Released Apr 28, 2026 $9.99 Mixed Counts toward your Steam games

s&box

By Facepunch Studios

SandboxGame DevelopmentBuilding Casual Action Shooter 3D Platformer FPS 3DThird-Person ShooterFirst-PersonStylized

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s&box is a game tagged Sandbox, Game Development and Building by Facepunch Studios, released Apr 28, 2026. It has 5,493 Steam reviews (Mixed). The Steam games most like it include Brickadia, Build Fight Game and Building Destruction.

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Brickadia 64% match · Sandbox, Game Development, Building
Build Fight Game 63% match · Sandbox, Building, Action
Building Destruction 61% match · Sandbox, Building, Action
Warstate 61% match · Sandbox, Action, Shooter
nanos world™ 59% match · Sandbox, Game Development, Building
Chaotic Conflicts 59% match · Casual, Action, Shooter
Sunaba 58% match · Sandbox, Casual, 3D Platformer
Cubical World 58% match · Sandbox, Building, Casual
Janga 57% match · Sandbox, Building, Casual
Black Powder Box 57% match · Sandbox, Action, Shooter

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for s&box · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID590830

Release dateApr 28, 2026

Last change number40229685

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Facepunch Studios
Publisher: Facepunch Studios
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 3 days ago
Website: sbox.game
Support: support.facepunch.com

Windows 64-bit

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Single-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline co-opLAN co-opIncludes level editorIn-app purchasesSteam WorkshopSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$9.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$9.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked16 hours agoin 41 regions

Saudi ArabiaSRSAR

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Patches

Oct 23, 2026 Stability & Bug Fixes
A small maintenance update with crash and bug fixes. Stability Fixed a GPU crash on characters with facial animation and other morphs. Fixed a GPU crash when reflection probes were baked with the Quality filter. Fixed crashes involving 3D …
Sep 15, 2026 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 panel rendering system. It's now used to …
Sep 8, 2026 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-26-09-082D Physicss&box now has 2D physics, powered by Box2D (yes, like Box3D). Switch the physics mode in your scene settings and…
Sep 1, 2026 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 the main menu has once again been rebuil…
Aug 5, 2026 Update 26.08.05
A new update has been released, you can view the full changes on our blog post. https://sbox.game/news/update-26-08-05 Main Menu Changes The front page of the main menu isn't doing it's job, it should be getting you into a game you're inte…
Jul 22, 2026 Update 26.07.22
A new update has been released, you can view the full changes on our blog post. https://sbox.game/news/update-26-07-22 AnimGraph 2 We've released the first version of AnimGraph 2 onto a separate branch on Steam this week. We invite develop…
Jul 15, 2026 Update 26.07.15
A new update has been released, you can view the full changes on our blog post. https://sbox.game/news/update-26-07-15-4d62b783 Talking NPCs Adds subtitles and lip sync to sound files. This is kind of how HL2 did it, except better. Open Vi…
Jul 8, 2026 Update 26.07.08
A new update has been released, you can view the full changes on our blog post.https://sbox.game/news/update-26-07-08AddonsPreviously, you were able to publish a single asset to our workshop, you'd be able to add code and use your own comp…

Build	Branch	Updated
26199631	staging	Oct 25, 2026
26198144	animgraph2	Oct 25, 2026
26187518	public	Oct 24, 2026
26185439	animgraph2	Oct 24, 2026
26184742	staging	Oct 24, 2026
26166566	public	Oct 23, 2026
25681412	26.10.02	Oct 2, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228989	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
590831	—	All	3.75 GB	2.69 GB	3398911085413836860
590832	—	Windows	562.2 MB	234.1 MB	4418606757977649032
590833	—	Linux	2.18 GB	377.5 MB	2689635952795951709

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	26187518	Oct 24, 2026	Open
staging Bleeding edge builds	26199631	Oct 25, 2026	Open
animgraph2 experimental - testing only	26198144	Oct 25, 2026	Open
26.10.02 26.10.02	25681412	Oct 2, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/sbox

