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.
OCTOPATH TRAVELER™
Turn-based pixel-art RPG following eight separate journeys across Orsterra
85% positive
17K reviews
Craft The World
Sandbox colony sim about building and defending a dwarf fortress
88% positive
17K reviews
RAGE 2
Open-world first-person shooter with superpowered gunfights and vehicle combat
63% positive
17K reviews
OpenTTD
Open-source transport management sim about building profitable logistics networks
95% positive
17K reviews
Toribash
Turn-based 3D fighting where you control every ragdoll joint
88% positive
Free
RUNNING WITH RIFLES
Top-down tactical shooter where ordinary soldiers fight larger battles
88% positive
17K reviews
SpaceEngine
Single-player universe simulator for seamless exploration across cosmic scales
96% positive
17K reviews
Fable Anniversary
Third-person fantasy action RPG where choices shape your hero
86% positive
17K reviews
Gold Mining Simulator
Single-player mining simulator with machinery, deformable terrain, and business progression
72% positive
16K reviews
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Real-time space strategy blending empire management with large fleet battles
93% positive
16K reviews
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
Open-world crime action spanning cities across early-1990s San Andreas
80% positive
16K reviews
The Escapists
Prison escape sandbox where you craft tools and dodge guards
90% positive
16K reviews
Hitman: Blood Money
Third-person stealth action built around open-ended assassination missions
94% positive
16K reviews
Goat Simulator 3
Open-world physics sandbox about causing chaos as a customizable goat
98% positive
16K reviews
shapez
2D factory automation sandbox about cutting and combining shapes
96% positive
16K reviews
Prototype 2
Open-world action with shapeshifting powers and bloody third-person combat
77% positive
16K reviews
Farming Simulator 15
Open-world farming simulation with crop harvesting, livestock, and logging
93% positive
16K reviews
LEGO® Worlds
Open-world sandbox for exploring and building with LEGO bricks
78% positive
16K reviews
House Party
3D sandbox adventure where party choices branch into comic chaos
86% positive
15K reviews
Youtubers Life
Time-management life sim about building a video channel
77% positive
15K reviews
Wobbledogs
Casual pet sandbox about breeding strange, physics-driven mutant dogs
98% positive
15K reviews
shapez 2 - Factory
Sandbox factory simulation about automating and transporting geometric shapes
97% positive
15K reviews
Star Conflict
Free-to-play space combat with customizable ships and multiplayer battles
73% positive
Free
Easy Red 2
Large-scale World War II FPS with squad command and vehicles
90% positive
15K reviews