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UPDATE (March 2020):<\/strong> We completely removed the 2 from our application name as of Update 25. This required data folders to be renamed from \u201cUniverse Sandbox \u00b2\u201d to \u201cUniverse Sandbox\u201d. If you need help with this change, please see our support page on this topic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Update 22.1, released in December 2018, we included a new logo (above) in the main menu of Universe Sandbox. The design is a small evolution\u00a0of our last logo, but most importantly, we removed the 2 exponent. We’re no longer calling it Universe Sandbox \u00b2<\/strong>. Now it’s just Universe Sandbox<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We’re continuing to make this name and logo change everywhere we appear across the web. It’s a small distinction, but our reasons for changing it are significant:<\/p>\n

1. It was confusing to say<\/strong>
\nWas it “Universe Sandbox Squared”? Or was it “Universe Sandbox Two”? Up to you!<\/p>\n

2. It was\u00a0hard to\u00a0type<\/strong>
\nDo you know how to type a \u00b2 on your keyboard? No? Most of us didn’t either. And it was rare that YouTubers, journalists, or anyone else talking about Universe Sandbox would bother to find out how instead of just typing a normal “2.” We don’t blame them.<\/p>\n

3. And most importantly, Universe Sandbox is here to stay<\/strong>
\nSometimes people ask us when Universe Sandbox 3 is coming. Naming confusion aside,\u00a0this is their question: when is a new version of Universe Sandbox going to be made? Our answer is that we have no plans for an entirely new version. There will be many more updates with new features, content, improvements, and bug fixes, but these\u00a0are all planned for the current version of Universe Sandbox. Our roadmap stretches\u00a0far into the future;\u00a0we hope to continue to build, maintain, and research new technologies for Universe Sandbox so we can\u00a0keep development\u00a0going for a long time to come.<\/p>\n

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Universe Sandbox & Universe Sandbox Legacy<\/h2>\n

If you want to make your head spin, you can trace the history of the slight name changes that have been going on since the very first version of Universe Sandbox over a decade ago. (Here’s a sample: What we’re now calling Universe Sandbox was Universe Sandbox \u00b2, but when Universe Sandbox Legacy was called Universe Sandbox v2, before it was just Universe Sandbox, the\u00a0now-called Universe Sandbox was actually referred to as Universe Sandbox 3, before being\u00a0changed to Universe Sandbox \u00b2. Yep.)<\/p>\n

But there are really only two things you need to know:\u00a0There’s Universe Sandbox Legacy, which\u00a0is the original Steam version released in 2011. And then there’s Universe Sandbox, which is\u00a0the latest version now available on\u00a0Steam Early Access, aka the version we hope you’ll be playing for years to come.<\/p>\n

Universe Sandbox \u00b2 is dead. Long live Universe Sandbox!<\/p>\n

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