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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Maia
Science-fiction colony management on a toxic, disaster-prone alien planet
40% positive
876 reviews
Tobacco Shop Simulator: Prologue
First-person retail simulation with shared shopkeeping in four-player co-op
84% positive
Free
Heroes of Science and Fiction
Turn-based sci-fi strategy with rival factions and tactical battles
89% positive
874 reviews
PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy
2D base-building platformer about running soup factories on alien planets
76% positive
873 reviews
Power & Revolution 2022 Edition
Political strategy simulation where you govern nations amid global crises
60% positive
873 reviews
Outworld Station
Space factory builder with automated supply chains between planets
82% positive
872 reviews
Draconia
Open-world survival RPG where you play a customizable dragon
68% positive
870 reviews
Ship Graveyard Simulator 2: Prologue
First-person shipbreaking simulator about turning coastal wrecks into scrap
85% positive
Free
Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together
First-person cooking simulator with online co-op and custom recipes
46% positive
869 reviews
Iron Front: Digital War Edition
World War II tactical simulation combining infantry, tanks, and aircraft
59% positive
865 reviews
CivCity: Rome
Roman city builder with research and interconnected supply chains
72% positive
863 reviews
CRUMB Circuit Simulator
A 3D electronics sandbox for building and testing virtual circuits
78% positive
863 reviews
Starsand
First-person survival crafting across an open desert beneath two moons
68% positive
861 reviews
Oxygen
Survival city builder where you keep an oxygen center running
69% positive
861 reviews
Perpetuum
Sci-fi sandbox MMO with robot combat and player-built settlements
71% positive
Free
Demo Zombie Graveyard Simulator
Graveyard management simulator combining daily upkeep with nightly zombie defense
88% positive
859 reviews
Tropico Reloaded
Caribbean city-building strategy with elections and pirate treasure hunts
88% positive
857 reviews
Mini Settlers: Prologue
An island city builder centered on production and transport networks
89% positive
Free
Demo Canvas of Kings
Top-down fantasy mapmaking tool with automatic object placement
92% positive
856 reviews
Adorable Adventures
Nature exploration guided by a baby boar’s sense of smell
94% positive
854 reviews
Outpost Zero
Open-world survival crafting with robot workers and rival raids
48% positive
853 reviews
Demo Modulus: Factory Automation
Factory automation sim about designing modular parts on floating islands
90% positive
853 reviews
Demo Selkie's Salvage&Co.
An incremental cleanup game about turning ocean trash into upgrades
98% positive
852 reviews
Outpost
Survival tower defense where each run starts in a different season
86% positive
Free