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
1,544 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
Open-world crime action with three protagonists and online heists
88% positive
2.1M reviews
Terraria
2D sandbox adventure built around digging, crafting, and boss fights
97% positive
1.6M reviews
Rust
Open-world multiplayer survival built around crafting, bases, and raids
87% positive
1.4M reviews
Garry's Mod
Physics sandbox for building contraptions and playing community-made modes
97% positive
1.3M reviews
Stardew Valley
Open-ended farming RPG about rebuilding a farm and community
98% positive
1.0M reviews
Red Dead Redemption 2
Open-world Western action adventure about an outlaw gang on the run
92% positive
920K reviews
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
Third-person open-world RPG about monster hunting and consequential choices
97% positive
889K reviews
ARK: Survival Evolved
Open-world survival crafting with dinosaur taming and base building
83% positive
778K reviews
The Forest
First-person survival horror with base building and mutant cannibals
96% positive
683K reviews
Unturned
Free-to-play open-world zombie survival with crafting, bases, and PvP
91% positive
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Valheim
Norse open-world survival crafting with co-op building and bosses
94% positive
552K reviews
Don't Starve Together
Difficult open-world survival crafting built for cooperative play
95% positive
543K reviews
Palworld
Open-world survival RPG combining creature collecting, crafting, and base automation
95% positive
489K reviews
Project Zomboid
Open-world zombie survival sandbox where every mistake can end a life
94% positive
483K reviews
DayZ
Hardcore online survival sandbox where every stranger poses a risk
78% positive
470K reviews
Fallout 4
Open-world post-apocalyptic RPG with gunplay, choices, and settlement building
81% positive
429K reviews
No Man's Sky
Open-world space sandbox across a procedurally generated galaxy
85% positive
420K reviews
BeamNG.drive
Open-world driving sandbox built around soft-body vehicle physics
97% positive
419K reviews
7 Days to Die
Open-world zombie survival sandbox built around crafting and base defense
87% positive
401K reviews
Bloons TD 6
Cartoon tower defense with upgradeable monkeys and four-player co-op
97% positive
395K reviews
Subnautica
First-person underwater survival crafting on a dangerous alien ocean
97% positive
380K reviews
Raft
First-person ocean survival crafting on an expandable floating home
93% positive
379K reviews
Hearts of Iron IV
World War II grand strategy with detailed national war planning
90% positive
377K reviews
Battlefield™ 6
Modern military FPS with squad combat, vehicles, and destructible battlefields
64% positive
369K reviews