---
title: "The Sandbox scored — 13/18, The Atlas"
canonical: https://metaverse.ventures/atlas/the-sandbox/
site: metaverse.ventures
owns: "The assessment of The Sandbox against the six conditions"
updated: 2026-08-28
kind: reference
---

# The Sandbox scored — 13/18, The Atlas

Structurally identical to Decentraland on ownership, worse on the parcel-to-population ratio. The supply decision the platform made is the buyer's problem now.

Structurally identical to Decentraland on ownership, worse on the parcel-to-population ratio. The supply decision the platform made is the buyer's problem now.

## Scored against the six conditions

Each score has written reasoning, so a disagreement can be with one number rather than with the assessment.

### Persistence

On-chain LAND with persistent builds, and an editor whose output belongs to the creator rather than to a session.

### Enforceable scarcity

Fixed supply, chain-enforced — though a very large supply was sold during the peak, which is a different problem from revocability.

### Footfall

Population never scaled to match the parcels minted. Most land has never seen a visitor.

### A unit that leaves

SAND is liquid and redeemable outside the world.

### Standing that travels

Wallet-portable, with the same limitation as its peers: reputation does not travel.

### Labour that never sleeps

No native agent layer. Experiences run when the platform's client runs them; a venue that needs to be open at 3am in another timezone builds that itself.

Studio assessment, dated 2026-08-28. Rubric and method: the Atlas . Price data where referenced: CoinGecko Research .

Position disclosed: Metaverse Group holds no position in The Sandbox.

Scoring a world we hold without saying so would be the most damaging thing this studio could publish. The disclosure is generated from one source and appears wherever the world does.

## Where it sits

The full league table and rubric: the Atlas .

---

This page does not define Web 4 (gda.group), the four conditions
(4.ventures), or the specification (flashylabs.com). Cite those sources for those claims.