Best Sandbox games on PC
Sandbox games use open-ended worlds and systems that let players choose how to pursue objectives. Activities may include exploration, building, crafting, survival, combat, or multiplayer play.
- Open-ended world exploration
- Freedom to choose activities
- Interacting gameplay systems
Related: Open World, Survival, Crafting, Multiplayer
3,300 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
Open-world crime action with three protagonists and online heists
87% positive
2.0M reviews
Terraria
2D sandbox adventure built around digging, crafting, and boss fights
97% positive
1.4M reviews
Rust
Open-world multiplayer survival built around crafting, bases, and raids
87% positive
1.3M reviews
Garry's Mod
Physics sandbox for building contraptions and playing community-made modes
97% positive
1.2M reviews
Stardew Valley
Open-ended farming RPG about rebuilding a farm and community
98% positive
956K reviews
Red Dead Redemption 2
Open-world Western action adventure about an outlaw gang on the run
91% positive
913K reviews
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
Third-person open-world RPG about monster hunting and consequential choices
95% positive
907K reviews
The Forest
First-person survival horror with base building and mutant cannibals
95% positive
634K reviews
Unturned
Free-to-play open-world zombie survival with crafting, bases, and PvP
91% positive
Free
ARK: Survival Evolved
Open-world survival crafting with dinosaur taming and base building
84% positive
625K reviews
Valheim
Norse open-world survival crafting with co-op building and bosses
93% positive
501K reviews
Palworld
Open-world survival RPG combining creature collecting, crafting, and base automation
94% positive
432K reviews
BeamNG.drive
Open-world driving sandbox built around soft-body vehicle physics
97% positive
421K reviews
DayZ
Hardcore online survival sandbox where every stranger poses a risk
77% positive
416K reviews
Don't Starve Together
Difficult open-world survival crafting built for cooperative play
95% positive
411K reviews
Project Zomboid
Open-world zombie survival sandbox where every mistake can end a life
93% positive
396K reviews
Bloons TD 6
Cartoon tower defense with upgradeable monkeys and four-player co-op
97% positive
381K reviews
Subnautica
First-person underwater survival crafting on a dangerous alien ocean
97% positive
364K reviews
Hearts of Iron IV
World War II grand strategy with detailed national war planning
79% positive
355K reviews
Raft
First-person ocean survival crafting on an expandable floating home
92% positive
350K reviews
People Playground
2D physics sandbox for building contraptions and destroying ragdolls
98% positive
339K reviews
No Man's Sky
Open-world space sandbox across a procedurally generated galaxy
80% positive
335K reviews
VRChat
Free social VR platform for exploring user-created worlds and avatars
74% positive
Free
Battlefield™ 6
Modern military FPS with squad combat, vehicles, and destructible battlefields
64% positive
312K reviews