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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Scoot
Open-world scooter simulation with tricks, street spots, and park building
90% positive
1,485 reviews
Panzer War : Definitive Edition
Tank combat simulation across historical eras with custom battle setups
86% positive
1,484 reviews
Demo Wild Terra 2: New Lands
Medieval sandbox MMORPG built around crafting, building, and survival
61% positive
1,484 reviews
Demo GearCity
Historical car company management sim spanning vehicle design and finance
88% positive
1,480 reviews
Vectorio Classic
Top-down survival base building with resource logistics and tower defense
93% positive
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Beer Factory
First-person factory management sim about brewing beer and handling logistics
41% positive
1,477 reviews
Demo AirportSim
Airport ground crew simulator focused on aircraft turnarounds
67% positive
1,476 reviews
Thief Simulator VR
VR burglary simulator with open neighborhoods and planned break-ins
69% positive
1,474 reviews
Honey, I Joined a Cult
Cult management simulation with base building and absurd comedy
74% positive
1,469 reviews
Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Mountain city builder with avalanche defenses and intertown trade
81% positive
1,466 reviews
Demo The Last Plague: Blight
Hardcore open-world survival crafting against a spreading disease
87% positive
1,465 reviews
Kinetic Void
Space sandbox simulation with modular ships and procedurally generated galaxies
18% positive
1,464 reviews
Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
Restaurant management sim where you design menus and create recipes
72% positive
1,458 reviews
MewnBase
Top-down survival and base building as a space cat
93% positive
1,456 reviews
Capybara Spa
Point-and-click management with a mountainside spa for capybaras and friends
95% positive
1,456 reviews
Spirit Realm
Third-person mythology action RPG with flight and permadeath
74% positive
1,451 reviews
Starship EVO
Space survival sandbox with detailed shipbuilding and galaxy exploration
78% positive
1,444 reviews
Winter Resort Simulator 2
Ski resort simulation centered on operating lifts and grooming slopes
83% positive
1,435 reviews
Demo Car Manufacture
Early 20th-century factory sim about building and managing car production
67% positive
1,432 reviews
EXAPUNKS
Open-ended programming puzzles about hacking networks with programmable agents
96% positive
1,426 reviews
Demo Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Sandbox city builder with procedural fortresses across an ocean world
84% positive
1,424 reviews
Solar Ash
High-speed action platformer with rail grinding and giant boss battles
90% positive
1,421 reviews
Ruinarch
Fantasy god-game sandbox where you turn villagers against each other
63% positive
1,420 reviews
City of Gangsters
Turn-based crime management through Prohibition-era booze production and distribution
73% positive
1,401 reviews