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Looking for games like MUD the BOX? Here are top open world simulation recommendations with a violence focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Sand:box, bloks or Stardust Sandbox.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    77% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    A small god-game with a Tetris-like mechanic. Can you create mankind and help them escape the blocks? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to bloks.

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  3. A creative sandbox simulation where you experiment with physical interactions, build structures, and observe emergent behaviors in a world fully under your control. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stardust Sandbox.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    96% User Score Based on 335 reviews

    Atomcraft is a game where you can pick up and place every pixel of the environment. Pixels react to whatever is around them, and you can build vessels and machines to make reactions happen. Upgrade your drill and your tools to dig deeper and deeper into the planet in search of better materials!Smelt ore and perform chemical reactions!Find mysterious artifacts with your artifact scannerBattle stra… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Atomcraft.

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  5. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 704 reviews

    Sandboxels is an in-browser falling sand simulation game, with mechanics such as heat simulation, electricity, density, chemical reactions, fire, and over 500 unique elements to play with. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sandboxels.

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  6. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    74% User Score Based on 66 reviews

    Vilmonic is an artificial life simulator and evolution sandbox game. Protect each species and selectively breed new ones, analyze DNA, craft tools and buildings, dig rivers and make new islands, find ancient tech, and fend off the haywire zombitons. Craft Farm Breed Evolve! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vilmonic.

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  7. Every grain of this world is real. PIXELFALL is a falling-sand survival crafting game. Sand pours, water finds its level, fire climbs, lava cools into rock you can stand on - a full cellular-automata simulation, all the way down. Dig a channel and the ocean follows you in. Melt one ice block and drown a canyon. Freeze a waterfall and climb it.  Survive the night. You are one small person wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PixelFall.

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  8. Mine resources, build a factory, hire goblins, launch a space rocket. A short and satisfying factory builder about turning a one-goblin operation into a sprawling industrial empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quest Industries.

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  9. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    Grow the TerraBeast you live on from a tiny patch of land into a whimsical world! In this fully hand-sculpted, playful systemic sandbox, you'll explore vibrant biomes, farm, craft, build, and befriend the wild OddFauna to create a thriving ecosystem. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OddFauna : Secret of the Terrabeast.

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  10. About Kobold DelversKobold Delvers is a 2D puzzle game about guiding small kobolds through dangerous underground caves using a wide variety of simulated materials. Dig, place, burn, freeze, melt and combine materials to create safe paths, solve environmental puzzles and help every kobold reach the exit. Guide the koboldsYour goal is simple: get the kobolds to safety. They will walk through the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kobold Delvers.

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  11. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 717 reviews

    Embark on a journey through a dangerous and mysterious world where fires spread and burn, sand collapses, water flows, and pockets of gas suffocate. Get a Lay of the Land, explore the world and use the environment to your advantage. How will you survive? Will you use powerful melee weapons and armor to charge into combat? Maybe you like to keep your distance and strike from the shadows? Or will yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lay of the Land.

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  12. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    79% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    A chill exploration game with physics-based magnetic cubes! You're Hope, a lil' robot on a quest to restore the water flow. Build structures, expand your inventory, help the villagers, and pet the dog! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sands of Hope.

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  13. Small Living World is a complete ecosystem simulator. It simulates everything from the full-water cycle, through plant growth, to the animal reproduction. Every pixel is simulated, everything counts. Watch it evolves by itself, or manipulate the system. At the beginning, you have access to a limited number of plants and animals. Populate your world to unlock more advance life forms. Create d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Small Living World.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 522 reviews

    Grow and modify an ecosystem, with simulated evolution by natural selection creating the lifeforms that inhabit it. All the creatures in the trailer evolved on their own in the game. None were hand-edited! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ecosystem.

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  15. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 78,360 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 13 reviews

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself. Explore a variety of environments ranging from coal mines to freezing wastelands while delving deeper in search for unknown mysteries. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Noita.

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  17. About This GameJingjie: Signals is a sandbox focused on emergence and artificial life. There are no scripted events and no predefined outcomes—everything you see arises naturally from rules, interactions, and probability. Developer Note: This game features no tutorials. The system is meant to be observed, not learned. (There is no randomness here. Every signal has a cause.) Living Particles… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jingjie: Signals.

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  18. Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sandustry.

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    75% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Combine And Conquer is a multiplanetary automation game.   Build and optimize factories, colonize planets, transfer resources via spaceships between your planets.   Combine And Conquer allows you to easily plan, generate and re-use building blocks for your factory.     There's a free demo that offers everything the full version does except for being able to load savegames.  Note that Combine And … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Factor Y.

