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.
NEO Scavenger
Turn-based survival RPG with permadeath in post-apocalyptic Michigan
90% positive
5,419 reviews
Star Trucker
Space trucking simulation with cargo hauling and hands-on maintenance
78% positive
5,390 reviews
Farming Simulator 2013: Titanium Edition
Open-world farming simulator with crops, livestock, and cooperative play
93% positive
5,371 reviews
Just Cause
Open-world third-person action with island missions and vehicle stunts
66% positive
5,336 reviews
Stronghold: Warlords
Real-time castle-building strategy with East Asian sieges and recruitable warlords
65% positive
5,326 reviews
Firefighting Simulator - The Squad
Firefighting simulation with truck driving, rescues, and squad commands
81% positive
5,321 reviews
Dungeons 2
Dungeon management strategy with monster armies and overworld battles
82% positive
5,286 reviews
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum
Theme park management sim where you design and ride coasters
92% positive
5,245 reviews
TaleSpire
Online tabletop RPG sandbox for building and playing on 3D boards
90% positive
5,243 reviews
Niche - a genetics survival game
Turn-based survival strategy about breeding a species to avoid extinction
86% positive
5,237 reviews
King Arthur's Gold
Team-based 2D medieval combat with castles you build and destroy
84% positive
Free
Fun with Ragdolls: The Game
Single-player physics sandbox for building maps and crashing ragdolls
88% positive
5,189 reviews
Bang-On Balls: Chronicles
Sandbox action adventure with ball-based combat and co-op exploration
96% positive
5,185 reviews
Men of War: Assault Squad
World War II real-time tactics with direct unit control
87% positive
5,178 reviews
Time Clickers
Idle first-person clicker about shooting cubes and upgrading weapons
87% positive
Free
Hitman: Codename 47
Third-person stealth action built around carefully planned contract killings
71% positive
5,129 reviews
The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
Single-player life sim about guiding families across generations
73% positive
5,086 reviews
Erzurum
Open-world winter survival against cold, hunger, and wild animals
41% positive
5,081 reviews
Project: Gorgon
Old-school fantasy MMORPG with classless progression and open-ended exploration
82% positive
5,078 reviews
Moonstone Island
Creature-collecting life sim with farming and card-based battles
84% positive
5,077 reviews
Autonauts
Colony-building simulation where you program bots to automate tasks
89% positive
4,968 reviews
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Mission-based stealth action with multiple ways to eliminate targets
82% positive
4,911 reviews
Agents of Mayhem
Open-world third-person shooter with switchable agents battling villains in Seoul
58% positive
4,896 reviews
Ratopia
Side-scrolling colony sim built around rat economics and survival
88% positive
4,891 reviews