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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X3: Terran Conflict
Sandbox space simulation with trading, combat, and fleet management
84% positive
2,185 reviews
Demo Dead State: Reanimated
Turn-based zombie survival RPG with scavenging and shelter management
73% positive
2,184 reviews
Beer Factory - Prologue
First-person brewery management with hands-on logistics and factory expansion
85% positive
Free
HARVESTELLA
Farming action RPG with seasonal disasters and job-switching dungeon combat
76% positive
2,177 reviews
Cortex Command
Side-scrolling sci-fi action and strategy across destructible battlefields
83% positive
2,174 reviews
Airborne Kingdom
City builder about balancing a flying town while exploring
86% positive
2,171 reviews
Sapiens
Prehistoric colony sim built around tribal management and discovery
81% positive
2,166 reviews
Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue
First-person hacking simulation with streamlined tools based on real commands
90% positive
Free
Kill It With Fire: HEATWAVE
First-person action game about hunting spiders and wrecking rooms
92% positive
Free
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
Open-world survival crafting with animal taming and magic
79% positive
2,153 reviews
Cities XXL
City-building simulation with traffic planning and intercity resource trading
39% positive
2,149 reviews
Sort Them Ducks
First-person organizing simulator about sorting rubber ducks onto themed shelves
92% positive
2,144 reviews
Demo Heart of the Machine
Cyberpunk strategy RPG about growing an AI network across a city
90% positive
2,132 reviews
Youtubers Life 2
Life sim about making videos and following city trends
73% positive
2,129 reviews
Edge of Space
A sci-fi survival sandbox with laser sharks and jetpack penguins
33% positive
2,127 reviews
As Far As The Eye
Turn-based nomadic city builder racing a rising flood
72% positive
2,127 reviews
Guts and Glory
Physics-based obstacle racing through a deadly, gore-filled game show
82% positive
2,124 reviews
Demo TerraTech Worlds
Open-world survival crafting with custom vehicles and automated bases
60% positive
2,120 reviews
Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
Text-based fantasy kingdom sim about ruling through war, trade, and court
95% positive
2,112 reviews
Demo AETHUS
A survival crafting adventure built around a corporate mystery
94% positive
2,112 reviews
Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
World War I real-time strategy with tactical squad combat
69% positive
2,103 reviews
Arid
First-person desert survival with scarce water and dangerous heat
86% positive
Free
Mosa Lina
2D puzzle platformer with random tools and physics-based solutions
95% positive
2,101 reviews
Voyagers of Nera
Ocean survival crafting with customizable boats and spirit-powered island bases
82% positive
2,100 reviews