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.
Ratz Instagib
First-person arena shooter with one-shot railguns and rocket-jumping rats
90% positive
3,936 reviews
Just Die Already
Open-world sandbox with fragile retirees and dangerous challenges
82% positive
3,922 reviews
Maximum Action
Fast-paced first-person shooter with slow-motion gunfights and sandbox levels
89% positive
3,910 reviews
Kynseed
2D open-world life RPG where families age across generations
83% positive
3,897 reviews
Everything
Goal-free exploration sandbox where you become anything in the universe
83% positive
3,865 reviews
A Total War Saga: TROY
Turn-based empire strategy with real-time battles during the Trojan War
72% positive
3,830 reviews
Cartel Tycoon
Top-down cartel management sim built around production and smuggling chains
76% positive
3,818 reviews
Star Traders: Frontiers
Space RPG with crew management and multiple career paths
83% positive
3,812 reviews
Megaquarium
Aquarium management sim about building exhibits and balancing animal needs
95% positive
3,791 reviews
Tactical Assault VR
VR tactical shooter about breaching rooms solo or cooperatively
77% positive
3,789 reviews
Bus Simulator 16
Open-world bus simulation with passenger duties and route management
71% positive
3,781 reviews
Mars First Logistics
Open-world vehicle-building sandbox with physics-based delivery puzzles on Mars
95% positive
3,780 reviews
Aloft
Cozy sky-island survival with crafting, building, and cooperative exploration
83% positive
3,774 reviews
Cepheus Protocol
Open-world military strategy against a spreading zombie outbreak
75% positive
3,768 reviews
Sacred 2 Gold
Open-world action RPG about fighting monsters and collecting loot
76% positive
3,709 reviews
Finnish Cottage Simulator
Open-world cottage life simulator with saunas, moonshine, and mopeds
94% positive
3,696 reviews
BEACHED
Free-to-play open-world survival shooter with base building and PvP
64% positive
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Hitman: Contracts
Third-person stealth action built around disguises and varied assassinations
87% positive
3,689 reviews
ZED ZONE
Top-down open-world zombie survival with shelter building and crafting
81% positive
3,689 reviews
Warbox
Single-player firefight sandbox where you build factions and control soldiers
55% positive
3,651 reviews
Windward
Naval sandbox adventure with generated worlds, trading, and pirate battles
80% positive
3,634 reviews
Plan B: Terraform
Hex-grid terraforming simulation with automated supply chains and growing cities
91% positive
3,621 reviews
Evil Genius
Base-building strategy game where you trap agents and plot world domination
93% positive
3,613 reviews
Starpoint Gemini Warlords
Space sim with direct ship combat and fleet-led conquest
73% positive
3,598 reviews