I'm surprised it hasn't spawned "sandbox games" as a completely separate and significant genre Maybe you haven't noticed, but "minecraft-like" is a a burg

I'm surprised it hasn't spawned "sandbox games" as a completely separate and significant genre Maybe you haven't noticed, but "minecraft-like" is a a burgeoning young genre - every week I see a new one on the /r/gamedev subreddit or tigsource forums. And there are already a dozen or so commercially successful ones on steam and XBLIG.