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.
Night of the Dead
Open-world zombie survival crafting with nightly tower-defense hordes
77% positive
12K reviews
Dark and Light
Open-world fantasy survival with creature taming and elemental magic
52% positive
12K reviews
Far Cry®
Tropical first-person shooter with open areas and tactical combat
82% positive
12K reviews
ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest
Battle royale matches where tribes command dinosaur armies
66% positive
12K reviews
Amazing Frog?
Open-world frog sandbox with ragdoll physics and local multiplayer
94% positive
12K reviews
DYSMANTLE
Top-down survival RPG about dismantling an island for resources
91% positive
12K reviews
Biped
Co-op 3D puzzle platformer where separate inputs control each robot leg
85% positive
12K reviews
LEGO® City Undercover
Open-world LEGO action adventure about an undercover police officer
91% positive
12K reviews
Destroy All Humans!
Third-person alien action adventure with psychic powers and a flying saucer
92% positive
12K reviews
Pax Dei
Medieval sandbox MMO centered on crafting, building, and clan conflict
57% positive
11K reviews
Jalopy
First-person driving sim about car repairs and cross-border trading
76% positive
11K reviews
Learn to Fly 3
Arcade flight game about upgrading ships to reach space
95% positive
Free
CastleMiner Z
Block-based survival sandbox with zombies, dragons, and online co-op
81% positive
11K reviews
Space Haven
Spaceship colony sim with tile-by-tile building and crew survival
86% positive
11K reviews
河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)
Open-world wuxia RPG with turn-based battles and branching stories
82% positive
11K reviews
Nuclear Option
Near-future combat flight simulation with dynamic battles and nuclear weapons
96% positive
11K reviews
SteamWorld Dig
2D mining platformer about digging deeper and upgrading your tools
94% positive
11K reviews
SimplePlanes
Aircraft-building sandbox with physics-based flight and piloting challenges
93% positive
11K reviews
Transport Fever
Railroad-focused transport tycoon linking growing cities and industries
83% positive
11K reviews
Risen
Open-world fantasy RPG battling monsters on an earthquake-shaken island
89% positive
11K reviews
WAKFU
Free-to-play tactical MMORPG with grid-based combat, crafting, and politics
76% positive
Free
The Front
Open-world survival crafting with custom vehicles and trap-filled bases
67% positive
11K reviews
The Universim
God game and city builder from the Stone Age to space
79% positive
11K reviews
Castle Story
Castle-building strategy game with crumbling structures on floating islands
65% positive
11K reviews