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.
Bum Simulator
First-person survival sandbox with weaponized pigeons and cardboard bases
88% positive
4,882 reviews
Sledders
Physics-based snowmobile simulator for open-world backcountry freeriding and exploration
94% positive
4,878 reviews
Stronghold 3 Gold
Medieval castle-building strategy with combat campaigns and nighttime sieges
33% positive
4,864 reviews
Staxel
Voxel farming sandbox with village building and shared farms
78% positive
4,835 reviews
Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
Top-down tower defense against a fluid enemy that floods terrain
96% positive
4,829 reviews
Project Highrise
Skyscraper management sim balancing construction, tenants, and rent
85% positive
4,823 reviews
DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game
Third-person deer sandbox built around physics-driven exploration and chaos
92% positive
4,821 reviews
TheoTown
Pixel-art city builder with regional planning and community-made plugins
95% positive
4,820 reviews
171
Third-person open-world crime sandbox set in a Brazilian-inspired city
74% positive
4,809 reviews
Zompiercer
First-person zombie survival with a train you build into a base
88% positive
4,806 reviews
Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered
Open-world third-person shooter with chaotic crime, comedy, and co-op
73% positive
4,803 reviews
Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
First-person stealth horror with a neighbor who counters your moves
95% positive
Free
Lightyear Frontier
Open-world mech farming and crafting on an alien planet
84% positive
4,714 reviews
Human Resource Machine
Programming puzzle game about automating an office worker's assignments
94% positive
4,702 reviews
I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
Cozy rooftop survival sim with farming, crafting, and robot helpers
84% positive
4,691 reviews
This Land Is My Land
Open-world stealth action with camp management and frontier resistance
68% positive
4,658 reviews
Flotsam
Floating colony builder that turns ocean trash into homes
81% positive
4,634 reviews
News Tower
Newspaper management sim balancing Sunday deadlines, staff, and influence
94% positive
4,586 reviews
Roots of Pacha
Relaxed Stone Age farming sim with crop domestication and co-op
94% positive
4,556 reviews
Mini World: CREATA
Free-to-play block sandbox with survival, building, and player-made mini-games
59% positive
Free
SHENZHEN I/O
Programming puzzles about building circuits and coding tiny chips
95% positive
4,529 reviews
Survival: Fountain of Youth
First-person island survival crafting with time-based tasks and exploration
85% positive
4,518 reviews
Black Skylands
Open-world top-down shooter with airship battles among floating islands
84% positive
4,509 reviews
Terminus: Zombie Survivors
Turn-based zombie survival roguelike across a randomly generated city
94% positive
4,505 reviews