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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Wild Terra Online
Open-world medieval sandbox RPG with player-built settlements and survival
60% positive
Free
Rustler (Grand Theft Horse)
Open-world medieval action with top-down crime and horse theft
75% positive
2,011 reviews
Grey Hack
Sandbox hacking simulator with scriptable tools and persistent multiplayer networks
89% positive
2,009 reviews
Idle Wizard
Idle RPG with many wizard classes, pets, and spells
86% positive
Free
Wrench
Motorsport mechanic simulator for hands-on car repair and assembly
84% positive
2,007 reviews
Demo Fell & Sell
First-person dungeon crawling where your loot stocks your own shop
82% positive
1,999 reviews
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
Historical grand strategy spanning World War I to the Cold War
87% positive
1,993 reviews
Demo BRUTALISTICK VR
Physics-based VR combat sandbox with guns, blades, and persistent gore
94% positive
1,989 reviews
Above Snakes: Prologue
Survival crafting in a world you assemble from landscape tiles
90% positive
Free
Arma 2
Open-world military simulation with bullet penetration and changing weather
83% positive
1,979 reviews
Garden Paws
Farming sandbox with shopkeeping, exploration, and town building
90% positive
1,974 reviews
Zelter
Single-player zombie survival with shelter building and survivor rescues
47% positive
1,974 reviews
Demo Desynced
Sci-fi automation strategy built around programmable drones instead of belts
78% positive
1,970 reviews
Destiny of Immortal
Turn-based fantasy RPG with branching paths toward immortality
80% positive
1,958 reviews
Demo LEGO® Bricktales
Isometric puzzle adventure solving problems with brick-by-brick LEGO builds
83% positive
1,957 reviews
Ghost Master®
Strategy puzzle game where you command ghosts to scare townspeople
90% positive
1,955 reviews
Demo Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
First-person train simulation with survival and Soviet mafia jobs
91% positive
1,954 reviews
Founders' Fortune
Colony sim about building a village and managing settlers' lives
81% positive
1,952 reviews
Wurm Unlimited
Open-world fantasy sandbox with crafting, terraforming, and player-run servers
73% positive
1,951 reviews
Thief Simulator 2: Prologue
Free first-person burglary simulator with four suburban houses to rob
84% positive
Free
Demo Aground
2D mining and crafting RPG from islands to space
93% positive
1,947 reviews
Demo Ore Factory Squad ⛏️
Co-op mining and factory building, from shovels to conveyor belts
87% positive
1,946 reviews
ZEPHON
Combat-focused turn-based 4X strategy on a ruined, alien-scarred Earth
83% positive
1,944 reviews
MicroWorks
Fast-paced online party game with rapid microgames and final showdowns
80% positive
Free