Sandbox game

Type of freeform video game encouraging creativity

A sandbox game is a video game with a gameplay element that provides players a great degree of freedom to interact creatively, usually without any predetermined goal, or with a goal that the players set for themselves like making a house. Such games may mostly or totally lack any end goals, and are sometimes referred to as non-games or software toys. They are often a product of creative elements being incorporated into other genres and systems allowing for emergent gameplay.

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