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The sanbox and survival games before minecraft (lemmings.world)
submitted 1 year ago by WonderingThinker@lemmings.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Why were there so few and what were they anyway?

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[–] ramblingsteve@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hunter was an early sandbox game on the Amiga and was quite good back in the day. Mercenary series too. Daggerfall was/is a huge sandbox rpg. Minecraft was the first to capture the lego style creativity though. Dwarf fortress is probably the closest to Minecraft.