Sandbox games on Steam: market size, sales and what works
41 games on Steam carry the Sandbox tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 143,351 reviews and 95% pass 1,000.
Games released per year
- 4 2015
- 5 2016
- 2 2017
- 6 2018
- 2 2019
- 4 2020
- 0 2021
- 1 2022
- 2 2023
- 1 2024
- 2 2025
- 9 2026
2026 is the year so far.
What games make
| Percentile | Reviews | Estimated owners |
|---|---|---|
| Median game | 143,351 | about 4M |
| Top 25% | 378,881 | about 11M |
| Top 10% | 908,943 | about 21.1M |
90% of games get over 50 reviews and over 70% positive. Owners are modeled from review counts, see how the estimates work.
Pricing
Median paid price $29.99
- Free 5%
- Under $5 7%
- $5 to $15 22%
- $15 to $30 27%
- $30 to $60 37%
- $60 and up 2%
Most reviewed Sandbox releases of the last 24 months
Valheim
93% positive of 564,660
7.5M to 17M owners
$26.99
Battlefield™ 6
63% positive of 378,910
4.8M to 9.7M owners
$69.99
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
84% positive of 238,554
4.3M to 9.9M owners
$29.99
Subnautica 2
91% positive of 130,274
2.5M to 5.7M owners
$29.99
Big Walk
96% positive of 46,600
890k to 2.1M owners
$19.99
Timberborn
96% positive of 42,524
770k to 1.6M owners
$34.99
IdleOn - The Incremental MMO
77% positive of 30,202
Free
Gamble With Your Friends
90% positive of 26,931
570k to 1.3M owners
$7.99
Upcoming Sandbox games 0 on Steam
- Cozy Cat Room: Focus Time with Your Cat Nov 16, 2026
- Jurassic Architect Nov 24, 2026
- Railborn 2027
- Be the Ruler: Britannia To be announced
- Bitpunky Coming soon
- Brushland Coming soon
- Crystal Venture Coming soon
- Cubox Coming soon
- Hoarfrost To be announced
- iCorp Coming soon
- Insatia
- Meor Coming soon
Tags these games also carry
- Singleplayer 29
- Simulation 28
- Multiplayer 25
- Action 22
- Open World 22
- Co-op 19
- Adventure 18
- Building 17
- Survival 15
- Strategy 14
What good store pages do
Medians across the 41 most reviewed Sandbox games.
- Screenshots
- 13
- Trailers
- 3
- Description length
- 4,472 characters
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