Those were just 3 of the more mainstream games with semi-limited graphics I could think of, but you're right they do share a sandbox style. Overwatch would be another example of a game where they put "good enough" graphics combined with much more refined mechanics (depending on who you ask, this last patch...eh) to achieve success

Anyway, the point I was going for the last thing we need is having them spend even more effort trying to make pretty looking but mediocre playing games.