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
sbox.exe		Windows · 64-bit	Play s&box
sbox		Linux · 64-bit	Play s&box

Space per player9.31 GB

Filesup to 10,000

Save locations3

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
gameinstall	config/convar	*.json	All
gameinstall	config/game	*.json	All
gameinstall	data	.	All

Update history

Oct 25, 2026 · 17:28 #40229685
- depots.590831.manifests.animgraph2.download ~~2658646896~~ → 2578684336
- depots.590831.manifests.animgraph2.gid ~~3408904741379526213~~ → 8043872469661536158
- depots.590831.manifests.animgraph2.size ~~3391696694~~ → 3310951446
- depots.590831.manifests.public.download ~~2808869360~~ → 2885145680
- depots.590831.manifests.public.gid ~~4697630103190075339~~ → 3398911085413836860
- depots.590831.manifests.public.size ~~3948341867~~ → 4025445407
- depots.590831.manifests.staging.download ~~2831314272~~ → 2814894352
- depots.590831.manifests.staging.gid ~~7371324166863729282~~ → 4221117764857703348
- depots.590831.manifests.staging.size ~~3989961542~~ → 3948090968
- depots.590832.manifests.animgraph2.download ~~242705584~~ → 242696784
- depots.590832.manifests.animgraph2.gid ~~9081385764264872649~~ → 9147935983032123164
- depots.590832.manifests.animgraph2.size ~~587817787~~ → 587798748
- and 21 more

News

Oct 14, 2026 · GamingOnLinux Facepunch are rethinking s&box since it's not doing well - it's going free to play
The sandbox game creation and game playing platform s&box from Garry's Mod and Rust developer Facepunch is going through a big rethink. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/…
Oct 14, 2026 · PlayGround.ru - официальная группа Создатель Garry's Mod сделает свою новую игру бесплатной до конца года - S&Box меняет концепцию
Гарри Ньюман, автор культовой и до сих пор популярной Garry's Mod, опубликовал открытое обращение к игрокам, в котором объявил о радикальной смене курса разработки новой песочницы S&Box. Разработчик …
Oct 13, 2026 · Community Announcements Rethinking
A new update has been released, you can view the full changes on our blog post.https://sbox.game/news/rethinkingRethinkingI’ve been rethinking what s&box should look like over the past couple of week…
Oct 7, 2026 · PlayGround.ru - официальная группа Гарри Ньюман признал провал запуска s&box и пообещал изменить ряд ключевых решений
Основатель Facepunch Гарри Ньюман публично признал проблемы с запуском s&box и пообещал изменить ряд ключевых решений. Поводом стал критический ролик YouTube-блогера Eridium, посвящённый состоянию пл…
Oct 3, 2026 · PlayGround.ru - официальная группа s&box открыла бесплатный доступ до 5 октября в честь гранд-финала Game Jam
s&box открыла бесплатный доступ до 5 октября. Поводом стал гранд-финал Game Jam, но заглянуть в платформу стоит и тем, кто просто хочет посмотреть, что она собой представляет: за время конкурса там п…
Oct 2, 2026 · Community Announcements s&box Free Play Weekend and Game Jam Grand Finals!
Free WeekendTo celebrate the Game Jam grand final, s&box is free to play from Friday 2nd (6PM BST) to Monday 5th October.Over 400 games were made for the jam in three weeks, so many awesome unique ex…
Sep 29, 2026 · Community Announcements Neck & Neck
A new update has been released, you can view the full changes on our blog post.https://sbox.game/news/update-26-09-29Game Jam: Final FourRoundabout has been eliminated and earns 5th place for £5000.F…
Sep 22, 2026 · Community Announcements 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…
Sep 16, 2026 · GamingOnLinux s&box from Facepunch gets a price cut and more improvements
Facepunch are trying desperately to pull in more players for their game creation platform s&box, with a permanent price cut now live. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09…
Sep 4, 2026 · Community Announcements 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 gam…

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