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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Oxygen Not Included
Space colony simulation built around survival and interconnected resource systems
96% positive
142K reviews
Teardown
First-person heist sandbox built around physics-driven voxel destruction
95% positive
139K reviews
Far Cry 3
Open-world first-person shooter about surviving a lawless tropical archipelago
87% positive
135K reviews
POSTAL 2
Open-world first-person action mixing mundane errands with violent dark comedy
97% positive
135K reviews
Starbound
Spacefaring sandbox RPG built around exploration, crafting, and colonization
93% positive
131K reviews
Kerbal Space Program
Physics-based spaceflight sandbox for building and piloting homemade spacecraft
95% positive
128K reviews
ASTRONEER
Open-world space sandbox about reshaping planets and building bases
91% positive
128K reviews
The Isle
Open-world dinosaur survival where growing up means avoiding other players
80% positive
123K reviews
Subnautica 2
Underwater survival adventure on an alien world with optional co-op
91% positive
121K reviews
Scrap Mechanic
Physics-based survival sandbox for building machines with friends
92% positive
120K reviews
The Long Dark
First-person survival sandbox against cold, hunger, and wildlife
89% positive
120K reviews
Batman™: Arkham Knight
Open-world superhero action with stealth, combat, and a drivable Batmobile
92% positive
120K reviews
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My Summer Car
Open-world survival simulator about building and maintaining a car
94% positive
118K reviews
V Rising
Open-world vampire survival RPG with castle building and blood hunting
88% positive
117K reviews
ARK: Survival Ascended
Open-world survival sandbox about taming dinosaurs and building bases
59% positive
114K reviews
Just Cause™ 3
Open-world action sandbox built around movement and explosive destruction
85% positive
114K reviews
Demo Europa Universalis IV
Historical grand strategy sandbox where any nation can reshape history
77% positive
113K reviews
Crusader Kings III
Medieval grand strategy where dynasties outlive their rulers
84% positive
109K reviews
Space Engineers
Open-world space sandbox for building and breaking physics-driven machines
88% positive
108K reviews
Supermarket Together
Free supermarket management sim for solo or online co-op play
94% positive
Free
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
Open-world tactical shooter built around stealth, squad raids, and co-op
78% positive
107K reviews
Watch_Dogs® 2
Open-world hacking action across a connected San Francisco Bay Area
81% positive
106K reviews
Subnautica: Below Zero
Open-world underwater survival adventure with crafting and an arctic mystery
90% positive
106K reviews
Trove
Free-to-play voxel MMORPG with procedural dungeons, loot, and building
80% positive
Free