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.
BMX Streets
Physics-based BMX sandbox focused on tricks, exploration, and customization
80% positive
4,501 reviews
Fisher Online
Online fishing simulator with open waters, varied tackle, and crafting
82% positive
4,496 reviews
Factory Town
Village-building strategy game with conveyor belts and automated supply chains
91% positive
4,481 reviews
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Open-world third-person shooter built around demolishing Martian buildings
79% positive
4,451 reviews
ATOM RPG Trudograd
Isometric, turn-based RPG searching a post-nuclear Soviet city
83% positive
4,448 reviews
Barn Finders
First-person shop simulation about scavenging barns and selling finds
82% positive
4,444 reviews
NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
Real-time space fleet tactics with detailed sensors and electronic warfare
81% positive
4,435 reviews
Mad Games Tycoon
Game studio management sim about making games and growing your company
91% positive
4,422 reviews
Sinking Simulator
2D physics sandbox for breaking ships and watching them sink
85% positive
4,415 reviews
Cliff Empire
Sci-fi city builder managing three cities atop cramped cliffs
87% positive
4,379 reviews
Hello Neighbor Alpha 1
First-person stealth horror about dodging a neighbor who learns your routes
93% positive
Free
Fantasy Map Simulator
Sandbox world simulator where fantasy nations rise, fight, and fall
89% positive
4,346 reviews
Cataclismo
Base-building strategy with modular fortresses against nightly monster attacks
89% positive
4,346 reviews
Spacebase DF-9
Space colony management sim with asteroid mining and alien settlers
18% positive
4,341 reviews
Grey Goo
Sci-fi real-time strategy with base building and a mobile faction
68% positive
4,335 reviews
Of Guards And Thieves
Top-down multiplayer stealth shooter pits guards against elusive thieves
85% positive
Free
8BitMMO
Free-to-play 2D sandbox MMO built around player-made towns and exploration
60% positive
Free
Dig or Die
2D survival crafting with nightly monster raids and building physics
90% positive
4,290 reviews
Cubic Castles
Online voxel sandbox with shared building and platforming challenges
74% positive
Free
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Third-person zombie action across Fortune City with improvised weapons and photography
77% positive
4,279 reviews
My Garage
First-person open-world simulation of repairing, restoring, and driving cars
90% positive
4,261 reviews
EmergeNYC
Open-world emergency response simulation with fire trucks and randomized fires
63% positive
4,246 reviews
Rising Front
World War I battle sandbox with first-person combat and army command
88% positive
4,246 reviews
The Guild II Renaissance
Medieval dynasty simulation built around trade, politics, and professions
83% positive
4,224 reviews