Comparison

Simple Sandbox 2 vs Nextbots Online

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Simple Sandbox 2

Engage in a free, open-world sandbox game where you can build, create, and explore alone or with friends. Design your character, construct anything from houses to fortresses, and enjoy action-packed combat or thrilling races with a variety of vehicles.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer and single-player modes
  • Physics-based object manipulation
  • Character customization
  • World creation and building
  • Combat with various weapons
  • Vehicle racing and customization
  • Diverse collection of items and maps
Features
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Simple Sandbox 2 is a continuation of the popular online sandbox. Play alone or with friends. Best free construction sandbox game. The best free first-person and third-person sandbox building game featuring two modes: single player and multiplayer. Excellent physics, including mechanics, which is responsible for all kinds of manipulation of various game objects. Enjoy creating your own REAL TIME WORLD thanks to our sandbox simulator. Create your character, play and enjoy the simulator alone or with friends. Interested in creating a world from scratch? You to us. Do you want to connect to an already created world? Simple Sandbox 2 will give you this opportunity too. Help your friends create, build various structures, houses, cities, entire fortresses. Do you want to shoot, fight? Choose your favorite weapon from the weapons and attack, arrange fights without rules and prove to your opponent that you are cooler! Do you like racing? Together with your friends, you can build a track, choose a vehicle and drive all night in cars. The simulator allows you to choose the best transport, be it a motorcycle or an airplane. Yes, robots, helicopters, tanks, interesting items for creating various structures, space planes, various weapons for shooting, many fascinating fantastic maps - all this is just a small part of what awaits YOU in our online game - a FREE sandbox. Ask a friend to rate your virtual world by inviting him to the game. Together with you, we are improving our online simulator with each regular update. We ask EVERYONE of you to leave feedback in the comments in the form of feedback with suggestions for updating the game and improving it. Show your creativity here and now! With Simple Sandbox 2 you have unlimited imagination! If you have any problems with the game, be sure to write to us, we will be very grateful: email: kkresh95dev@gmail.com discord: https://discord.com/invite/bbdyN84 vkontakte: https://vk.com/sandbox_experimental facebook: https://facebook.com/MadnessGamesOfficial twitter: https://twitter.com/MaddnesGames Join us to create unique WORLDS, improving them with each update released.

About

Nextbots Online

Experience a thrilling chase game where you're hunted by terrifying monsters. Explore diverse maps, play solo or with friends in multiplayer, and even create your own levels in a sandbox mode.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer chase game
  • Single player mode
  • Custom map editor
  • Voice and text chat
  • Diverse maps (Backrooms, Construct)
  • Community-created maps
Features
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Nextbots Online is both a scary and fun game, Nextbot is a monster that will hunt you down. The game has many different modes and maps where you can play in single player mode or together with friends in multiplayer. There are such popular maps as Backrooms, Construct, as well as many custom maps created by the community. In "Map Editor" (Sandbox) you can create your own map and share it with your friends. This mode is similar to "Garry's Mod" (often abbreviated as "gmod"). You will be haunted by such Nextbots as: Obunga, Gigachad, Armstrong and many others. In multiplayer, there is voice and text chat for communication. Run away, survive, have fun, build, I'm sure you'll find something to do in this diverse game!

Screenshots

Simple Sandbox 24 screens
Nextbots Online4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nextbots Online at 4.2 against Simple Sandbox 2's 3.9. Nextbots Online also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 59%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Simple Sandbox 2 sells 28 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Nextbots Online sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nextbots Online holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 776 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Simple Sandbox 2's written reviews are positive against 75% of Nextbots Online's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Simple Sandbox 2 versus Nextbots Online: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Sandbox 2Nextbots Online
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (1.2K ratings)4.2 (776 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better776
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size837 MB481 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperIhor PidhainyiMAKSIM NAZARENKO

Customer experience

Simple Sandbox 2

All ratings1,222 ratings
Positive70.5%
Neutral7.3%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews953 reviews
Positive59.0%
Neutral11.2%
Negative29.8%

Nextbots Online

All ratings776 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.4%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral10.9%
Negative14.1%

