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Games like Warbox

If Warbox is your kind of game, the closest matches are STANDBOX, Blood Trail and BRUTALISTICK VR — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, stressful and campaign play. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Warbox is a 2021 sandbox military game developed and published by Mantaliss, currently available in Early Access for $9.99. Set in a realistic combat environment, it allows players to observe or engage directly in warzone scenarios using a range of tools to customize and reshape the battlefield. The game features active ragdoll physics, character customization, and both campaign and sandbox gameplay modes, with AI opponents populating the hostile setting. Players describe the atmosphere as dark and stressful. Reviewers have noted potential for fun gameplay, particularly referencing the version before the UE5 update. The title supports solo play only at normal difficulty with medium-length sessions and is not compatible with Steam Deck. According to Steam, it holds a 57% positive rating from 2,398 reviews.

About Warbox: A sandbox game that enables players to watch or take part in a warzone. Players will have access to a variety of tools and features that give them access to customize and change the battlefield however they like.

2021ActionEarly Access9.99 USDWindowsby Mantaliss
Warbox — Steam game cover
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Potential for fun gameplay before ue5 updateDarkStressfulCampaign playCharacter customizationSandbox mode

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Steam players who put hours into Warbox also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. STANDBOX

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Warbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Warbox.

    STANDBOX is a single-player physics sandbox about bullying a ragdoll. Shoot him, push him, watch him get back up until he doesn't.

    2023ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Blood Trail

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Warbox.

    Second-strongest match for Warbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Warbox.

    You are Wendigo. A hard-hearted contract killer tasked with annihilating a fanatical cult. With your trusted arsenal at the ready, experience what has been called "The most violent game in VR". EARLY ACCESS includes RAID, ARENA and SANDBOX modes with a story campaign and much more on the way.

    2019ActionEarly Access24.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. BRUTALISTICK VR

    WHY THIS

    Shares character customization and a dark mood with Warbox.

    Third-strongest match for Warbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Warbox.

    The golden age of violent flash games now in your VR headset. Fully physics based combat with melee and firearms featuring copious amounts of blood, gore and destruction.

    2024ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. OPERATOR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Warbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Warbox.

    In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Warbox.

    Ranked #5 for Warbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. RAGDORE

    WHY THIS

    Shares sandbox mode with Warbox.

    Ranked #6 for Warbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Warbox.

    RAGDORE is a physics-driven sandbox where limbs fly, bones snap, and movement changes with every injury. Experiment with traps, crushers, trampolines, and more in colorful maps designed for creative destruction and dynamic ragdoll mayhem.

    2025ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Remote Reaper: FPV Combat Drone Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Warbox.

    Ranked #7 for Warbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Warbox.

    Ukrainian FPV drone simulator. Destroy enemy vehicles with high-precision strikes. Simulation of electronic warfare and realistic armor model.

    2025ActionIndieSimulation17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Insurgency: Sandstorm

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Warbox.

    Ranked #8 for Warbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.

    2018Action29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Warbox at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Warbox on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Warbox on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Warbox on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Warbox on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Warbox on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Warbox on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Warbox on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warbox.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Half-Life: Opposing Force

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Warbox on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

    1999Action4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Warbox.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Warbox.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Warbox.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. OnlyCans: Thirst Date

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!

    2021IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Warbox.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Warbox

Does Warbox work on Steam Deck?
Warbox is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Warbox cost?
Warbox is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Warbox?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Warbox are STANDBOX, Blood Trail, BRUTALISTICK VR.
Who developed Warbox?
Warbox was developed by Mantaliss.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Warbox.

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