# Droneboi - Space Drone Sandbox — Build and fly space drones! > Open-world space drone building, exploration, and combat sandbox game. (iPhone/iPad app by Beau Janssen.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/droneboi-space-drone-sandbox/id6474137381 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Beau Janssen](https://appshunter.io/developer/1565410417) - Category: Games, Casual, Simulation - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 3.93/5 from 30 App Store ratings · 40 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 9+ - Requires: iOS 13.0 · 227 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2023-12-21 - Data updated: 2026-07-18 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/droneboi-space-drone-sandbox/id6474137381/reviews.md ## What is Droneboi? Welcome to Droneboi: Conquest, the ultimate open-world sandbox space drone building, exploration, and combat game for mobile! Build and customize your dream space drone using a variety of cool parts and gizmos, from powerful thrusters to devastating weapons, mining equipment, and advanced logic components. Embark on an epic journey through the vast universe, exploring space stations, asteroid belts, factions, and alliances. Engage in thrilling multiplayer battles, showcasing your combat skills with a diverse range of weapons and equipment. Mine, trade, and scavenge to upgrade your vehicle and stay ahead of your enemies. Alternatively, enjoy peaceful moments and experiment with friends. But that's not all – Droneboi: Conquest introduces a unique experience, allowing you to visit and roam around stations as your very own SPACELING. Upgrade your character with new outfits and equipment, chilling out in the station's lounge to discuss the latest faction wars with fellow spacelings. Collect rare components to construct your ultimate machine, capable of handling anything the universe throws your way. Are you ready for the best space exploration game with multiplayer sandbox action? Gear up and take control of your space drone – it's time to build, pilot, and conquer the Realm, becoming the ultimate space exploration and combat champion in this open-world multiplayer sandbox game. Start your space adventure today and become the ultimate Droneboi! ## Key features - Build and customize space drones - Explore vast open-world universe - Engage in multiplayer combat - Mine, trade, and scavenge resources - Roam space stations as a spaceling - Upgrade character and equipment ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1200 rubies | $8.99 | one-time | | 2500 rubies | $17.99 | one-time | | 80 rubies | $0.99 | one-time | | 500 rubies | $3.99 | one-time | | No Ads | $2.99 | one-time | | Dreambox | $3.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (10 of 40) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/droneboi-space-drone-sandbox/id6474137381/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-02-09, version 1.5.3* Gets stuck on signing in. Iphone 14 pro max. ### 5/5 — I love the game but I have questions *2026-01-16, version 1.5.3* First, please get more people in conquest. Next, I want medium and large drill. Also, I want colored glass to change later colour. Fifth, I want you to publish more in workshop last, I want more colors ### 2/5 — … *2026-01-10, version 1.5.3* I remember the old droneboi, not this new one, and frankly I liked the old one. It was fun, simple, and now it’s gone, deleted. I wish I could play it again, but that can never happen ### 5/5 — Pls revive this game it is so good *2025-12-12, version 1.5.3* This game is awesome ### 1/5 — No *2025-10-26, version 1.5.3* First of all, why do You have to make this perfectly fine game become a PTW PIECE OF GARBAGE. I hate this garbage. PLUS, WHEN I TRYED TO COPY A BUILD FROM MY COMPUTER TO THIS, IT DIDNT EVEN WORK PROPERLY.WHAT IS THIS!?!!!?? A SCAM FOR MONEY!?!? ### 5/5 — Good game but needs a little more improvement *2025-08-13, version 1.5.3* By the grace of heavens this game is amazing. But it needs improvement is some areas, one of which is the weapon customization. Adding large weapons or another version of the same weapon but different stats will do. ### 5/5 — Обновление *2025-08-01, version 1.5.3* Уважаемый разработчик когда будет 1.5.8 для айфона? ### 1/5 — No tutorials on how to get bigger ships weirdly *2025-07-23, version 1.5.3* Tried to get a bigger ship however there aren’t any tutorials on how to and it doesn’t rlly explain itself ### 5/5 — Please help *2025-07-17, version 1.5.3* I am stuck in a system and I can’t progress in the game anymore. I need help with that. ### 4/5 — awesome game - some questions and recommendations *2025-06-20, version 1.5.3* Don’t get me wrong - this is an AWESOME game. Coming from the first game, I really like the idea of an open world space environment where you can do anything. I really like the visuals too; memorable and charming. However, i do have a couple questions, and maybe some recommendations. Questions: what is the point of alliances and factions, besides a little tag besides your name? Also, if the factions are as full as they say, why is there no one in the servers? It’s a very rare occurrence to even see ONE other person on the server. Surely not all of them quit? What is the point of all the other items (not the blocks) in the Market besides ammo and rift crystals? I can’t seem to find a place in the game where we can do something else with them besides selling/buying them. Maybe this is intentional - why aren’t my saves on my account under this device not showing up on other devices logged in with the same account? Recommendations: Maybe bring back the weapon colors from Droneboi 1? I feel that it’s a little boring for all the weapons to be the same green color. More on the weapons; could we also get the weapon projectile glow, railgun laser stacking, and the rocket launcher (all from droneboi 1) back? Could we also get the mining laser from