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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!

Sand:box is a 2023 Casual, Indie, Simulation and Free To Play game priced at $1.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (94% of 1738 reviews).

52
playing now
94%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

52 players in-game as of 2026-10-17 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 52 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 476 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~60/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 30,756 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,738 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

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.

Players online

6282026-09-17 22:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 28 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 36 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 31 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 44 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 33 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 22 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 62 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 48 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 48 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 39 players2026-10-16 20:00 — 32 players2026-10-17 12:00 — 52 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
594Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2023 — avg 6 · peak 15Apr 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Dec 2023 — avg 16 · peak 45Feb 2024 — avg 19 · peak 46Apr 2024 — avg 18 · peak 46Jun 2024 — avg 15 · peak 36Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 27Oct 2024 — avg 12 · peak 28Dec 2024 — avg 29 · peak 103Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 53Apr 2025 — avg 19 · peak 40Jun 2025 — avg 17 · peak 36Aug 2025 — avg 24 · peak 52Oct 2025 — avg 34 · peak 179Dec 2025 — avg 45 · peak 123Feb 2026 — avg 33 · peak 80Apr 2026 — avg 31 · peak 73Jun 2026 — avg 28 · peak 64Aug 2026 — avg 31 · peak 65
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$0.992022-11-232026-08-312022-11-23 — best price $1.792023-09-11 — best price $7.992023-10-16 — best price $3.742023-10-29 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $3.992024-01-04 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-02-03 — best price $2.092025-03-13 — best price $2.092025-04-07 — best price $2.092025-05-19 — best price $2.092025-06-26 — best price $2.092025-07-14 — best price $2.092025-07-30 — best price $1.992025-09-01 — best price $1.992025-10-13 — best price $1.992025-11-24 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-01-19 — best price $1.992026-03-02 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-04-13 — best price $1.992026-05-25 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-07-20 — best price $1.992026-08-31 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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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