In this game, you get to see how different elements such as fire, water, plants, sand, and oil interact with each other and with people while building a series of tunnels and lines.
How Much Time Can You Waste?
There isn’t an ending, so you can play for as short or as long of a time as you want. It’s pretty addicting, so we’re going to estimate that you’ll waste 30 minutes to 2 hours playing.
How to the Play the Falling Sand Game
This is simply a click-and-drag game.
The Falling Sand Game Tips
You can use the bar below the elements menu to increase the brush size. This is really helpful because the default size is very small, and some elements need to cover a wide area more quickly than what a smaller brush size can do. Elements really do interact. For example, if you lay down some plants, they’ll grow when water is put over them. Fire can slice through elements you’ve already applied to the game, but will immediately break down plants, just like in real life. Feel free to make the environment you want and then walk away. Come back a few minutes, or even hours later, to see what sort of creation you’ve set in motion. You might find vegetation that’s grown over the whole screen or sand towers that have slowly been erected. To restart from scratch, just refresh the page. But, remember that there is an eraser button that can make targeted edits if that’s all you really need to do.
What We Think About It
We have to admit that about an hour was wasted the first time it was played. We like to start by building lots of walls and then gradually adding in the other elements. It really is a fascinating game to play, and you won’t ever play it the same way twice.
Other Games Like Falling Sand
If you like this game, you might enjoy Filler, Flame Painter, and BallDroppings. Mobile users might like Powder Game for iOS and Powder Game for Android.
