Games vs. Sandboxie Plus #4172

Mitch037 · 2024-08-26T05:57:26Z

Mitch037
Aug 26, 2024

Compatibility with games and applications

The list features games and applications which have been tested with Sandboxie Plus. The table provides detailed info about each application, environment it was tested in and reported issues. In order to find out any discrepancies, listed applications have been tested in Standard ( SbieCtrl_TRAYICON_EMPTY yellow) box and in Application Compartment ( sandbox-g-empty green) box. Lastly, some applications have been tested in order to find out performance difference between the aforementioned box types.

📌 Table legend:
🔁 - repetition, the same issue as in the previous box

⏬APPS

Title	Standard	Application Compartment	Version	💻 OS
EA App	❌ #3260	❌ 🔁	1.11.0	Win7x64
Epic Games Launcher	✅ #3261	✅ 🔁	1.15.4	Win7x64
GOG Galaxy	❌ #3297 #1246	✅	1.15.4	Win7x64
Origin	✅	✅	1.15.4	Win7x64
Steam	✅ #3484	✅	1.15.4	Win7x64
Ubisoft Connect	✅	✅	1.15.6	Win7x64

⏬GAMES

Title	Standard	Application Compartment	Version	💻 OS
Alice: Madness Returns • Steam	✅	✅	1.15.4	Win7x64
America's Army: Operations • AAO25	✅	✅	1.15.6	Win7x64
American McGee's Alice • Remastered	✅	✅	1.15.4	Win7x64
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy • Retail	✅	✅	1.10.1	Win7x64
Arma: Cold War Assault • GOG	✅	✅	1.10.2	Win7x64
Battlefield 2 • Retail • BF2Hub	✅ #3136 ⚠️ Block Internet Access preset causes the game to crash	✅ 🔁 🔁	1.15.8	Win7x64
Battlefield 3 • Origin	✅ #3136	✅ 🔁	1.14.9	Win7x64
Catan: Die Erste Insel • Retail	✅	✅	1.10.1	Win7x64
Cue Club 2 • Steam	✅	✅	1.15.8	Win7x64
Devastation • Retail	✅	✅	1.9.7	Win7x64
Fast Food Tycoon • Retail	✅	✅	1.10.1	Win7x64
GRID 2 • Steam	❌ #3218	❌ 🔁	1.11.0	Win7x64
GRID: Autosport • Steam	✅	✅	1.15.8	Win7x64
Half-Life • Steam	✅	✅	1.15.6	Win7x64
Kingpin: Life of Crime • Retail	✅	✅	1.15.6	Win7x64
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi • Retail • GOG	✅	✅	1.10.1	Win7x64
Oni • Anniversary Edition	✅	✅	1.14.6	Win7x64
Operation Flashpoint GOTY • GOG	✅	✅	1.10.1	Win7x64
Quake III: Gold • GOG • ioquake3 • True Combat	✅	✅	1.15.8	Win7x64
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear • Black Ops 2.0	✅	✅	1.15.8	Win7x64
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear - Black Thorn • Retail	✅	✅	1.15.8	Win7x64
RC Cars • GOG	✅	✅	1.10.1	Win7x64
Restricted Area • Retail	✅	✅	1.14.9	Win7x64
Söldner: Secret Wars • Community Edition	✅	✅	1.10.1	Win7x64
Teenagent • GOG	✅	✅	1.14.10	Win7x64
Test Drive Unlimited • Retail	✅	✅	1.15.11	Win7x64
Test Drive Unlimited 2 • Retail • Steam	✅	✅	1.15.12	Win7x64
The Sacred Amulet • Retail	✅	✅	1.11.2	Win7x64
The Sting! • Retail	✅	✅	1.10.1	Win7x64
TimeScape: Journey to Pompeii • Retail	✅	✅	1.10.1	Win7x64
Traitors Gate • Retail	❌ ⚠️ QuickTime (version 2, 3 and 4) doesn't work. It is required to install QuickTime 7.7.9 or QuickTime Alternative 3.2.2 ⚠️ QuickTime videos are laggy • Launches instantly	✅ • QuickTime (version 2, 3 and 4) works fine but it is recommended to install QuickTime 7.7.9 or QuickTime Alternative 3.2.2 • QuickTime videos work fine ⚠️ Takes 60s to launch	1.12.7	Win7x64
Traitors Gate 2 • Retail	✅	✅	1.14.6	Win7x64
Unreal Gold • Retail • GOG • OldUnreal227j	✅	✅	1.9.3	Win7x64
Unreal Tournament GOTY • Retail • OldUnreal-UTPatch469e	✅	✅	1.15.8	Win7x64
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory • ET: Legacy	✅	✅	1.15.8	Win7x64
World Racing 2 • Steam	✅	✅	1.10.2	Win7x64
WWII Tank Commander • Retail	✅	✅	1.10.3	Win7x64

