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
3,696 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Infection Free Zone
Zombie survival city builder set on real-world street maps
77% positive
17K reviews
SpaceEngine
Single-player universe simulator for seamless exploration across cosmic scales
96% positive
17K reviews
Demo Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Tactical military simulation across large battlefields with infantry and vehicles
92% positive
17K reviews
Myth of Empires
Open-world survival sandbox about building fortresses and commanding armies
69% positive
17K reviews
Star Conflict
Free-to-play space combat with customizable ships and multiplayer battles
73% positive
Free
Just Cause 2: Multiplayer Mod
Open-world action mod for multiplayer chaos and sandbox play
91% positive
Free
The Escapists
Prison escape sandbox where you craft tools and dodge guards
90% positive
16K reviews
Gold Mining Simulator
Single-player mining simulator with machinery, deformable terrain, and business progression
71% positive
16K reviews
State of Decay
Third-person, open-world zombie survival with scavenging and base building
84% positive
16K reviews
Craft The World
Sandbox colony sim about building and defending a dwarf fortress
88% positive
16K reviews
House Party
3D sandbox adventure where party choices branch into comic chaos
85% positive
16K reviews
Demo RUNNING WITH RIFLES
Top-down tactical shooter where ordinary soldiers fight larger battles
87% positive
16K reviews
Fable Anniversary
Third-person fantasy action RPG where choices shape your hero
86% positive
16K reviews
Shadows of Doubt
First-person detective sandbox in a procedurally generated noir city
83% positive
16K reviews
Breathedge
First-person space survival adventure among a wreck’s drifting debris
82% positive
16K reviews
Youtubers Life
Time-management life sim about building a video channel
78% positive
16K reviews
Easy Red 2
Large-scale World War II FPS with squad command and vehicles
89% positive
15K reviews
Demo Hitman: Blood Money
Third-person stealth action built around open-ended assassination missions
93% positive
15K reviews
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Isometric open-world RPG with turn-based combat and branching choices
93% positive
15K reviews
Walking Zombie 2
First-person zombie shooter with quests, upgrades, and fuel-limited travel
87% positive
Free
Demo shapez
2D factory automation sandbox about cutting and combining shapes
96% positive
15K reviews
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Big Ambitions
Single-player business and life sim about growing companies in New York
91% positive
15K reviews
ENDLESS Legend™
Fantasy 4X strategy with asymmetric factions and dynamic winters
83% positive
15K reviews
Wobbledogs
Casual pet sandbox about breeding strange, physics-driven mutant dogs
98% positive
15K reviews