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
3,696 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Demo Survival: Fountain of Youth
First-person island survival crafting with time-based tasks and exploration
84% positive
4,267 reviews
WWE 2K25
WWE wrestling simulation with custom superstars and varied match types
73% positive
4,252 reviews
Demo Moonstone Island
Creature-collecting life sim with farming and card-based battles
84% positive
4,250 reviews
Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
Top-down tower defense against a fluid enemy that floods terrain
96% positive
4,239 reviews
Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
First-person tavern management with hands-on cooking and customer service
91% positive
4,238 reviews
KINGDOMS
Medieval sandbox RPG where independent characters build their own settlements
74% positive
4,230 reviews
Per Aspera
Mars terraforming strategy sim with planet-wide construction and logistics
75% positive
4,228 reviews
Force of Nature
Open-world survival crafting with farms, monsters, and travel portals
75% positive
4,208 reviews
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Mission-based stealth action with multiple ways to eliminate targets
80% positive
4,181 reviews
Out of Ore
Open-world mining simulator with heavy machinery and industrial expansion
83% positive
4,175 reviews
Farming Simulator 2013: Titanium Edition
Open-world farming simulator with crops, livestock, and cooperative play
91% positive
4,171 reviews
Demo Barn Finders
First-person shop simulation about scavenging barns and selling finds
82% positive
4,163 reviews
Dig or Die
2D survival crafting with nightly monster raids and building physics
90% positive
4,151 reviews
I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
Cozy rooftop survival sim with farming, crafting, and robot helpers
83% positive
4,150 reviews
The LEGO® Movie - Videogame
LEGO action-adventure with movie characters, building, and local co-op
86% positive
4,127 reviews
Fortune Mill
An incremental game where each room boosts the others
81% positive
4,103 reviews
Two Worlds II HD
Open-world fantasy action RPG with customizable magic and side quests
60% positive
4,083 reviews
Project Highrise
Skyscraper management sim balancing construction, tenants, and rent
85% positive
4,071 reviews
SimAirport
Airport management sim about building terminals and fixing bottlenecks
79% positive
4,064 reviews
Demo Cataclismo
Base-building strategy with modular fortresses against nightly monster attacks
88% positive
4,045 reviews
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The Crust
Lunar colony simulator blending automation with deadline-driven Earth contracts
72% positive
4,044 reviews
Landfall Archives
A free collection of unreleased games, demos, and experimental prototypes
94% positive
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Demo Loddlenaut
Open-world underwater cleanup adventure with alien creatures to raise
98% positive
4,031 reviews
EmergeNYC
Open-world emergency response simulation with fire trucks and randomized fires
65% positive
4,006 reviews