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Which sandbox games actually get played?

69 sandbox games owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by how many owners got past Steam’s two-hour refund window. Across all of them it’s 58%.

S5 games
  1. #1Terraria85% of 504
  2. #2Garry's Mod83% of 453
  3. #3No Man's Sky83% of 235
  4. #4Tabletop Simulator80% of 244
  5. #5Sea of Thieves81% of 190
A14 games
  1. #6BeamNG.drive80% of 90
  2. #7Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord79% of 72
  3. #8Foxhole85% of 39
  4. #9Space Engineers73% of 130
  5. #10Mount & Blade: Warband74% of 111
  6. #11Teardown75% of 65
  7. #12Scrap Mechanic78% of 46
  8. #13Starbound67% of 196
  9. #14The Escapists 266% of 108
  10. #15People Playground66% of 80
  11. #16Pixel Piracy69% of 45
  12. #17Blade & Sorcery68% of 50
  13. #18HITMAN™64% of 125
  14. #19BONEWORKS68% of 34
B21 games
  1. #20Kenshi64% of 75
  2. #21From The Depths63% of 38
  3. #22The Escapists61% of 77
  4. #23Scribblenauts Unlimited59% of 111
  5. #24Paint the Town Red60% of 30
  6. #25Kerbal Space Program58% of 175
  7. #26POSTAL 258% of 161
  8. #27Goat Simulator57% of 143
  9. #28Contraption Maker56% of 32
  10. #29Ace of Spades56% of 36
  11. #30Universe Sandbox55% of 38
  12. #31Lucius II55% of 40
  13. #32Dwarf Fortress55% of 42
  14. #33Universe Sandbox Legacy55% of 44
  15. #34Hand Simulator53% of 85
  16. #35Mount & Blade52% of 64
  17. #36HITMAN™ 253% of 154
  18. #37Scribblenauts Unmasked49% of 37
  19. #38Wurm Unlimited46% of 35
  20. #39Staxel47% of 49
  21. #40Windward45% of 38
C17 games
  1. #41Creativerse43% of 51
  2. #42Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword44% of 68
  3. #43Tower Unite42% of 57
  4. #44Everything36% of 36
  5. #45Trailmakers40% of 53
  6. #46Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor32% of 31
  7. #47SimplePlanes36% of 42
  8. #48Totally Accurate Battle Simulator44% of 116
  9. #49Just Die Already38% of 53
  10. #50Cortex Command39% of 76
  11. #51Grow: Song of the Evertree24% of 33
  12. #52X3: Terran Conflict24% of 34

And 5 more: LEGO® Worlds, Besiege, Solar 2, Spore: Galactic Adventures, Portal Knights.

D12 games
  1. #58Take On Helicopters12% of 34
  2. #59Squirrel with a Gun9% of 33
  3. #60HITMAN World of Assassination34% of 170
  4. #61Townscaper18% of 49
  5. #62Fun with Ragdolls: The Game3% of 30
  6. #63Main Assembly0% of 33
  7. #64Total Tank Simulator0% of 33
  8. #65Crayon Physics Deluxe7% of 44
  9. #66Gamecraft0% of 37
  10. #67Starbound - Unstable4% of 50
  11. #68Battle Simulator: Counter Stickman4% of 53
  12. #69Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator8% of 134

Counted from the Steam libraries read here, by the hours Steam has on each game; free games are left out, since Steam lists one as owned only once it has been played. A game owned in only a few libraries is pulled toward the kind’s 58% as if 60 more owners had played it like the typical one, so a lucky handful can’t top the list. S is the top 8%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the next 25%, D the rest.