The most popular sandbox strategy games

Sandbox strategy applications

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  Sid Meier's SimGolf

  Windows XP/98/9520024.1/5 Firaxis Games

  Sid Meier's SimGolf is a golf simulation developed by Firaxis Games in 2002, different from other golf games. In SimGolf, the player is tasked with running a golf course, designing holes, taking care of golfers and even playing. It's an underrated game that deserves a place among the best of its genre.

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  Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

  Windows XP/98/952002protected4.2/5 Chris Sawyer Productions

  Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 is a simulation game developed by Chris Sawyer Productions and published by Infogrames. It was released in 2002 as the sequel to the original  classic Roller Coaster Tycoon. In Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 players take on the role of an amusement park manager and are tasked with designing, building, and managing their own th...

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  SimCity 2000

  DOSWindows 3.xWindows XP/98/951993protected4.3/5 Maxis

  SimCity 2000 is a classic city building simulation, part of the popular SimCity series, developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. SimCity 2000 is a huge step up from the 2D predecessor SimCity and boasts improvements like: isometric view, underground, water pipes, subways, new buildings like prisons, schools, libraries, museums, etc.

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  Caesar 3

  Windows XP/98/95Mac1998protected4.3/5 Impressions Games
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  SimCity 3000

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Maxis
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  SimCity

  DOSWindows 3.xWindows XP/98/951989protected4.1/5 Maxis

  SimCity (or SimCity Classic) is a popular city building simulation in which you, the mayor of a city, have to build a metropolis from the ground up. You can build police and fire departments, assign industrial, residential or commercial areas, manage power distribution, build ports and airports. Grow your city from village to metropolis and try to ...

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  Dungeon Keeper

  DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Electronic Arts
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  Pharaoh

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 Impressions Games
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  Zeus: Master of Olympus

  Windows XP/98/952000protected4.2/5 Impressions Games
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  SimTower

  Windows 3.x19944.1/5 OPeNBooK Co.

  SimTower is an old Windows 3.x (1994) building and business simulation game where the player is tasked with the management of a skyscraper nonetheless. Raise floors, build apartments, shops, offices and try to avoid bankruptcy if you can. SimTower spawned some similar games for mobile devices, most notably the wonderful Tiny Tower, It's surprisingl...

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  Caesar 2

  DOS19954.2/5 Impressions Games
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  Roller Coaster Tycoon

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 Chris Sawyer Productions
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  The Settlers

  DOS1993protected4.2/5 Blue Byte Software
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  Populous

  DOS19893.9/5 Bullfrog

  Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for a long list of other 16-bit and 8-bit systems, both console and PCs. Populos is a really unique game: it gave the name to the the whole god-game genre since, well, in the...

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  Dungeon Keeper 3: War for the Overworld

  Windows2000canceled4.4/5 Bullfrog

  Dungeon Keeper 3 was a cancelled dungeon management strategy game being developed by Bullfrog that was never released. Dungeon Keeper 3 was cancelled in 2000 and the Dungeon Keeper franchise ended without a third chapter.

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  Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods

  DOSMac1993protected4.3/5 Bullfrog

  Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods is an old sandbox strategy god-game. As the title suggests, the setting is more of less ancient Greek mythology and you're a god (hence the god-game label). Populous 2 is the sequel of the much acclaimed Populous, designed by Peter Molineaux. Populous 2 was developed by Bullfrog and published by Electronic Ar...

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  Holiday Island

  Windows 3.x19964/5 Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software
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  Transport Tycoon

  DOS19944.2/5 MicroProse Software

  Transport Tycoon is a business simulation game that puts the player at the head of a transport company to compete against rival companies. The player can build stations, airports, railroads to transport passengers, mail and various goods using trucks, trains and planes. The game became a cult and a few talented fans created some of the best remakes...

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  SimEarth

  DOSWindows 3.x19904.2/5 Maxis

  SimEarth is a simulation in which you can shape and mold a planet in almost every way you can imagine. In SimEarth our planet is simulated as a whole: life, climate, atmosphere are all aspects of a single Gaia-like Earth. SimEarth can be played in two modes: game and experimental. In game mode, you have to to develop (and preserve) Earth with limit...

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  SimLife

  DOSMacWindows 3.x19924/5 Maxis

  SimLife is an abandoned simulation game focused on managing a ecosystems and experimenting with genetics. SimLife was designed by Ken Karakotsios, developed and released by Maxis in 1992 for DOS and later also published for Macintosh, Amiga, Windows 3.x and Amiga.

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  Transport Tycoon Deluxe

  DOS19954.3/5 Chris Sawyer Productions

  Transport Tycoon Deluxe is a business simulation game that puts the player at the head of a transport company to compete against rival companies. The player can build stations, airports, railroads to transport passengers, mail and various goods using trucks, trains and planes. The game became a cult and a few talented fans created some of the best ...

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  Caesar

  DOS19924/5 Impressions Games
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  Populous: The Beginning

  Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 Bullfrog
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  Yoot Tower

  Windows XP/98/9519994/5 OPeNBooK Co.
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  The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici

  DOSMac1996protected3.8/5 Blue Byte Software
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  Cultures

  Windows XP/98/952000protected4/5 Funatics Software
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  Dungeon Keeper 2

  Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 Bullfrog