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
3,303 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Beltmatic
Factory automation game where conveyor belts move numbers through calculations
95% positive
2,281 reviews
Flyout
Physics-based aircraft-building sandbox with freeform modeling and test flights
82% positive
2,280 reviews
No Time
First-person time travel sandbox where you can encounter past selves
96% positive
2,280 reviews
Slipways
Turn-based space strategy puzzle about linking planets for trade
93% positive
2,280 reviews
Salt 2: Shores of Gold
Open-world pirate survival with a ship as your base
84% positive
2,278 reviews
The Howler
A hot air balloon puzzler about navigating wind currents
77% positive
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Demo Space Pirates and Zombies
Top-down space shooter with fleet tactics and ship upgrades
91% positive
2,276 reviews
Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator
First-person cleaning game about restoring nature and helping animals
86% positive
2,260 reviews
Demo Ship Graveyard Simulator
Ship salvage simulation about dismantling beached wrecks for scrap
64% positive
2,253 reviews
Demo Salt
Open-world sailing adventure about exploring islands and finding loot
77% positive
2,251 reviews
Dude Simulator 2
Open-world life simulator where you can explore or cause trouble
56% positive
2,251 reviews
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure
Puzzle adventure where you summon DC heroes to solve missions
80% positive
2,248 reviews
Block Story™
Block-building sandbox RPG with quests and rideable dragons
84% positive
2,237 reviews
Demo Solar 2
Top-down space sandbox where celestial bodies grow through collisions
91% positive
2,235 reviews
Shoppe Keep 2
Fantasy shop management with thieves and open-world supply runs
56% positive
2,235 reviews
EMERGENCY 20
Real-time rescue strategy with limited crews and remade classic missions
84% positive
2,233 reviews
Basement
Crime management strategy about funding game development through drug dealing
70% positive
2,231 reviews
Among Trees
Forest survival crafting with a cabin you expand room by room
70% positive
2,219 reviews
Poly Bridge 3
Physics puzzle game about building bridges for tricky vehicle routes
96% positive
2,214 reviews
Drill Core
Side-scrolling roguelite strategy with daytime mining and nighttime defenses
82% positive
2,211 reviews
Summer in Mara
Farming adventure across tropical islands, with sailing and crafting
75% positive
2,203 reviews
Dread Dawn
Open-world zombie survival sandbox with school camp defense
70% positive
2,193 reviews
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Colony survival sim with tactical battles against invading demons
79% positive
2,190 reviews
Demo Reus 2
Turn-based god game built around ecosystem optimization puzzles
94% positive
2,187 reviews