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{{quote|''"A bad sandbox is one where you speed disinterestedly from plot mission to plot mission like the [[London Underground]] but a good sandbox makes you go 'Well there's the next story mission, but...Oooh, [[Gotta Catch Em All|collectables]]! Oooh, [[Random Encounters]]! Oooh, [[Rewarding Vandalism|an intact thing]]!'"''
|'''[[Zero Punctuation]]''', ''[[Infamous (video game series)|In Famous]] 2'' review}}
There's [[Take Your Time|no time limit]]. No restraints, other than the occasional [[Insurmountable Waist-Height Fence]]. No objectives, no requirements. You can do whatever you want, whenever you want.
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* ''[[Assassin's Creed (video game)|Assassin's Creed]]''
* ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
* ''[[Assassin's Creed:
* ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
* ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
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** ''[[The Nameless Mod]]''
** ''[[2027]]''
* ''[[Deus Ex:
* ''[[Deus Ex:
* ''[[Dragon Quest]]''
** ''[[Dragon Quest II]]''
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*** ''[[Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony]]''
** ''[[Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars]]''
** ''[[
* ''[[G-Police]]''
* ''[[Growlanser]]''
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* ''[[Harvest Moon]]''
* ''[[Infamous (video game series)|In Famous]]''
** ''[[Infamous (video game series)|In Famous
* ''[[Jak and Daxter]]''
** ''[[Jak II Renegade]]''
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* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' (the original game only)
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
* ''[[The Long Dark]]''
* ''[[The Manhole]] ''
* ''[[Mario Paint]]''
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* ''[[Minecraft]]''
* ''[[Mount & Blade]]''
** ''[[The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle Earth)]]''
* ''[[Naev]]''
* ''[[Need for Speed]]'' (select titles)
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* ''[[No More Heroes]]''
* ''[[The Precursors]]''
* ''[[Postal (video game series)|Postal
** ''Postal 3''
* ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]''
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** ''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''
* ''[[Red Faction]] Guerrilla''
* ''[[Republic:
* ''[[Roblox]]''
* ''[[Rune Factory]]''
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** ''[[Saints Row]]''
** ''[[Saints Row 2]]''
** ''[[Saints Row: The
* ''[[Scarface the World Is Yours]]''
* ''[[Second Life]]''
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* ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (series)|S.T.A.L.K.E.R.]]'' - any of the three games: ''Shadow of Chernobyl'', ''Clear Sky'' and ''Call of Pripyat''.
* ''[[Startopia]]''
* ''[[Subnautica]]''
* ''[[Tail Of The Sun]]''
* ''[[Terraria]]''
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* ''[[The Saboteur]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons Hit & Run]]''
* ''[[The Sims]]'' (includes ''The Sims 2'', ''The Sims 3'' and ''The Sims
** ''[[My Sims]]''
* ''[[Steambot Chronicles]]''
* ''[[Survival Crisis Z]]''
* ''[[Test Drive]]: Unlimited''
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
** ''[[True Crime: New York City]]''
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The highly successful [[Half-Life|Source mod]] ''[[Garry's Mod]]'' is nothing but the sandbox. While there are game modes included, they came later.
* ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'' subverts this sort of game: there's a giant, open world and ''nothing'' in it at first glance (and not much at second, actually).
* ''[[Steambot Chronicles]]'' is a Japanese video game take on this, piloting a mecha, riding a bicycle, playing music or pool for money are just a few of the things you can do.
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