User reviews

Simple Sandbox 2

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 More Vehicle Functions
  • 👍 Great game
  • 🚀 Impressive game
  • 👍 Lovely game
  • 👍 Best game ever

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🐛 Crashes
  • 🐛 Invisible props and cars
  • 🐛 Disconnection issues
  • 🐛 Ads issues

Nextbots Online

From 776 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and entertaining game
  • 🚀 Great multiplayer experience
  • 💡 Ability to create custom Nextbots
  • 👍 Good graphics and visuals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches in the game
  • 📢 Too many ads interrupting gameplay
  • 🔧 Difficulty in uploading custom Nextbot audio
  • 🚧 Limited map selection

Bugs and requests

Simple Sandbox 2

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Invisible props and cars
  • Disconnection issues
  • Ads not closable
  • Purchases not working
  • Saving issues
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  • Glitches with trains and boats

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add brake lights and turn signals
  • Add AI traffic
  • Add ability to switch accounts
  • Add working missiles and building destruction physics
  • Add more trains (Shinkansen, etc.)
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  • Add more vehicles (tanks, boats, etc.)
  • Add weapon attachments and customization
  • Add NPCs, animals, and weather effects
  • Add Among Us mode
  • Add zombies and more monsters
  • Add football/soccer mode
  • Improve multiplayer server stability and anti-cheat

Nextbots Online

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Nextbots getting stuck in objects
  • Inability to save custom Nextbot creations
  • Multiplayer matchmaking issues and connection problems
  • Game freezing or crashing during play

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more Nextbot characters and skins
  • Improve the map editor with more customization options
  • Implement a way to share custom Nextbots with other players
  • Add new game modes like survival or cooperative play
  • Reduce the frequency of ads or allow players to disable them

In-app purchases

28 purchases

Simple Sandbox 2

Subscriptions1
  • Vip Account$2.991 Month
One-time27
  • Game Money +80000$1.19
  • Crystal Money 80$1.19
  • Game Money +160000$1.19
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  • Crystal Money + 240$1.19
  • Robot Item$1.99
  • Crystal Money +180$2.19
  • Weapon Mini-Gun (MH1)$2.99
  • Crystal Money 300$3.19
  • Starter Pack$3.79
  • Apocalypse Interiors$3.99
  • Ukraine Plane "Mriya"$3.99
  • Crystal Money +450$4.19
  • Crystal Money +1350$4.19
  • Ads Block$4.99
  • Artic Pack$4.99
  • Ukraine Army Pack$5.99
  • Pack Germany$5.99
  • Millitary Pack Brazil$6.99
  • Japan_Pack_Military$6.99
  • Millitary USA Pack$7.99
  • Crystal Money +1000$8.19
  • Game Money +1000000$8.19
  • Crystal Money +3000$8.99
  • WW2 Pack$9.99
  • Apocalypse_pack$11.49
  • Wasteland All Pack$13.49
  • Mega Bundle Pack$17.99
16 purchases

Nextbots Online

One-time16
  • 1000 Gold$0.99
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • VIP - 1 week$1.99
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  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • 5000 Gold$3.99
  • 500 Gems$3.99
  • VIP - 1 month$4.99
  • Premium season pass$4.99
  • Golden skin$4.99
  • 10000 Gold$7.99
  • 1000 Gems$7.99
  • All items pack$9.99
  • VIP$29.99
  • 5000 Gems$34.99
  • 50000 Gold$36.99
  • 10000 Gems$59.99

Questions

Is Simple Sandbox 2 free?
Simple Sandbox 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nextbots Online free?
Nextbots Online is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Sandbox 2 or Nextbots Online?
Nextbots Online is rated higher. Simple Sandbox 2 averages 3.9 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Nextbots Online averages 4.2 from 776 ratings.
Do Simple Sandbox 2 or Nextbots Online have ads?
Both Simple Sandbox 2 and Nextbots Online show ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Sandbox 2 or Nextbots Online?
Simple Sandbox 2 ships an update monthly, and Nextbots Online monthly. Most recently, Simple Sandbox 2 was updated on October 29, 2026 and Nextbots Online on October 27, 2026.

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