Garry’s Mod
Garry’s Mod is a Single and Multiplayer Physics-based Sandbox video game by Valve Corporation. Initially, Garry’s Mod was a Mod for Valve Corporation’s popular title Half-Life 2, but later on, it was made into the most amazing Standalone game back in 2006. From then on, Gary’s Mod is available to play on Microsoft Windows and a bunch of other platforms such as Linux and OS X. The gameplay of Gary’s Mod is all about Physics as it allows the players to enjoy exploring the world without any set rules and objectives, and enjoy the freedom to manipulate Ragdolls and various types of Props such as Dumpsters, Furniture, Shipping Containers and loads of other environmental objects. The game provides the players with a “Physics Gun” that helps the player pick up Objects such as Ragdolls and Props, Rotate them, or freeze them in place, or simply place them in the Sandbox form with the help of Installed or Player created collections of Source Engines (PHX3 or others). However, the another great item of “Tool Gun” helps the players perform multiple types of tasks such as Use it to hold the Props together, Create various types of Interactive and Clickable buttons, Winches and Wheels to transfer the Props from one place to another. With a unique and modified Source Engine known as Havok Physics Engine at the core, Gary’s Mode lets the players enjoy playing with the Laws of Physics and enjoy real Simulations and do some nasty experiments to satisfy the inner mad scientist. Gary’s Mod offers free access to the users to use the Source Engine and create amazing content for the game such as Spawn models, maps, tools, vehicles, and enjoy it all in the amazing Multiplayer gaming mode. The creators announce a sequel to Gary’s Mod and it will soon be available in the markets. Hopefully, the sequel will be as amazing as Gary’s Mod itself and will offer loads of hours of endless entertainment to all the hardcore fans around the globe.
#1 Minecraft
Minecraft, developed by Mojang and 4J Studios and published by Mojang, Microsoft Studios and Sony Computer Entertainment is an indie, Sandbox building and FPS (First Person Shooter) video game. This game is available to play on multiple platforms like PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS X, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone 8, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The game allows the player to construct buildings out of textured cubes in a 3D generated open world. Player can craft different objects, explore the world, gather resources and engage in combats with enemies. Minecraft also features Survival, Creative and Adventure gaming modes. According to the storyline, player roams in an open world with no specific goals to accomplish breaking and making different kinds of structures with the help of blocks. Walking through deserts, snowfields and jungles, the player switches from first person perspective to third person perspective upon his will and engages in gunfights with the enemy. Minecraft is a great Sandbox, Building, Crafting and Shooting video game to play and enjoy. You must try it out.
#2 Terraria
Terraria is an open world Action-Adventure, Survival RPG and Voxel-based Sandbox video game set in a 2D game world. The game lets you be part of the game world with three basic tools, a pickaxe, a sword and a wood cutting axe and allows you to explore, gather resources and fight off your enemies. The game world is filled with things that would like to slay you so you need to be a bit more careful while exploring. As the game mainly focuses on night time game-play, the enemies attack at night, so you must be a bit more attentive to the details and your surroundings. Combats are normally melee type so you will have a better chance of earning the XP points that will help you buy some upgrades. Because of being a 2D game, Terraria seems a bit different than other sandbox games, but it isn’t actually. You’ll experience almost the same game-play and a lot of other exciting things. Terraria is available to play on multiple platforms.
#3 Cubic Castles
Cubic castle is a freemium MMO and Sandbox video game that lets you build your own realm in a 3D game world with the help of cubes. You can be part of the game world by selecting and customizing your online avatar and once you are inside the game world, you can interact with other online players or visit their realms collect resources or help them build whatever they are building. In your own realm, you can create different buildings and mines to produce more resources and spend them to develop you defenses, barracks, train troops etc. Just like “Roblox”, Cubic Castles allows you to explore a massive open world and manipulate the cubes to create and develop whatever you want. Cubic Castles is one of the best alternatives to “Roblox” and will definitely entertain you enough.
#4 BlocksWorld
Sandbox gaming on almost every platform captures your attention as in terms of being so attractive and appealing. BlocksWorld is one super engaging game that reaches to your hands via your iOS devices and provides with beautiful graphics, an engaging and quite addicting game-play and lots of Blocks to build and enjoy. This virtual toy box allows you to use different tools that surely will brighten up your abilities of building and creativity. The basic purpose of the game is to build something so you can pick up the tools and start building whatever you want because the supply of blocks is unlimited. You can use your best skills of building and learn as well in the process. You can manipulate the appearance of blocks by programming new functions and create cars, jets, robots etc. and use them in your project as you see fit. You can challenge yourself by the most sophisticated puzzles and a lot of other exciting things. “BlocksWorld” is one of the best alternatives to “Roblox”. Do give it a try to add some more fun to your life.
#5 Roblox
Roblox, developed and published by Roblox Corporation is an MMO (Massively Multiplayer online) and a Sandbox video game available to play on PC, Mac OS X, iOS and Android platforms. The game lets you be part of a virtual world by selecting and customizing an online avatar for yourself, explore an open world, interact with a lot of online players, play games together, make friends online and focuses on your creative and building abilities by manipulating the blocks and create whatever you want. You can talk over the mic or chat with your friends via an online text based platform. Everything you see in the game is basically situated inside the differently stylized, sized and colored bricks and blocks, and offers you a unique experience of Voxel based sandbox gaming. You get to visit different places, some provided by the game itself and some user created (Maps created by Lua 5.1 Programming Language), you can walk, run, jump, ride on skateboards, bikes, cars etc. and buy houses to live in. Roblox allows you to buy a structure and decorate it according to your likes and dislikes. If you don’t like a building or you want to destroy something you can totally bring it down and rebuild just according to your style and demands. The game provides you with best 3D graphics, two types of virtual currency (Tickets and Robux) to buy things, a lot of upgrades that you can buy with Tickets or Robux and a lot of other exciting things to do and enjoy.
#6 Algodoo
Algodoo is another best alternative to “Roblox” and presents with a Physics based 2D simulation environment. It allows you to create and develop different kinds of structures and things with the help of different physical objects. Algodoo is basically marketed as an educational tool because it provides with an amazing learning environment and encourages you to experiment and challenge yourself with super brainy puzzles and stuff. Algodoo inherits most of the characteristics from another popular sandbox masterpiece “Phun” and takes it to a new level of improved graphics, objectives and sandbox gaming experience. Do try it out if you are in search of some good replacements to “Roblox”.