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.
Victoria II
Historical grand strategy built around politics, industry, and population
92% positive
20K reviews
Cooking Simulator
First-person cooking simulator with hands-on recipes and kitchen physics
85% positive
20K reviews
CarX Street
Open-world street racing with deep tuning and online competition
71% positive
20K reviews
Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game
Physics-based skateboarding sandbox with independent control of each foot
86% positive
20K reviews
ENDLESS Legend™
Fantasy 4X strategy with asymmetric factions and dynamic winters
83% positive
19K reviews
Empires of the Undergrowth
Ant colony RTS about building nests and commanding insect swarms
94% positive
19K reviews
Poly Bridge
Physics-based bridge-building puzzles with budgets, hydraulics, and collapsing cars
91% positive
19K reviews
Far Cry® 2
Open-world first-person shooter where fire, malaria, and factions shape combat
76% positive
19K reviews
Cube World
Open-world voxel action RPG with procedurally generated fantasy lands
36% positive
19K reviews
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator
Open-world emergency response simulator with police, fire, and EMS roles
80% positive
19K reviews
Mr.Mine
Idle mining game about upgrading drills and uncovering deeper secrets
92% positive
Free
Infection Free Zone
Zombie survival city builder set on real-world street maps
81% positive
19K reviews
Breathedge
First-person space survival adventure among a wreck’s drifting debris
81% positive
18K reviews
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
Third-person stealth action across one open mission area
85% positive
18K reviews
Stronghold Crusader 2
Medieval real-time strategy mixing castle building, sieges, and desert economies
72% positive
18K reviews
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
Car company simulation combining detailed vehicle design with business management
94% positive
18K reviews
Dawn of Man
Prehistoric survival city builder spanning the Stone to Iron Age
87% positive
18K reviews
Crysis Remastered
Sci-fi first-person shooter with stealth, vehicles, and open-ended combat
77% positive
18K reviews
Digger Online
Multiplayer sandbox action with block-built maps and combat modes
49% positive
18K reviews
Shadows of Doubt
First-person detective sandbox in a procedurally generated noir city
82% positive
18K reviews
Myth of Empires
Open-world survival sandbox about building fortresses and commanding armies
68% positive
18K reviews
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Isometric open-world RPG with turn-based combat and branching choices
94% positive
17K reviews
State of Decay
Third-person, open-world zombie survival with scavenging and base building
85% positive
17K reviews
Sleeping Dogs
Open-world Hong Kong crime action with an undercover cop
94% positive
17K reviews