Planet Nomads
Planet Nomads is a Sandbox, Sci-fi, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Craneballs Studio for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac. The game takes place in the stunning environment, where the player acts as an astronaut, who crash lands on a strange planet. After a crash landing, the player is tasked with surviving with his limited equipment and skills. During the gameplay, the player can create new equipment, build shelters, vehicles, and more. Space Engineers, Minecraft, and No Man’s Sky video games heavily inspire this game. The game mainly deals with exploration of the planet’s surface and there are several biomes that the player can come around to. The main problems to the player survival are brutal aliens, living on the planet in extreme weather condition. The planet where the game is set itself a randomly generated and the landscapes are voxel-based. Planet Nomads includes prominent features such as Building, Exploration, Surviving, Hover Physics, Mobile Bases, Multiple Biomes, and more. Check it out, if you love playing the video games of the same genres.
#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 Portal Knights
Portal Knights is an Action Role-playing and Survive video game with Building elements like Terraria and Minecraft developed by Keen Games and published by 505 Games. The game supports both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and mixes the elements of exploration and building with the role-playing aspects. It takes place in the sandbox environment and offers the freedom to the player to manipulate the world and gather resources to build different structures while fighting enemies to earn points for each kill. Like Minecraft video game, the player can craft multiple items such as swords, pickaxes, and tools to smash objects, battle monsters and build elaborate construction, weapons, and armors. In Single-player mode, the player explores the world alone while in Multiplayer mode, the player can explore and battle with up to four friends simultaneously. The player participates in tactical combat, dodge their attacks in fast-paced action and third-person perspective battles. There are different character classes available, including Mage, Warrior, and Ranger, etc. It has several landscapes available, and each offers new quests and exclusive items in multiple events. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#3 Fortnite
Fortnite offers the superb blend of Third-person Perspective, Battle Royale, Survival, and Sandbox elements and supports Co-op, Single-player, and Online Multiplayer modes developed and published by Epic Games for multiple platforms. The game is about exploration, scavenging items, crafting weapons, building different structures, and fighting against hordes of enemies and zombie-like creatures. There are different characters from which the player can select his favorite one to start his adventure. In Fortnite game, players need to work together to scavenge items that they can use to defend and build structures and complete a variety of objectives to progress through the game.
During the gameplay, the player can edit each wall of the structure with a 3×3 grid, roofs, lay downstairs, and more. The game contains two different modes, one of which is Fortnite: Save the World, offering a co-op shooter-survival gameplay for up to four players to battle against zombies and defend objects using fortification players can build. The second mode of the game is Fortnite Battle Royale mode which comes with free-to-play Battle Royale gameplay where up to 100 players parachute on an island to battle against each other to be the last person standing. There are four different character classes such as soldier, ninja, constructor, and Outlander each class has its unique abilities and personality.
Explore the world from a third-person view, interact with non-player characters, progress through the game by completing objectives, and survive as long as possible to become the master. Fortnite offers core features such as Open World, Forest Environment, lots of Challenging Levels, and more.
#4 Boundless
Boundless is a Sandbox and Massively Multiplayer Online video game developed and published by Wonderstruck Games for Multiple Platforms. The game takes place in the stunning world and uses both a first-person and third-person perspective for exploration. In the game, players control a golem-like character around randomly generated environments, made up different shapes and types of blocks. During the gameplay, players can interact these blocks and find ancient technologies to help craft items, machines, and weapons which can then be used to shape the world into beautiful cities, buildings, and guilds. In the game, players are capable of opening wraps and portals to other dimensions. There are several worlds, and each is full of unique resources and inhabitants, ripe for discovery. The game deals with several elements, including exploration, hunting, crafting and building, trading and collaborating. While manipulating the world, the player can find and use different materials to craft his base. Boundless offers prominent features such as Procedurally Generated Worlds, Crafting System, Complete Objectives, Openable Portals, Different Creatures, Ever-changing Universe, and more.