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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SteamWorld Build
Casual city builder where mining fuels a robot town
83% positive
1,938 reviews
Urbek City Builder
City builder where resource chains shape how neighborhoods grow
89% positive
1,937 reviews
Simmiland
Card-based god game where prayers power your influence over humanity
86% positive
1,934 reviews
Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
Fantasy automation adventure with creature-run workshops and wilderness expeditions
81% positive
1,931 reviews
Uplink
Hacking strategy game about contract jobs and covering your tracks
89% positive
1,917 reviews
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Space drone-building simulation with destructible planets and automated machines
78% positive
1,911 reviews
Urbek City Builder: Prologue
A city builder driven by resources rather than money
94% positive
Free
Kill It With Fire: Ignition
First-person action sandbox about hunting spiders with excessive firepower
91% positive
Free
Outbound
Open-world exploration and crafting with a customizable camper van
73% positive
1,904 reviews
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Open-world delivery sandbox with ragdoll physics and co-op play
77% positive
1,901 reviews
Mutilate-a-Doll 2
2D physics sandbox for building contraptions and wrecking ragdolls
92% positive
1,897 reviews
City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
Game development management sim with multiple studios across a city
90% positive
1,894 reviews
The Spotter: Dig or Die
Mining and tower defense with daytime digging and nightly mutant attacks
84% positive
1,894 reviews
Project Castaway
First-person survival crafting across Pacific islands by raft
63% positive
1,889 reviews
Demo From Glory To Goo
Sci-fi base-building RTS about defending a colony from alien Goo
94% positive
1,887 reviews
Retro City Rampage™ DX
Open-world crime action with pixel art and pop-culture parody
89% positive
1,881 reviews
Grow: Song of the Evertree
Relaxed life sim about growing worlds and building towns
84% positive
1,880 reviews
Bakso Simulator
A restaurant simulator where flies, thieves, and ghosts threaten business
92% positive
Free
Demo Laundry Store Simulator
First-person laundry management sim with staff, upgrades, and shirt printing
88% positive
1,874 reviews
Infinifactory
First-person factory puzzles about building and refining alien assembly lines
94% positive
1,868 reviews
Rise of Liberty
First-person Revolutionary War battles with soldiers to command and cannons
83% positive
1,866 reviews
Genesis Online
Free-to-play multiplayer sandbox with building, farming, and dungeon exploration
32% positive
Free
Return to campus
First-person school sandbox with free exploration and destructible buildings
76% positive
Free
Lakeview Cabin Collection
2D survival horror about using found objects against slashers
94% positive
1,854 reviews