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.
Sands of Salzaar
Open-world strategy RPG with desert factions and city conquests
82% positive
23K reviews
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Global flight simulator with aviation careers and open-world exploration
60% positive
23K reviews
Soulmask
Open-world survival crafting with recruitable tribes and automated bases
77% positive
22K reviews
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
First-person zero-gravity simulation about dismantling hazardous spaceships for salvage
89% positive
22K reviews
Portal Knights
Co-op sandbox action RPG built around crafting and exploration
83% positive
22K reviews
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Tactical military simulation across large battlefields with infantry and vehicles
92% positive
22K reviews
Fallout 3
Open-world RPG with post-nuclear exploration and targeted combat
81% positive
22K reviews
Farm Together
Casual farming sandbox with real-time growth and cooperative farm building
94% positive
22K reviews
VTOL VR
VR combat flight simulator with hands-on virtual cockpits
98% positive
22K reviews
Saints Row 2
Open-world crime action with character customization and gang warfare
76% positive
22K reviews
Tower Unite
Social gaming hub with minigames, condos, and character customization
90% positive
22K reviews
Feed and Grow: Fish
Underwater survival simulation where eating fish makes you grow larger
78% positive
22K reviews
Townscaper
Goal-free building sandbox where colored blocks form small towns
95% positive
22K reviews
Going Medieval
Medieval colony sim with multilevel building and siege defense
89% positive
21K reviews
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Medieval real-time strategy built around desert castles and sieges
97% positive
21K reviews
Drug Dealer Simulator
First-person crime simulation about building an illegal drug operation
86% positive
21K reviews
Assassin's Creed® Revelations
Open-world stealth action through Ottoman Constantinople with rooftop parkour
84% positive
21K reviews
Mon Bazou
Open-world car-building life sim with jobs and street racing
97% positive
21K reviews
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Open-world zombie action with weapon crafting and co-op chaos
77% positive
21K reviews
BONELAB
First-person VR physics sandbox with combat, puzzles, and modding
82% positive
20K reviews
X-Plane 11
Realistic open-world flight simulator with working cockpits and multiplayer
93% positive
20K reviews
Craftopia
Open-world survival RPG combining crafting, combat, farming, and automation
76% positive
20K reviews
A Game About Digging A Hole™
Single-player mining sandbox about digging, selling finds, and upgrading gear
89% positive
20K reviews
House Flipper 2
First-person renovation sim for cleaning, decorating, and building together
87% positive
20K reviews