The Best Sandbox Games for Mac OS

Update 15 August 2024: Gourdlets added at rank #48.

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A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas

• sandbox
• relaxing
• post-apocalyptic
• nature
• puzzle
• meditative
• experimental
• procedural
• simulation
• atmospheric
• building
• challenge-less
• goal-free

Good match + 275 Bad match - 380

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The Escapists 2 is a thrilling prison escape game that will put your creativity to the test. As a prisoner, you must sneak your way out of some of the toughest prisons in existence by creating intricate plans and crafting clever weapons. You can even team up with friends to escape together! With a diverse range of levels, crafting items and interactive combat, you'll be hooked in no time.

• Multiplayer adds value to the gameplay
• Exciting new combat system
• Fun mechanic of knocking out guards and swapping outfits
• Opportunity to use creative strategies to escape
• Includes a Prison Map Editor

• Repetitive prisons
• Goofy escape routes feel unimportant
• Co-op only levels make single player feel limited

• crafting
• sandbox
• simulation
• cooperative
• strategy
• pixel
• online
• multiplayer
• difficult
• retro
• crime

Good match + 133 Bad match - 32

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Besiege is a physics based building game in which you construct medieval siege engines. Battle your way through a 54 level singleplayer campaign, unleash chaos with your friends in multiplayer, create your own worlds with the level editor, customize your game with mods through the workshop.

• sandbox
• building
• physics
• medieval
• destruction
• lego
• science
• vehicle
• funny
• humor
• editor
• level
• gilliam
• relaxing
• strategy

Good match + 162 Bad match - 106

Mac OS Android Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows

Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.

• sandbox
• physics
• simulation
• funny
• fantasy
• war
• wargame
• realistic
• memes
• historical
• comedy
• strategy
• colourful
• family-friendly
• 3d

Good match + 30 Bad match

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TerraTech is the perfect game for creative kids who love to build their own vehicles and explore a randomly generated world. Construct powerful machines, bases, and weapons to defend against rival miners, gather resources, and improve your standing with the Mining Corporations. Explore treacherous mountain ranges, luscious grasslands, and huge deserts while building and creating your own unique style. The gameplay is fun and intuitive, and the simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware.

• Fun and intuitive gameplay
• Creative freedom with lots of room for your own style
• Enticing game with interesting mechanics
• Simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware
• Provides a unique and addictive experience

• Feels empty with repetitive fetch quests
• Lack of big updates
• Multiplayer needs a lot of work

• sandbox
• building
• crafting
• open-world
• construction
• vehicle
• survival
• robots
• physics
• early-access
• exploration
• funny-looking
• online
• vehicles

Good match + 158 Bad match - 178

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Terraria is an addictive, systems-heavy, 2D sandbox-survival game that offers exploration, crafting, and combat, where you must defeat enemies and gather resources to build increasingly powerful weapons, armor and housing for NPCs. With pixelated visuals, great controls, and sound, Terraria provides hours of entertainment and is a must-have for Minecraft fans looking for something different in this genre.

• Addictive gameplay
• Pixelated 2D sprites that are beautifully designed
• Complex systems-heavy gameplay
• The game has a purpose to serve with the housing of NPCs
• Great and responsive controls

• The game has too many shortcuts and menus, which may overwhelm new players
• Not a lot of screen space on small touch-screen devices

• crafting
• sandbox
• survival
• boss
• inventory
• adventure
• pixel
• 2d
• multiplayer
• open-world
• exploration
• platform
• online
• cooperative

Good match + 56 Bad match - 54

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Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

• goat
• sandbox
• physics
• simulation
• funny
• next-gen
• open-world
• comedy
• multiplayer
• achievements

Good match + 125 Bad match - 162

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Tropico 6 is a city-building game that offers an engaging mix of elements such as ruling your own island dictatorship, sandbox mode with customizable goals, missions, and easy controller support. You can be a big picture person and make decisions that impact the entire island or get into the minute details of urban planning.

• Engaging mix of elements
• Sandbox mode with customizable goals
• Missions
• Easy controller support:No need for mouse and keyboard or touchscreen

• Minor performance issues

• city-building
• simulation
• economy
• political
• sandbox
• management
• strategy
• construction
• military
• politics

Good match + 21 Bad match - 17

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The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

• crafting
• sandbox
• simulation
• strategy
• pixel
• crime
• prison
• cooperative
• thrilling

Good match + 2 Bad match - 1

PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Starbound is a 2D space-based exploration and crafting sandbox game that offers endless possibilities. With a multitude of different planets to visit, you can mine, gather resources, manage your inventory, buy and sell items, farm crops, steal from others, and craft objects. There are three different modes to choose from, and you can play alone or with a friend through Steam for a cooperative experience. The game has a large variety of weapons, and nearly everything in it can be upgraded. Although combat is the weakest element of the game and there could be more customization options for your ship, Starbound is still highly enjoyable, with countless ways to keep yourself engaged for hours or even days.

• Infinite potential
• Community mods add to the game
• Aesthetically pleasing
• Building and farming mechanics are fun
• Terrarium-like exploration

• Stuttering and punishment system can be frustrating
• Combat mechanics need refining

• sandbox
• crafting
• survival
• exploration
• dungeon
• space
• open-world
• boss
• cooperative
• 2d

Good match + 112 Bad match - 141

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