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
3,701 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Arctico
Open-world exploration and base building to recover a mentor's research
70% positive
2,553 reviews
Out of Reach
Open-world survival crafting with island bases and siege warfare
55% positive
2,553 reviews
Demo Soulash 2
Fantasy sandbox roguelike with generated histories and player-built settlements
84% positive
2,543 reviews
Conqueror's Blade: Three Kingdoms
Multiplayer action strategy where weather and terrain affect army movement
17% positive
Free
Demo Astro Colony
Space colony builder with movable stations and automated factories
77% positive
2,538 reviews
Another Brick in The Mall
Top-down mall management sim built around shops, staff, and profit
83% positive
2,531 reviews
City Bus Manager
Bus company management sim built on real-world city maps
88% positive
2,527 reviews
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
First-person VR adventure with hands-on puzzles and strange experiments
75% positive
2,523 reviews
Demo Prison Simulator
First-person prison guard sim built around routines and choices
84% positive
2,521 reviews
Rail Route
Railway dispatching strategy game about building and automating train networks
87% positive
2,513 reviews
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Ascension
Cultivation 4X strategy about rebuilding and expanding a sect
57% positive
2,501 reviews
Demo Farmer's Life
First-person farming sim with open-world exploration and seasonal crops
86% positive
2,500 reviews
Home Design 3D
Home design tool for drafting floor plans and touring interiors
74% positive
2,489 reviews
Demo Cubic Odyssey
Open-world survival crafting across planets, with bases and starships
73% positive
2,485 reviews
The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Single-player life simulation about managing households and neighborhood chaos
70% positive
2,482 reviews
Demo Ballionaire
Pachinko roguelike where falling balls trigger money-making chains
85% positive
2,474 reviews
Age of Reforging: The Freelands
Open-world party RPG with survival systems and real-time tactical combat
70% positive
2,473 reviews
Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition
Fantasy castle-building strategy with magical armies and siege battles
87% positive
2,466 reviews
Demo Dungeons 4
Dungeon-building strategy with real-time surface raids and online co-op
85% positive
2,456 reviews
I, Zombie
Top-down puzzle strategy about building a zombie horde through infection
84% positive
2,430 reviews
IfSunSets
Open-world survival RPG with daytime crafting and nightly undead hordes
72% positive
2,428 reviews
Granny Remake
First-person survival horror with stealth, puzzles, and multiple escape routes
82% positive
2,424 reviews
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Inferna
Free-to-play open-world MMORPG with permanent progression and risky gear upgrades
63% positive
Free
Haunt the House: Terrortown
Side-scrolling action puzzler where ghosts possess objects to scare people
87% positive
2,416 reviews