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  20. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Breed, feed, and collect cute Critters in this cozy, relaxing farm sim that is easy to pick up and play for everyone! Critters have complex emotional needs that must be balanced to keep them alive and happy. Critters need to eat, and each species has a unique diet. Discover new Critters by evolving the ones that are present in your garden to complete your Critter Phylogeny! Every Critter’s ancestr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CritterGarden.

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  21. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    82% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    ANLIFE is an evolution simulator featuring block creatures that shuffle around awkwardly under a physics engine. There’s no complex ecosystem like in typical life sims. Take the role of a god—lend a hand to these creatures or call down meteors—and calmly watch their evolution unfold, as if peering into a miniature sandbox. Block creatures powered by physics All they do is chase after food, yet th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay
    97% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    This is the legacy version of Sunset Sprout, it is not supported anymore, please get it one steam if you want the full experience! https://store.steampowered.com/widget/3615490/ inspired by the old classic farming games from the early days of Facebook; Sunset Sprout is a relaxing, cozy farming and management game where you rebuild your farm from ruins! On a spread of islands on … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunset Sprout.

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  24. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    92% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    You're so addicted to the brand new farm game that's just been released that you decide to go on an adventure, just like the hero of your favorite video game. After buying an island to build your farm, you're ready to live a new life and face all the challenges that will come your way to make a living from your crops. As the only inhabitant of your island, you'll have to use a delivery servi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunrise's Order.

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  25. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 1,854 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 6 reviews

    If you were to mix Factorio, Forager, and Satisfactory, Nova Lands would be just that. Explore, build, and automate your base in this awesome, open-world 2D game! New planet, new home. Build your new base with all sorts of resources available to you, from basic rocks and wood to rare and unknown materials. Unlock new possibilities with every new building, maximize efficiency, and push deeper to o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nova Lands.

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    18%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    30% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Craftsman is a game about a cubic world in which you can build anything you want. Explore the location, get resources and indulge in creativity! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CRAFTSMAN.

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  27. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    85% User Score Based on 66 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 2 reviews

    The surface has become overrun with giant beasts and destructive vermin, leaving an uninhabitable world in their quake. Humans had to get creative and now… they live on the backs of dragons! Gather various materials, create new items, and develop your very own village in Drago Noka! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drago Noka.

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  28. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    51% User Score Based on 381 reviews

    The Sandbox is a unique world building & crafting game featuring over 200+ physics elements presented in 2D pixel blocks that can interact with each others. Players can craft amazing worlds, create pixel art, chain reactions, chiptune music, advanced contraptions, electric circuits or just play with physics. Play with basic elements ranging from simple water, stone, sand, wood, glass, lava, fire,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sandbox.

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  29. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    66% User Score Based on 1,802 reviews

    There's a whole planet of diverse biomes waiting for you to explore. Gather enough materials to build a mobile base that will carry everything a Nomad needs on a journey through an unknown land. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet Nomads.

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  30. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 128 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 1 reviews

    Arcane Vale is an action packed open-world RPG. Embark on an adventure to discover a long-lost treasure in a vast and dangerous world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcane Vale.

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  31. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 38,902 reviews

    The story of the slugcats, packaged together in this Complete bundle of the base game of Rain World and its two expansions, Rain World: Downpour and Rain World: The Watcher! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rain World.

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  32. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    90% User Score Based on 2,090 reviews

    The Sapling is a simulation game where you design your own plants and animals, and put them in a world together. Or you turn on random mutations, and see what evolution does to your ecosystem! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sapling.

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  34. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    78% User Score Based on 5,050 reviews

    A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Survivalists.

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  35. Sandburied is a relaxing idle sandbox that plays on its own while you work or unwind. Keep a tiny worm in a resizable desktop jar, take control at any time, explore a living sand world, and uncover 100 pieces of human waste buried beneath the earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sandburied.

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  36. SEDIMENT is a pixel-physics sandbox. Fifty materials, and none of them is a picture: sand pours and finds its angle, water floods and freezes, lava crusts into stone, acid eats whatever it touches. EVERYTHING HAS A DENSITY Gold lies below everything else. Wash ore into a basin and the gold settles at the bottom as a layer of its own. Not because a rule says "gold sinks", but because … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sediment.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    THE PERIODIC TABLE IS YOUR SANDBOX Alembic is a falling-sand laboratory built on the real periodic table. Pour elements together. Heat them, cool them, dissolve them, electrify them, compress them, irradiate them and see what happens. Reactions emerge from physical and chemical properties rather than fixed crafting recipes — and now you can build machines around those reactions, route matter th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alembic.

