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s&box
S&box is a game creation platform built on the Source 2 engine. Play, create, and share games, explore community creations, and experience endless sandbox fun with powerful modern tools.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“S&Box — 7.2/10 S&Box is... okay. As the newest game from Garry Newman and the successor to Garry's Mod, I was pretty interested to see what it would be like. And honestly, it's not bad. It's just very different. It feels more like a Roblox-type game than a direct successor to…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I shouldn't even leave a review, it's almost like mine automatically go into the dark corner of the internet where nobody will ever be, so they don't see my review, but I'll make one anyway. This platform has incredibly bright ideas and people really do try when they publish a…”
— a player, Steam review · 255 hrs played“The latest update has confirmed that my decision to leave s&box and not return was the right decision. Removing the server browser shows the developer's true intentions with this game. To be fair, it's their game, let them do what they want. But as a game branded as the…”
— a player, Steam review · 99 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
This Is My Jam.
A new update has been released, you can view the full changes on our blog post. https://sbox.game/news/update-26-09-22 Game Jam Progress The Game Jam is 19 days in and we've had over 200 entries . I t
Update 26.09.15
A new update has been released, you can view the full changes on our blog post. https://sbox.game/news/update-26-09-15 Painter `Painter` is a small utility struct that replaces `HudPainter` and the pa
Update 26.09.08
A new update has been released, you can view the full changes on our blog post. https://sbox.game/news/update-26-09-08 2D Physics s&box now has 2D physics, powered by Box2D (yes, like Box3D). Switch t
Game Jam III
This is our third game jam. This time we have a £50,000 total prize fund up for grabs. The way our jams run have now changed. On the 4th September we'll announce the theme and you can submit your game
Update 26.09.01
A new update has been released, you can view the full changes on our blog post. https://sbox.game/news/update-26-09-01 New Main Menu I am aware that us re-doing the menu is a meme at this point, but t
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Racing, Simulation, Sports, Strategy |
| Player tags | Sandbox · Game Development · Building · Casual · Action · Shooter · 3D Platformer · FPS · 3D · Third-Person Shooter · First-Person · Stylized (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://sbox.game/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Core i5-9600K / Ryzen 5 3600 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 12 GB available space VR Support: OpenXR