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.
Endorphin Vice
Physics-driven combat sandbox with ragdoll enemies and procedural gore
57% positive
3,583 reviews
Railroader
Transition-era railroad simulation built around switching and network expansion
97% positive
3,580 reviews
King of Retail
Retail management sim where you design shops and grow a chain
88% positive
3,560 reviews
Juno: New Origins
Aerospace sandbox for building rockets and programming their flights
89% positive
3,547 reviews
Gnomoria
Sandbox colony sim with digging, crafting, and mechanical contraptions
75% positive
3,538 reviews
Nova Lands
2D base-building game with helper bots and island exploration
89% positive
3,535 reviews
Low Magic Age
Party-based fantasy RPG with turn-based battles and sandbox exploration
89% positive
3,529 reviews
Train Fever
Railroad management simulation connecting growing cities with passenger and freight routes
64% positive
3,526 reviews
Star Trek: Infinite
Space grand strategy with diplomacy, espionage, and Star Trek factions
43% positive
3,522 reviews
Yaoling: Mythical Journey
Open-world creature-collecting RPG with automatic battles and village building
90% positive
3,516 reviews
Star Valor
Top-down space sandbox RPG with combat, mining, trade, and crafting
88% positive
3,514 reviews
REKA
Witchcraft adventure exploring forests and building a chicken-legged cottage
82% positive
3,490 reviews
Production Line : Car factory simulation
Car factory management sim about optimizing assembly lines and profits
82% positive
3,484 reviews
ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Top-down space mining sim with Newtonian physics and ship customization
92% positive
3,473 reviews
Fly Corp
Airline network strategy where one overcrowded airport ends the run
85% positive
3,419 reviews
Little Big Workshop
Tabletop factory management sim built around orders and production lines
84% positive
3,397 reviews
SUMMERHOUSE
Sandbox builder for tiny homes in seaside, city, and mountain settings
93% positive
3,375 reviews
Suit for Hire
Level-based assassin shooter built around gunfire and martial arts
93% positive
3,342 reviews
Kingdom Eighties
1980s side-scrolling tower defense with kids protecting their town
75% positive
3,339 reviews
Dungeons 4
Dungeon-building strategy with real-time surface raids and online co-op
87% positive
3,322 reviews
Gunsmith Simulator
First-person gunsmithing sim about repairing and customizing customer firearms
84% positive
3,294 reviews
Ostranauts
Space survival simulation about salvaging wrecks and building your ship
77% positive
3,272 reviews
American Fugitive
Top-down crime sandbox with car thefts and police chases
75% positive
3,270 reviews
Techtonica
First-person underground factory builder with exploration and a voiced story
65% positive
3,269 reviews