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Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com
A list of Upcoming sandbox video games sorted by popularity among gamers.
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My Summer Car
Simulation TBA (early access since 24 October 2016)
A simulation game developed by independent Finnish developer who uses nickname Royal John Love. The title enables the player to repair old and wrecked cars as a fan of 90s cars, who one beautiful summer decides to fix his old sports car. When the game starts, the player has only a tractor and a van useful when transporting larger parts. The pieces ordered by mail must be installed while focusing on details like selection of proper tools and correct combination of all engine parts.
inZOI
Simulation TBA
A life simulator by KRAFTON and a competitor to The Sims series. inZOI allows us to create or own character and then lead them through everyday life - we need to take care of work, hobbies, relationships and needs. The game features graphics of extremely high quality.
Assassin's Creed: Shadows
RPG 14 February 2025
The thirteenth main installment of the Assassin's Creed series. The story of AC Shadows takes place in 1579 in Feudal Japan. We can switch between playing as the black samurai Yasuke and the female shinobi Naoe. The game is singleplayer only, featuring a massive open world.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Simulation 19 November 2024
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is a flight simulator emphasizing realism, letting players fly aircraft all around the world in various atmospherical conditions. The game makes use of satellite photographs, the Azure data cloud and machine learning.
Mirthwood
RPG 06 November 2024
A cross of an RPG and a life sim set in a medieval-inspired fantasy land. Mirthwood lets us be an adventurer, run our own farm or focus on crafting and selling various items.
Ghost of Yotei
Action 2025
The second part of the best-selling TPP action-adventure series set in feudal Japan. Ghost of Yotei is not a direct sequel to Ghost of Tsushima. The new protagonist is a woman named Atsu. Her journey begins in 1603 - roughly 300 years after the adventures of Jin Sakai.
Hearts of Iron IV: Götterdämmerung
Strategy 14 November 2024
The tenth large expansion for the World War 2 strategy from Paradcox Interactive. Hearts of Iron IV: Gotterdammerung allows us to change the course of history by creating new political and military alliances involving Germany, Austria, Hungary and Belgium.
Grand Theft Auto VI
Action 2025
The sixth main installment of a wildly popular series of sandbox games by Rockstar Games. GTA 6 has been rumored about for years, but the developers still haven't shared any official info about it.
Night-Runners
Racing 2025
An open world racing game, allowing for illegal night races of highly tuned cars taking place on Japanese highways. Night-Runners wants to be a spiritual successor of the Need for Speed Underground games, however the atmosphere of the game is heavier and more serious.
The Axis Unseen
Action 22 October 2024
An open-world action adventure game with horror elements. The Axis Unseen is set in a fantasy land, the player tasked with taking up a bow and hunting fantasy creatures originating from old folklore.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Secrets of the Spires
Action November 2024
The second major DLC to the action adventure game Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Secrets of the Spires is setin the titular region, where we must stop the RDA from destroying the ecosystem. The expansion introduces massive aerial battles.
SpaceBourne 2
Action December 2024 (early access since 17 February 2023)
SpaceBourne 2 is a sequel to a sandbox action game with RPG elements from 2020, set in a sci-fi world filled with celestial bodies to explore. It was developed and published by an independent developer, Burak Dabak.
The Witcher 4
RPG TBA
The Witcher 4 (working title) is the fourth instalment of the RPG series by Polish studio CD Projekt RED, based on the works of writer Andrzej Sapkowski.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Action 20 November 2024
A proper sequel of the 2007 game STALKER: The Shadow of Chornobyl, produced by the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World. We can again visit the dark & dangerous post-nuclear world of the Zone around the titular Ukrainian nuclear plant, dealing with mutants, anomalies and bandits.
Light No Fire
Action TBA
A third-person action adventure game by the creators of No Man's Sky. Light No Fire is set on a procedurally generated planet, which players can explore in various ways, including atop flying beasts. The game supports singleplayer and multiplayer.
Assassin's Creed: Hexe
Action TBA
The fourteenth major installment of Ubisoft's series. The place of its action is Germany of the second half of the second millennium. It is the darkest Assassin's Creed ever - there is no shortage of white and black magic and witch hunts.
ArcheAge Chronicles
RPG 2025
Sequel to the popular 2014 MMORPG, with the action set in a similar time period, but with a different narrative style. ArcheAge 2 offers a sizable open world and a dynamic combat system, designed for both PvE and PvP.
The Precinct
Action November 2024
An action game, in which we play as a rookie cop. The Precinct tasks us with maintaining order in the city of Averno, foiling procedurally generated crimes while investigating the death of the protagonist's father. We'll get to traverse the city on foot, in a police car or a helicopter.
Techtonica
Simulation 07 November 2024 (early access since 18 July 2023)
An FPP simulation-strategy game, in which we construct futuristic factoties. Techtonica is set on the titular planet, tasking us with extracting its resources, building complex industrial systems and discovering its secrets.
Forza Horizon 6
Racing TBA
The sixth installment of the best-selling racing game series, developed by Playground Games and published by Microsoft. Just like the previous entries in the series, Forza Horizon 6 offers hundreds of various cars - sport models, civilian cars, rally machines or racing cars.
Ashfall
RPG 2025
A post-apocalyptic MMORPG shooter, developed by Legendary Star Studio. Ashfall is set in a world ruined by nuclear war. Your goal is clear - you must go on a quest to find the legendary Core of Creation, the key to saving humanity.
The Front
Action December 2024 (early access since 11 October 2023)
A multiplayer open-world first-person survival game. The Front has us playing as a resistance fighter, who must destroy a villainous faction before they expand into a mighty empire.
Outbound
Adventure 2026
An adventure game with survival elements. In Outbound we explore a vast world behind the wheel of our car. We can pick from various vehicles, as well as upgrade them so that they become more useful and suit our preferences. The game supports both single and multiplayer.
Truck World: Australia
Simulation 2025
A simulation game about driving big Australian trucks called road trains. Truck World: Australia offers a vast open world and various orders about delivering different types of cargo. We can upgrade and buy new types of trucks as we advance in the game.