Most played sandbox games on Steam

The sandbox games with the most people playing on Steam right now, from Steam's own live player counts, refreshed every ten minutes. The top ten have 140,119 players between them.

Every kind of game Most played overall

The most played of the sandbox games right now

Terraria

44,108 at its 24h peak

44,108

playing now

Ranked by players right now

Players in game this minute, with each game's peak over the last day.

Current24h peak

Terraria

44,108 playing · 44K peak

44,10844,108 2

RimWorld

31,623 playing · 32K peak

31,62331,623 3

Garry's Mod

25,550 playing · 29K peak

25,55028,720 4

Cities: Skylines II

12,170 playing · 13K peak

12,17013,093 5

Albion Online

7,536 playing · 9,109 peak

7,5369,109 6

Timberborn

4,986 playing · 5,321 peak

4,9865,321 7

Kenshi

4,777 playing · 5,029 peak

4,7775,029 8

Scrap Mechanic

3,385 playing · 4,420 peak

3,3854,420 9

Planet Zoo

3,040 playing · 3,107 peak

3,0403,107 10

Teardown

2,944 playing · 3,181 peak

2,9443,181 11

Kerbal Space Program

2,891 playing · 3,303 peak

2,8913,303 12

Space Engineers

2,473 playing · 3,456 peak

2,4733,456 13

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

2,112 playing · 2,112 peak

2,1122,112 14

The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome

1,615 playing · 1,615 peak

1,6151,615 15

My Time at Sandrock

1,035 playing · 1,035 peak

1,0351,035 16

Starbound

626 playing · 728 peak

626728 17

Trove

588 playing · 643 peak

588643 18

Amazing Cultivation Simulator

580 playing · 580 peak

580580 19

Planet Coaster

575 playing · 606 peak

575606 20

SPORE™

487 playing · 592 peak

487592 21

河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)

297 playing · 297 peak

297297 22

Goat Simulator 3

262 playing · 262 peak

262262 23

Counter-Strike Nexon

190 playing · 213 peak

190213 24

FOUNDRY

180 playing · 193 peak

180193 25

Star Valor

141 playing · 157 peak

141157 26

Shadows of Doubt

130 playing · 189 peak

130189 27

Just Cause 2

110 playing · 141 peak

110141 28

Saints Row 2

102 playing · 155 peak

102155 29

Factory Town

90 playing · 90 peak

9090 30

NEBULOUS: Fleet Command

69 playing · 92 peak

6992 31

Fireworks Mania - An Explosive Simulator

Just Die Already

Goat Simulator

Stronghold: Warlords

Kerbal Space Program 2

43 playing · 51 peak

4351 36

Definitely Not Fried Chicken

38 playing · 44 peak

3844 37

Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game

Cepheus Protocol

The Sapling

Mech Mechanic Simulator

21 playing · 23 peak

2123 41

DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game

18 playing · 18 peak

1818 42

The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame

11 playing · 16 peak

1116 43

Totally Reliable Delivery Service

7 playing · 7 peak

77 44

Crash Time 2

2 playing · 2 peak

A game is in this list when its Steam players voted “Sandbox” as one of its defining tags. Counts are Steam players only, from Steam's player API, and exclude creative software.

Frequently asked

What is the most played sandbox game on Steam?

Right now it is Terraria, with 44,108 people playing on Steam, followed by RimWorld (31,623) and Garry's Mod (25,550). The ranking uses Steam's own live player counts and refreshes every 10 minutes.

How many people play sandbox games on Steam?

The ten most played sandbox games have 140,119 players on Steam between them right now. These are Steam players only: games that also run on their own launcher or on console have players this number cannot see.

Which games count as sandbox games?

Games whose Steam players voted "Sandbox" as one of their defining tags: among the game's five most-voted tags, with at least half as many votes as the top one. A game that merely has a few Sandbox votes does not count, which keeps the list to games that are sandbox games, not games with a Sandbox moment in them.