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Sandboxels

Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.

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May 16, 2025
1 year and 77 days ago
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Overwhelmingly Positive1,081 reviews95.1%

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About the Game

Sandboxels is a falling-sand game featuring heat simulation, electricity, density, chemical reactions, cooking, and fire spread. With over 500 unique elements to play with, Sandboxels is a great simulator to pass the time and relax.

Play the classic Sandboxels browser game on Steam with extra perks:

  • Steam Workshop support - Browse and publish saves directly in-game

  • Unlimited save file management - No more save slots!

  • No advertisements

  • Bigger screen space

  • Rich Presence for Discord

  • Support the developer!

There are thousands of interactions between the many materials, plants, animals, fluids, and powders in the game. Experiment with chemistry, cook food, grow an ecosystem, and more.

Simply click or use your touchscreen to select a category, like Liquids, then pick an element, like Water. Drag on the canvas above to place your pixels, and watch them interact with others!