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Sand:box

smellymoo · 2023-11-24

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 28, 2015 (iOS), May 28, 2015 (Android), Nov 23, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 23, 2022 (Linux), May 29, 2024 (Mac)

"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!

94%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 476 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~60/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 10,469 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,728 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
969620222026Week of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support

27 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2796%26

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieLogicCasualPhysicsSandboxScienceRelaxingEducationAutomation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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