s&box
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ActionAdventureCasualIndieRacingSimulationSportsStrategySandboxGame DevelopmentBuildingShooter3D Platformer

302 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 439

Peak in the last 7 days: 539

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Game description

s&box is a game creation platform. Play, create, and share games, all in one place. Hundreds of games ready to jump into with your friends.

Basic info

DeveloperFacepunch Studios
PublisherFacepunch Studios
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateApr 28, 2026
Price

Prices by IsThereAnyDeal

Minimum specs

OSWindows 10
ProcessorCore i5-9600K / Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB
GraphicsGTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM
Storage12 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 369 reviews from the past 1 year

48.1/ 100
Bottom 5%

Steam rating: Mixed (56%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 25, 2026)

Part game, part creation platform, s&box scores 48.1 from 369 reviews, as performance and pricing complaints dominate.

👍 Strengths

48 reviews value the creative freedom, with a built in editor and engine access to make and publish games without royalty fees. 36 credit the developers for acknowledging a weak launch and working on optimization and other improvements. 32 find it fun and promising, and some describe chaotic sandbox sessions that kept them hooked. Gameplay ranks 955th of 1396.

👎 Where it falls short

Tech & Support ranks 1319th of 1399 and comes up in 71% of analyzed reviews. 105 reviews report poor performance, with stutters, big frame drops on any settings, slow map loading and weak optimization even in simple scenes. 57 criticize the pricing, calling cosmetics overpriced and the monetization greedy, and several feel the entry price is not justified yet. 24 say the content is thin, with few hosted games worth playing and a sandbox mode that feels barebones. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1266th of 1399, Content Volume ranks 1302nd of 1351, Multiplayer ranks 599th of 642, and Visuals & Sound ranks 1206th of 1249.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“performance is straight up bad, poorly optimized even in simple environments” · 105 reviews
“cosmetics priced at $100+, misleading free publishing claim with hidden $100 fee” · 57 reviews
“sandbox mode worse than 2006 Garry's Mod, not ready for $20” · 24 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 53% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Onboarding -2.02 · How easy it is to learn — tutorials and the first hours
Negative “no custom model support, ragdoll system is poor compared to GMod” · 8 reviews
Positive “very easy to pick up with no prior experience” · 1 review

Progression 3% · Difficulty 0% · Freedom 44% · Strategy 18% · Controls & feel 13%

Plot, characters and the world

Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.

Characters -2.50 · How memorable the characters and their relationships are

Story 0% · World 4%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 47% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Volume -2.15 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Negative “sandbox mode worse than 2006 Garry's Mod, not ready for $20” · 24 reviews
Positive “tons of quality featured games and experiments available day one” · 5 reviews

Variety 27% · Replayability 3%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals -0.29 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Negative “sausage player model is disgusting and drives people away” · 10 reviews

Audio 3%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 30% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Community -2.15 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Negative “game had players when free, now dead community” · 11 reviews
Positive “Source 2 engine opens possibilities for great community mods” · 2 reviews

Playing together 8% · Servers & Connection 4%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 36% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -1.00 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “cosmetics priced at $100+, misleading free publishing claim with hidden $100 fee” · 57 reviews

Anti-cheat 1% · Balance 1% · Matchmaking 1%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 71% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Performance -1.34 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Negative “performance is straight up bad, poorly optimized even in simple environments” · 105 reviews
Positive “Vulkan API integration keeps things incredibly smooth” · 2 reviews

Stability 18% · Developer support 46%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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