Droneboi 1 back? As always, these are just recommendations from what I think would make the game better, and you don’t have to follow them. Thanks! ## Frequently asked questions about Droneboi ### What is Droneboi: Conquest? Droneboi: Conquest is an open-world sandbox game for mobile where you can build, customize, and fly your own space drones. It combines elements of building, exploration, and combat in a vast universe. ### What can I do in Droneboi: Conquest? You can build intricate space drones with various parts, explore space stations and asteroid belts, engage in multiplayer battles, mine resources, trade, and even explore space stations as a character called a 'Spaceling' and upgrade them. ### Is Droneboi: Conquest free to play? The game is free to download and play, but it does offer in-app purchases. These purchases can be used to acquire components or upgrades for your drones and spaceling. ### What kind of combat is available? The game features thrilling multiplayer battles where you can showcase your combat skills using a diverse range of weapons and equipment that you can equip on your custom-built drones. ### Can I play with friends? Yes, the game offers multiplayer capabilities, allowing you to engage in battles with other players. You can also enjoy peaceful moments and experiment with friends in the sandbox environment. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.5.3 — 2025-03-27 - Reworked resegmentation in multiplayer, which should result in more consistent vehicle segments, especially for players with poor internet connections and high ping. This change has also made it so (accidental) segmentation-based lag machines will no longer work as they will only affect the player who spawned them - Multiplayer vehicle position sync is now overall more responsive - Beam and pulse laser range has been increased from 30 to 40m, but both lasers will now gradually start ‘falling off’ and decrease in damage as the beam gets longer - GPS Sensors set to ‘pointer position’ will now use the minimap’s position (where the pointer would be in the game world on the minimap) when you hover over the minimap (from Discord suggestion) - When joining a session, vehicles being spawned in that were already spawned by other players before you joined, will now be smoother and more consistent - In a collision between 2 vehicles, the ‘rammer’ will now receive significantly more damage than 'the rammed’ (from Discord suggestion) - Fuel and items can now be transfered through hinges and pistons (from Discord suggestion) - Various performance improvements related to the vehicle segmentation algorithm - Blocks from other player vehicles that were destroyed before you joined the session will no longer play a destruction animation and play sound effects upon you joining - Kinetic weapon (cannon and rotary cannon) ammo eject animation - If you’re banned it will now also show you the duration next to the end time (from Discord suggestion) - Rotary cannon barrel rotate animation now plays on every (dry) shot, instead of at a fixed interval while holding the fire button - Vehicles will no longer take collision damage (for half a second) when first spawning - Station layouts on the minimap are slightly transparent - Fixed beam and pulse laser range not decreasing after reflecting glass ### 1.3.4 — 2024-12-22 - Fixed the station launchpad size requirements for ‘what can and cannot launch here’ being inverted ### 1.2 — 2024-06-23 - Rooms: Host or join custom private sessions with friends and faction members - A bunch of new garderobe items - Various UI changes - Improved matchmaking server state consistency between restarts - Added AtatataPR’s logic tutorial videos to the YouTube playlist - Slab Wedge block - Fixed small ships often unable to launch due to them being falsely detected as medium ### 1.1.1 — 2024-06-07 - Fixed missing icon for the Medium Ion Thruster in the editor hotbar - Fixed small vehicles with thrusters or drills near the edges unable to launch in Conquest ### 1.0.1 — 2024-04-01 - This is the dedicated client update for the recent complete networking and server architecture overhaul targeting better overall performance and less disconnects - ‘Reset station’ setting for if you got stuck somewhere that doesn’t sell RC or you can’t afford them to get back - Massively reduced bandwith and client-side networking load of multiplayer - Better synchronization/timings of packets between client and server - Fixed being unable to paint Small Rift Drive - Fixed sometimes being able to Rift as a Spaceling - Fixed a possible softlock caused by a non-responsive server ## Apps similar to Droneboi | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [WorldBox - God Sandbox](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/worldbox-god-sandbox/id1450941371) | 4.7 (75,654) | Free | Games | | [My Pocket Galaxy - 3D Sandbox](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/my-pocket-galaxy-3d-sandbox/id1214937203) | 4.8 (9,914) | $3.99 | Games | | [Pocket Galaxy: Gravity Sandbox](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-galaxy-gravity-sandbox/id1248321746) | 4.6 (25,321) | Free | Games | | [Melon: Sandbox](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/melon-sandbox/id1610874732) | 4.5 (131,035) | Free | Games | | [X Survive: Open World Sandbox](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/x-survive-open-world-sandbox/id1431748285) | 4.4 (821) | Free | Games | | [Sandbox 3D](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sandbox-3d/id1446635457) | 4.0 (831) | Free | Games | ## More apps by Beau Janssen - [Droneboi - Space Sandbox](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/droneboi-space-sandbox/id1565410295) - [Droneboi 2](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/droneboi-2/id1639186958) All apps by Beau Janssen: https://appshunter.io/developer/1565410417 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-18.*