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  38. Free your mind as you mine an asteroid in zero gravity, creating floaters that drift through the oddly satisfying physics-driven supply chains you design to pave humanity's road to the stars. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exovia.

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  39. A Fun and Interactive Desktop Pet!Buy and send this game to your friends, then you will find them playing 'your granny', lol. This is a lively desktop pet game that reacts to your movements and interactions! Your pet is affected by gravity, automatically falling until it lands on a window. Once it touches the top of any window, it sticks to it and moves along with it. If the window moves too qui… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Granny.

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  40. Build impressive skyscrapers pixel-by-pixel, and protect them from the harsh realities of nature. Each pixel is physically simulated to interact with earthquakes, firestorms, blizzards, and tsunamis. Protect your skyline and expand your territory in this relaxing (yet challenging) sandbox builder. Use magical falling sand to create your city. Craft each pixel with a small brush size, or create la… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sandbox Skyline.

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  41. Build, experiment, and share in Squares and Stuff, a pixel-retro sandbox game inspired by classic "falling sand" games. Unleash your creativity in an open-ended world filled with sandbox elements like water, paint, fire, sand, animals, humans, zombies, and a controllable 2D platform character. Build custom levels and share them with the community using intuitive level-creation tools. Exp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Squares and Stuff.

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  42. Have you ever dreamed of building a massive chain of dominoes and watching them collapse one by one, or shattering a skyscraper without having to worry about real world laws or life threatening liabilities? If you’re one of those people, you just found your dream game. Welcome to the world of Destructive Contraptions the ultimate physics based sandbox simulator where your only goal is to create… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Destructive Contraptions.

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  43. 58%Game Brain Score
    58% User Score Based on 9 reviews

    NeuraQuarium simulates a basic aquatic environment populated by AI creatures. Watch them evolve and change through chance, or take a hand in their evolution by molding the environment, mixing in saved critters, or directly altering their neural net brains. Check out this showcase: Evolution in Action The first creatures that spawn will have randomized physiology and  neural nets. Those that succ… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NeuraQuarium.

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  44. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 89 reviews

    Hi! This is the alpha version of the game. It likely needs balancing, bug fixes and a lot more content. Please let me know if you have any issues or suggestions. Thank you for playing! ABOUT THE GAME Balls, Dice & Stickers is a roguelike deckbuilder. You throw balls at dice and use stickers to trigger wild effects. FEATURES 50+ stickers (more are coming) with multiple unique effects.36 qu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STICKER/BALL.

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  45. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    95% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    Create and enjoy a peaceful, interactive woodland throughout the changing seasons. For every copy sold, we plant a real tree! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Treeplanter.

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  46. Set on a mysterious island, this game is a top-down single player pixel life-sim and island survival experience. You begin with nothing but your surroundings and must gather resources, craft, set up a camp, and slowly create a life for yourself, with 6 (mostly)loveable strangers while uncovering the secrets of the island. Explore diverse environments, chop trees, farm crops, cook food, and make a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prism Wilds.

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  47. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    86% User Score Based on 591 reviews

    Hi, I’m Thorin — the solo developer behind Blossom, also known as Pebbledust Games. This is a project I’ve been building on my own, inspired by the games I grew up with — the ones that didn’t constantly hold your hand. You had to experiment, pay attention, and slowly figure things out for yourself. I wanted to bring back that feeling of discovery, in a calm, more relaxing survival experience where… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blossom: The Seed of Life.

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  48. Autonomica is an open-world survival automation game where failed experiments fractured time. Build supply chains where farming fuels chemistry and mining drives manufacturing. Play solo or co-op, and launch time-jump extractions into unstable futures to recover tech that shouldn't exist yet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Autonomica.

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  49. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    85% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    What's in the Full Release About the Game A bullet-building roguelite where victory comes before you pull the trigger Defend your home from shadowspawn invaders in this bullet-building roguelike! When a mystical rift unleashes waves of monsters, arm your Arcane Rifle and craft the ultimate magic ammunition to vanish them. From the Creators of "Endgame of Devil" comes their latest m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcane Trigger.

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  50. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    Let It Consume is a short, active incremental game about leading a dark cult. Raise loyal minions, harvest their emotions, and feed your all-consuming idol before it hungers for you. Expand your rituals, unlock dark upgrades, and watch devotion turn into divine power. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Let It Consume.

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