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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ASKA
Viking survival colony sim built around managing working villagers
78% positive
11K reviews
Space Haven
Spaceship colony sim with tile-by-tile building and crew survival
84% positive
11K reviews
Cube World
Open-world voxel action RPG with procedurally generated fantasy lands
45% positive
11K reviews
SimplePlanes
Aircraft-building sandbox with physics-based flight and piloting challenges
93% positive
11K reviews
Naval Action
Open-world naval MMO with wind-driven Age of Sail combat
56% positive
11K reviews
Demo Sleeping Dogs
Open-world Hong Kong crime action with an undercover cop
93% positive
11K reviews
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Co-op survival crafting beneath Moria with dwarven base building
80% positive
11K reviews
下一站江湖Ⅱ
Open-world martial arts RPG with branching stories and faction wars
73% positive
11K reviews
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Real-time space strategy blending empire management with large fleet battles
93% positive
11K reviews
Graveyard Keeper 2
Medieval graveyard management sim with crafting and zombie-powered production
75% positive
11K reviews
Stronghold Kingdoms
Medieval MMO strategy about building castles and ruling through factions
63% positive
Free
Viridi
Free-to-play casual simulation about tending succulents that grow in real time
92% positive
Free
Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Medieval castle-building RTS balancing settlement economics and siege warfare
86% positive
10K reviews
The Front
Open-world survival crafting with custom vehicles and trap-filled bases
67% positive
10K reviews
Next Day: Survival
Open-world survival RPG with toxic fog and survivor factions
62% positive
10K reviews
Tropico 5
Island city builder where your ruling dynasty spans centuries
79% positive
10K reviews
Spaceflight Simulator
2D space sandbox for building rockets and mastering orbital flight
96% positive
10K reviews
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
Open-world crime action in a neon-lit 1980s tropical city
82% positive
10K reviews
Two Point Museum
Cartoon-style museum management sim with expeditions and exhibit design
95% positive
10K reviews
Castle Story
Castle-building strategy game with crumbling structures on floating islands
68% positive
10K reviews
Demo Creature Kitchen
First-person cooking simulator where woodland creatures have particular tastes
100% positive
9,969 reviews
Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
Sandbox world simulator where AI nations wage unpredictable wars
96% positive
9,955 reviews
The Farmer Was Replaced
Farming automation game where Python-like code runs a drone
95% positive
9,946 reviews
Derail Valley
Open-world train simulator with hands-on freight hauling and physics
95% positive
9,929 reviews