The Sandbox

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The Sandbox

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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...

Developer
PIXOWL INC.
Publisher
PIXOWL INC.
Release
Mon, Jun 29, 2015
Price
$4.99
Reviews
524
Positive
55%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
50K – 100K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Features
Steam Workshop
Tags
Sandbox Simulation Indie Pixel Graphics Casual God Game Strategy 2D Physics Early Access Open World
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$116ksomewhere between $51k and $490k · roughly 10K–100K copies

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