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READY FOR CRAFTING VIRTUAL WORLDS ON YOUR PC?The acclaimed world-building game featuring a unique mission-based approach is coming onto PC via Steam Early Access. With over 16 million players on mobile & tablets versions and 1,500,000 pixel blocks creations shared in the Online Gallery to date, this PC version is taking world...

Release DateJun 29, 2015
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)56.7% (mixed) Bottom 15% / 56.7%  Bottom 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)55.7% Bottom 25% / 55.8%  Bottom 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)517  Top 20% / 571  Top 20%
Curators29 reviews  Top 20%
Median Play Time7.3 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar1.5 hour  Top 15%
Followers2.1K  Top 25%
Owners± 52K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 32.6K  Top 20%
Gross Revenue ($)± 126.4K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The Sandbox steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see The Sandbox's Steam rating and reviews between April 2014 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 52.3% (April 2014) to 72.3% (June 2014).

With 571 reviews Top 20%, The Sandbox could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for The Sandbox and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows The Sandbox's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (67%), followed by Russian (6%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 21 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 5 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying The Sandbox percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in The Sandbox, comparing positive and negative reviews. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. The time played is adequate, reaching 22 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.2 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • fun
  • huge amount of interacting systems
  • interesting concepts
  • world building
  • cheemistry, weather, elektricity
  • create pixel worlds
  • lots of missions
  • playable arcade game characters
  • people have jobs
  • cute lower resolution
  • confusing tutorial
  • lacking graphics
  • bad sound design
  • no proper way to quit
  • not worth the price
  • terrible character controls
  • very bland gameplay
  • awful graphics
  • mobile port issues
  • poor support

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 56.7%  Bottom 15% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of The Sandbox's review data that Steam provides. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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