⏬BENCHMARK

Title	Standard	Application Compartment	📂 Unsandboxed	Version	💻 OS
GRID 2 • Steam	min_fps="105.671944" max_fps="159.882614" av_fps="129.760391"	min_fps="137.505951" max_fps="237.419540" av_fps="173.295853	N/A	1.12.6	Win7x64
GRID: Autosport • Steam	min_fps="83.408981" max_fps="113.926949" av_fps="101.507591"	min_fps="115.546089" max_fps="203.296005" av_fps="150.188889"	N/A	1.12.6	Win7x64
Operation Flashpoint GOTY • GOG	2449 points	2548 points	5034 points	1.12.7	Win7x64

minhbac260 · 2024-10-16T02:37:08Z

minhbac260
Oct 16, 2024

can you try some Riot game ?

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e-t-l · 2024-12-05T03:57:57Z

e-t-l
Dec 5, 2024

Has anyone else had issues running games in Steam? I can make Steam itself run fine in a Standard yellow sandbox on Windows 11, but when I try to actually launch a game, SBIE throws a bunch of errors:

DXSETUP.exe: SBIE2303 Could not hook CoCreateInstance (4)
DXSETUP.exe: SBIE2318 DLL initialization failed for 'combase.dll'
DXSETUP.exe: SBIE2224 Sandboxed program has crashed: DXSETUP.exe
bms.exe: SBIE2224 Sandboxed program has crashed: bms.exe

If this is abnormal I can create a new issue for it, but I was under the belief that Steam should work relatively well with Sandboxie defaults...
(the game, if you want to know, is Black Mesa)

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e-t-l Dec 5, 2024

Ah nevermind, I discovered "bms.exe" was the Black Mesa game executable itself, and "DXSETUP.exe" was a DirectX component installer. I ran it separately and it installed fine, then afterwards I was able to run bms.exe directly and launch the game successfully. No idea what "CoCreateInstance" or "combase.dll" are, but my immediate problem is fixed at least

shearercole · 2025-01-30T18:29:14Z

shearercole
Jan 30, 2025

Latest Steam and Ubisoft Connect client works on standard sandbox - SBIE Plus v1.15.5 - Win 10 Pro 22H2 64-bit

But if Ubisoft Connect ever tries to update itself, it will fail and mess up your install https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues/4490 . Workaround available in issue's comments.

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shearercole · 2025-06-10T12:38:41Z

shearercole
Jun 10, 2025

SBIE Plus v1.15.12 - Win 10 Pro 22H2 64-bit 10.0.19045.5737

Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (Steam) , It is the latest Yakuza game with Denuvo DRM. Failed to launch in sandbox, black screen at startup for a few secs, then CTD. No luck with Standard Sandbox & Application Compartment. Unsandboxed works of course.

..... while 2024(and older) Denuvo games from the Yakuza series like Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth(2024) works fine.

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Mitch037 Aug 26, 2024

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