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Games like Sail Forth

2022USK 6PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified92 % positive19.50 €

You command a fleet of custom-rigged sailing ships across an endless, procedurally generated ocean in search of a lost key to a planet's ancient past. Handling the ships with authentic nautical commands is the heart of the adventure.

Driving or flying
Open world
Lots to discover

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X3: Albion Prelude

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2011PEGI 12PC91 % positive−80 % ~~9.99 €~~ 1.99 €

A vast, freely explorable space sandbox where you fly ships, trade, fight and build your own economic and fleet empire. The focus is on freedom and simulation rather than a tightly told story.

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X3: Terran Conflict

Open world

A vast space sandbox where you fly ships, build trading empires and factory complexes, and get drawn into conflicts between rival races. Freedom is huge, but the learning curve is steep.

X4: Foundations

Driving or flying

A deeply complex space sandbox where you pilot ships yourself, run trade routes, build stations and grow an entire economic empire inside a living, simulated universe.

X2: The Threat

Systems like Sail Forth

A space sandbox where you fly ships as Julian Gardna, trade, and build stations and factory networks within a living economy. Combat, trading and expansion blend into a complex, open-ended universe.

Motor Town: Behind the Wheel

Systems like Sail Forth

An open-world driving sim where you haul cargo, drive buses and taxis, and spend your earnings on new vehicles and parts. Playable online with others, with a race track for testing your skills.

No Man's Sky

Systems like Sail Forth

A near-infinite procedurally generated universe where you hop freely between vivid alien planets, gather resources, build bases and upgrade your ships. Years of free updates have turned it into a relaxed sci-fi sandbox with optional co-op.

X: Beyond the Frontier

Systems like Sail Forth

A classic space sandbox where you play a stranded pilot who trades, fights and grows a personal empire of ships and stations. Freedom and a living economy matter far more than the story.

Mount & Blade

Systems like Sail Forth

An open medieval sandbox where you rise from a lone wanderer to a warlord, recruiting troops and fighting in skill-based mounted battles. Its directional melee and cavalry combat are the heart of the experience.

Kenshi

Pure single-player experience

Kenshi is a brutal sandbox RPG set in a vast, harsh wasteland where you decide whether to become a trader, mercenary, slave or warlord. Instead of a scripted story, you build your squad, base and reputation in a world that gives you nothing for free.

Sea Dogs

Systems like Sail Forth

An open-ended 17th-century pirate RPG where you sail your own ship, fight naval battles, trade and visit ports, and choose freely between serving a nation or going pirate.