sandbox with additional role playing and real-time strategy elements. The action of Limit Theory takes place in the distant future, in a world established by legendary space pioneers who’ve began their quest by creating the Ancient Colony – the first human settlement in deep space.
Meriwether: An American Epic
RPG canceled
Meriwether: An American Epic is an RPG that allows you to experience the famous expedition of Lewis and Clark, organized in the early nineteenth century to discover the western territories of North America. The game is about exploring, mapping and establishing relations with the Indians. Survival elements also play an important role.
Timber and Stone
Strategy 09 April 2013
Timber and Stone is a voxel-based RTS engine that combines elements of economic strategy and combat with a special emphasis on the role of siege. The gameplay mechanisms are heavily sandboxed and do not limit the player's building drive.
MAKE
Arcade canceled
MAKE is an arcade sandbox developed by Verge Game Studio enriched with an advanced physical engine. The game is about building your own buildings and traps and fighting monsters and other players.
Ace of Spades
Action 12 December 2012
Ace of Spades is a shooter produced by Jagex studio, which combines mechanisms typical for multiplayer FPS with elements known from Minecraft. During multi-player battles players can erect any buildings and destroy the existing ones.
Evochron Legends
Simulation 05 February 2009
The next installment of the space simulator focusing on providing players with the greatest possible freedom. We sit at the helm of our own ship and carry out a number of orders, including the elimination of pilots prosecuted with a letter of indictment, extraction of raw materials or trade. At any time we can switch to multiplayer mode and use the experience and equipment gained during the fight or cooperation with other players.
Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Betrayal
Action 19 March 2013
The second episode of the trilogy of expansions to Assassin’s Creed III released in 2012 by Ubisoft. The expansion, called The Tyranny of King Washington - The Betrayal, tells the next part of the story started in the first DLC. The protagonist of the basic game, Connor, awakens in a reality in which he never became an assassin.
Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Infamy
Action 19 February 2013
The first of three DLCs constituting the additional story campaign for Assassin’s Creed III. The expansion, called The Tyranny of King Washington - The Infamy, shows an alternative version of history. Consumed by the lust for power, George Washington proclaims himself as the king and becomes a brutal tyrant that intends to gain complete control over the country. Connor, the main protagonist, does not accept that; he decides to stop the madman from ruining the country.
Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Redemption
Action 23 April 2013
The final episode of The Tyranny of King Washington expansion that adds a completely new story campaign to the third installment of the bestselling Assassin’s Creed series developed by Ubisoft. The Redemption finishes the story shown in two previous expansions, in which Connor, the main protagonist, faces a power-crazed version of George Washington. This time the action takes place in New York City.
Gnomoria
Strategy 23 February 2016
An open world economic strategy game set in a fantasy universe. It was developed by the independent studio, Robotronic Games. The game is deprived of any storyline which could be highlighted - the player is taken to a randomly generated open world, leading a group of gnomes. Having limited supplies, the creatures wish to settle down and establish a kingdom in these unknown areas.
TUG
Action TBA (early access since 15 July 2013)
A sandbox game combining crafting, survival and MMORPG elements. The lack of a classic TUG plot compensates for the full freedom in creating a huge, procedurally generated world and influencing the fate of the character we lead.
Guncraft
Action 11 July 2013
A combination of sandbox Minecraft style game with first person shooter (FPP). Players have the ability to produce objects, transform space and construct any object on large boards, and then duel with artificial intelligence or living enemies. The title was produced by independent Exato Game studio.
Project Spark
Action 07 October 2014
Microsoft's original sandbox project, which is the Redmond giant's answer to the popularity of the competitive Little Big Planet series.
Colonies Online
RPG TBA (early access since 01 May 2014)
Colonies Online is a MMORPG focusing on space exploration and craftsmanship. The player's task is to conquer the hitherto unexplored bridgehead of the universe and colonize it alone or in cooperation with other players.
Dangerous
RPG 01 January 2012
Dangerous is a spcae-opera sandbox action-RPG with elements of a space simulator. The player plays the role of a liberated prisoner with a dark past, who can save the universe or contribute to its destruction. The title was produced by independent studio Binary Helix.
Frontiers
RPG 01 January 2020
Fantasy sandbox role-playing game, being a debut project from AAD Productions studio. Developers wanted to combine the mechanics of classic RPG titles (like The Elder Scrolls series) with survival aspects and free world exploration, typical of modern MMO productions. The game is played in first-person perspective, and the gameplay is focused on exploring subsequent locations by ourselves, instead on completing consecutive story quests. During the game we have to take care of the food supply.
Endless Space: Disharmony
Strategy 26 June 2013
Endless Space: Disharmony is an addition to Endless Space developed by the Amplitude team. It includes an additional race and a new storyline and introduces numerous changes to combat mechanisms and technological research. The extension requires a basic version of the game.
Edge of Space
Action 17 September 2015
A platform science fiction sandbox game developed by indie studio HandyMan. In terms of gameplay mechanics the title resembles Terraria. Players, as the crew members of the ArkCo spaceship, wake up from cryogenic sleep only to discover that their vessel arrived to a dark corner of space that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Bermuda Triangle back on Earth. The game is set in an open, randomly generated world, and the players’ main goal is survival.
CounterSpy
Action 19 August 2014
Set in the cold war reality, spy platform game with stealth elements. The title is a debut of an independent studio Dynamighty, which includes former employees of LucasArts and Pixar movie studio. During the game we play as an agent of elite organization whose task is to take care of the balance of power between the superpowers and prevent the outbreak of an open armed conflict.