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.
Viridi
Free-to-play casual simulation about tending succulents that grow in real time
92% positive
Free
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
Turn-based space 4X strategy with custom civilizations and generated galaxies
81% positive
9,608 reviews
Steel Division 2
World War II strategy across turn-based campaigns and tactical battles
79% positive
9,602 reviews
Stronghold Kingdoms
Medieval MMO strategy about building castles and ruling through factions
64% positive
Free
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
Accessible sci-fi RTS with base building and large-army battles
91% positive
9,554 reviews
Crysis 2 Remastered
First-person shooter in invaded New York with switchable suit abilities
89% positive
9,544 reviews
The Farmer Was Replaced
Farming automation game where Python-like code runs a drone
96% positive
9,534 reviews
Aviassembly
Plane-building sandbox with cargo missions and open-world island exploration
97% positive
9,533 reviews
Bugsnax
First-person creature-collecting adventure about trapping edible bug-snack hybrids
97% positive
9,526 reviews
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
Open-world crime action in a neon-lit 1980s tropical city
83% positive
9,467 reviews
下一站江湖Ⅱ
Open-world martial arts RPG with branching stories and faction wars
72% positive
9,466 reviews
Project Hospital
Detailed hospital management simulation with hands-on diagnosis and construction
89% positive
9,385 reviews
Volcanoids
Open-world survival shooter built around a mobile drillship base
83% positive
9,354 reviews
The Precinct
Open-world police action sandbox with patrols and high-speed pursuits
88% positive
9,304 reviews
Stationeers
Technical space survival sandbox about engineering and automating a station
88% positive
9,293 reviews
Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
Sandbox world simulator where AI nations wage unpredictable wars
96% positive
9,280 reviews
Songs of Syx
Low-fantasy city builder scaling villages into warring empires
94% positive
9,270 reviews
Elin
Open-world roguelike RPG with crafting, survival, and town building
93% positive
9,216 reviews
Storyteller
Comic-panel puzzle game about arranging scenes to match story titles
89% positive
9,206 reviews
Ultimate Fishing Simulator®
Fishing simulator with multiple techniques and a winter ice-fishing map
89% positive
9,161 reviews
Overgrowth
Martial arts action game with rabbit parkour and physics-based fights
81% positive
9,092 reviews
Colony Survival
Colony-building survival game with workers and nightly monster attacks
92% positive
9,010 reviews
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Ground-based real-time strategy with vehicle fleets and desert ambushes
79% positive
8,940 reviews
Saints Row
Open-world crime sandbox with customizable characters and drop-in co-op
56% positive
8,876 reviews