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Free City vs The Sandbox

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Status

UNKNOWN
ACTIVE

Released

To be announced
November 2021 · 5 years ago

Daily players

No population data
79 – 37k

Estimated players

1.8kDown 0.4%
70.6kDown 1.7%

Available on

  • Android
  • iOS
  • Windows
  • macOS

Developers

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Publishers

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Free CityThe Sandbox

Free City

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
November 2026~1.8kDown 1.1%
October 2026~1.8kDown 1.1%
September 2026~1.8kDown 1.2%
August 2026~1.8kUp 15%
July 2026~1.6k—

The Sandbox

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
November 2026~70.6kDown 1.1%
October 2026~71.4kDown 0.1%
September 2026~71.4k
August 2026~71.5kDown 0.1%
July 2026~71.6k—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Discord members

Free City
6.8kDown 1.5%
The Sandbox
249.7kDown 2.2%

The Sandbox currently has about 36× as many Discord members as Free City — 249,665 vs 6,848.

YouTube subscribers

Free City
3.5kUp 0.9%
The Sandbox
154k

The Sandbox currently has about 44× as many YouTube subscribers as Free City — 154,000 vs 3,530.

Reddit members

Free City
—
The Sandbox
17.4k

The Sandbox currently has 17,421 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Free City.

Twitch viewers

Free City
—
The Sandbox
0Down 100%

The Sandbox currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Free City.

How these estimates are made

Free City

Free City is estimated to have 4 – 2k players a day. Around 3k – 280k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

The Sandbox

The Sandbox is estimated to have 79 – 37k players a day. Around 29k – 3m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

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