Universe Sandbox

Giant Army / April 29, 2011 / Rated Unrated

Data last updated August 24, 2026

Released

2011

Publisher

Giant Army

Time to beat

~2 hrs

Community

1,633

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System Requirements (PC) ↓

Minimum:

OS: Windows 10 21H1+ (64-bit, x86)
Processor: 1.6 GHz dual-core
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 4 GB Video Memory†, Shader Model 6.0
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 4 GB available space
Additional Notes: † Laptops or other computers that use integrated graphics (rather than dedicated graphics hardware) may see issues with Universe Sandbox even if they meet the video memory requirement. Dedicated video hardware is recommended.

Educational games came a long way, from solving simple math equations or spelling quizzes. Universe sandbox allows players to observe effects of gravity on a large scale. Players will be able to change the properties of any objects at any time, which is explained with built-in tutorials and step-by-step activities. All simulations are based on the real scientific data, physics, and units.
Players are invited to experiment and see for themselves, to observe the slightest theoretical changes across 70+ different pre-made simulations, real or fictional. Universe Sandbox is designed and formed not only as an educational tool, where players can use all editing and creation tools to form their own simulations but as a demonstrative showcase. The game supports anaglyphic 3D glasses and 3D DLP televisions.
It invites imagination in the astrophysics, where players can add planets, moons, stars and even black holes to already existing systems, or player created ones.

Universe Sandbox is a series of simulation video games; users can see the effects of gravity on objects in the universe and run scale simulations of the Solar System, galaxies or other simulations with celestial bodies, interacting and controlling gravity, time and parameters like mass, density or radius of objects like moons, planets, asteroids, comets or black holes. The original Universe Sandbox was only released for Windows, but an updated version was released for Windows, macOS, and Linux in 2015 titled Universe Sandbox 2. It is often used for near-scientific simulations of space for illustrational purposes.