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Raindrop
Adventure canceled
Raindrop is an independent survival FPP game, whose action was set in an open world, consisting mainly of a ruined research and residential complex in the Soviet Union. In a dangerous exploration, we use an extensive system of craftsmanship to create makeshift weapons and tools. There are also vehicles and logical riddles.
Life is Feudal: Your Own
RPG 17 October 2015
A sandbox MMORPG, whose main theme is survival in a dangerous world. The game was developed by the independent Russian studio BitBox. What sets this game apart from competition is the medieval setting, resulting in some limitations when it comes to available tools and working techniques. The game is set in an open world of 450 square kilometers, filled with natural resources and wild animals.
Dwarf Fortress Classic
RPG 06 August 2008
An unusual RPG developed by brothers Tarn and Zach Adams, inspired by classic text games, especially those from roguelike genre. The story of Dwarf Fortress is set in a randomly generated fantasy world, where we command a group of dwarfs dreaming of wealth and fame. The way to make those dreams reality is to complete the tasks given to them by NPCs or to dig for resources and produce various items.
Saints Row IV: Enter the Dominatrix
Action 22 October 2013
The first story expansion for Saints Row IV, the fourth installment of the popular series of sandbox action games developed by Volition studio. Saints Row IV: Enter the Dominatrix presents an alternative version of events told in the basic game. The main theme of the expansion is an invasion of the space empire of Zin on Earth. The leader of the aliens puts the Saints in a virtual reality controlled by the crazy artificial intelligence known as Dominatrix.
Stellar Overload
RPG canceled
Based on voxel technology, this sandbox RPG game resembles the mechanics and graphic style of the popular Minecraft. In the game we explore areas of huge and fully modifiable planets built of cubic blocks, on which allegedly a foreign shipwreck has occurred. An inseparable element of the game is the crafting system, which allows you to create simple tools, and - after getting the necessary diagrams - more advanced constructions.
MyDream
Action 20 April 2018
Another sandbox game that takes place in a fully modifiable, three-dimensional world generated by voxel technology. The developers used solutions from the popular Minecraft and mixed them with traits typical for modern MMORPG games.
Victory: The Age of Racing
Racing 12 February 2014
A sandbox racing game focused on multiplayer competition. In the game we can design our own Formula 1 car from scratch and participate in a series of online races, played on procedurally generated routes. Vae Victis studio production is characterized by high quality binding and realistic driving physics.
Upvoid Miner
Action canceled
Modeled on the hit Minecraft, the classic FPP sandbox with unlimited freedom to explore and shape the world. The game is distinguished by a high quality binding, created on an original engine, which, thanks to the voxel technology, realistically reproduces changes in the terrain.
Windborne
Action canceled
Windborne is a Hidden Path Entertainment-produced sandbox game set in a fantastic land full of ancient ruins and levitating islands. Players construct buildings, complete missions, trade, fight and solve logical puzzles.
X Rebirth: The Teladi Outpost
Simulation 11 December 2014
The first large DLC expansion pack to the space simulator X Rebirth created by Egosoft in 2013. The expansion titled The Teladi Outpost features completely new star system with two unique sectors to explore. During the game the player visits, among other locations, a big space Teladi space station and encounters previously unknown factions like pirates and smugglers.
Lucius II: The Prophecy
Adventure 13 February 2015
A sequel to the unusual adventure game developed by Shiver Games in 2012. Once more the player assumes the role of a six year old boy who is in fact the son of Lucifer himself. The story of the game continues the plot of its predecessor. Lucius, the only survivor of a massacre in his family mansion, is moved to a mental hospital in Ludlow city, where, while initially missing his paranormal abilities, he starts another massacre.
Out of Reach
Action 13 July 2018
A sandbox MMO game which emphasizes the survival aspects, developed by polish studio Space Boat with the financial help from Indiego’s users. Players take roles of castaways, who land on one of the islands of an unknown archipelago, and their main task is to survive in a foreign, unknown environment. To achieve this, we explore the diversified open world in search of a shelter and materials, which will allow us to craft basic tools, weapons, armor, and other useful items.
ScreamRide
Puzzle 03 March 2015
A unique simulation game, in which you construct increasingly wacky rollercoasters, and then test them on thrill-seeking people. The game was created by Frontier Development, known for e.g. the latest installment in the Zoo Tycoon and the Thrillville and Rollercoaster Tycoon series. Unlike the latter one, ScreamRide does not feature an economic aspect, and your actions serve science and research on the limits of human beings.
Wild
Action canceled
A unique MMO game created exclusively for PlayStation 4 users. It is a debut game of the Wild Sheep team, a game developer led by the man behind the Rayman series and Beyond Good & Evil - Michel Ancel. The game takes players 10,000 years in the past, when humans and animals existed in harmony. The game invites the players into an Europe-sized open world where they have to face the danger and survive. The players can start the adventure as either a human or an animal, such as wolf, bird or fish.
The Tomorrow Children
Action 25 October 2016
An online action game, in which the players cooperate to gather resources and build a city terrorized by huge beasts. The game was developed by Japanese studio Q-Games, known e.g. for the Pixel Junk franchise. The Tomorrow Children features a grim vision of the world destroyed in a failed Soviet experiment. The few survivors live harsh lives in the so-called "void", inhabited by hostile creatures. The clone people live in a society divided into classes, based on skewed Marxist ideals.
Drifter
Arcade 04 March 2014
A simplified space simulation game created by the independent studio Celsius Games. The action of this production takes place in a distant future, where humanity has developed enough to colonize other planetary systems. The player assumes the role of a spaceship captain, and decides what path will the protagonist take. We can deal in trade and mining or even choose the career of a bounty hunter, an interplanetary convoy guard, or a pirate.
Habitat
Strategy 26 January 2016
A sandbox strategy game developed by the independent studio 4gency, in which we are given a major task of saving humanity by building a functioning space station. Habitat’s story is set in the distant future, where humanity is looking for a new place to live after the Earth was left in ruins. Players have to build a base that can act as a shelter for the millions of Earth’s inhabitants and take care of their needs and safety.
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.
Xenoblade Chronicles X
RPG 29 April 2015
A sequel to the well-received science fiction jRPG developed by Monolith Software in 2010. Xenoblade Chronicles X tells a completely different story than its predecessor that was released on Wii. The action of the game starts in 2054. The Earth is almost completely destroyed because of the war of two alien species and the humanity is forced to look for a new home.
Civilization Online
RPG canceled
An online installment in the strategy game series created in 1991 by a gaming industry legend, Sid Meier. It was developed by XL Games, a South Korean studio. The title combines the classic gameplay mechanics of the franchise with solutions typical of the contemporary MMO productions. The players assume control of one of four different cultures that compete against one another in a procedurally generated and constantly changing world.
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.
Nether
Action 05 June 2014
Produced by Phosphor Games, an independent first person perspective (FPP) action game. The Nether's storyline presents a bleak vision of the near-future world in which a mysterious cataclysm has put an end to human civilization. 10 years after this event a handful of survivors penetrate the ruins of cities in search of supplies, exposing themselves to attacks from bandits and monsters with supernatural abilities, known as the Nether.
Darkout
Adventure 08 February 2013
An original sandbox platform game in which we are forced to survive on a foreign and hostile planet. The concept of the game assumes the creative use of a system of craftsmanship, in order to create new objects, weapons and technologies. Light and shadow mechanics also play an important role, which will allow us to survive many encounters with hostile dark creatures.