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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Fable Anniversary
Third-person fantasy action RPG where choices shape your hero
86% positive
16K reviews
Shadows of Doubt
First-person detective sandbox in a procedurally generated noir city
83% positive
16K reviews
Breathedge
First-person space survival adventure among a wreck’s drifting debris
82% positive
16K reviews
Youtubers Life
Time-management life sim about building a video channel
78% positive
16K reviews
Easy Red 2
Large-scale World War II FPS with squad command and vehicles
89% positive
15K reviews
Demo Hitman: Blood Money
Third-person stealth action built around open-ended assassination missions
93% positive
15K reviews
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Isometric open-world RPG with turn-based combat and branching choices
93% positive
15K reviews
Walking Zombie 2
First-person zombie shooter with quests, upgrades, and fuel-limited travel
87% positive
Free
Demo shapez
2D factory automation sandbox about cutting and combining shapes
96% positive
15K reviews
ENDLESS Legend™
Fantasy 4X strategy with asymmetric factions and dynamic winters
83% positive
15K reviews
Wobbledogs
Casual pet sandbox about breeding strange, physics-driven mutant dogs
98% positive
15K reviews
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Open-world zombie action with weapon crafting and co-op chaos
77% positive
15K reviews
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
Third-person stealth action across one open mission area
84% positive
15K reviews
Goat Simulator 3
Open-world physics sandbox about causing chaos as a customizable goat
98% positive
15K reviews
RAGE 2
Open-world first-person shooter with superpowered gunfights and vehicle combat
64% positive
15K reviews
OCTOPATH TRAVELER™
Turn-based pixel-art RPG following eight separate journeys across Orsterra
85% positive
15K reviews
Mist Survival
Single-player open-world survival crafting amid fog, infected, and bandits
75% positive
15K reviews
shapez 2 - Factory
Sandbox factory simulation about automating and transporting geometric shapes
97% positive
14K reviews
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Open-world arcade racing through city streets with crashes and stunts
87% positive
14K reviews
Demo Waterpark Simulator
First-person waterpark management with custom slides and hands-on daily chores
95% positive
14K reviews
Demo The Last Caretaker
Open-world survival crafting as a robot working to save humanity
84% positive
14K reviews
Saints Row 2
Open-world crime action with character customization and gang warfare
74% positive
14K reviews
Moonbase Alpha
Cooperative moonbase repair simulation with a ticking oxygen deadline
90% positive
Free
Farming Simulator 15
Open-world farming simulation with crop harvesting, livestock, and logging
92% positive
14K reviews