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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Garden Paws
Farming sandbox with shopkeeping, exploration, and town building
90% positive
1,974 reviews
Zelter
Single-player zombie survival with shelter building and survivor rescues
47% positive
1,974 reviews
Demo Desynced
Sci-fi automation strategy built around programmable drones instead of belts
78% positive
1,970 reviews
AI
Play Together
Casual social MMO with fishing, collecting, and multiplayer minigames
75% positive
Free
Destiny of Immortal
Turn-based fantasy RPG with branching paths toward immortality
80% positive
1,958 reviews
Demo LEGO® Bricktales
Isometric puzzle adventure solving problems with brick-by-brick LEGO builds
83% positive
1,957 reviews
Ghost Master®
Strategy puzzle game where you command ghosts to scare townspeople
90% positive
1,955 reviews
Demo Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
First-person train simulation with survival and Soviet mafia jobs
91% positive
1,954 reviews
Founders' Fortune
Colony sim about building a village and managing settlers' lives
81% positive
1,952 reviews
Wurm Unlimited
Open-world fantasy sandbox with crafting, terraforming, and player-run servers
73% positive
1,951 reviews
Thief Simulator 2: Prologue
Free first-person burglary simulator with four suburban houses to rob
84% positive
Free
Demo Aground
2D mining and crafting RPG from islands to space
93% positive
1,947 reviews
Demo Ore Factory Squad ⛏️
Co-op mining and factory building, from shovels to conveyor belts
87% positive
1,946 reviews
ZEPHON
Combat-focused turn-based 4X strategy on a ruined, alien-scarred Earth
83% positive
1,944 reviews
MicroWorks
Fast-paced online party game with rapid microgames and final showdowns
80% positive
Free
SteamWorld Build
Casual city builder where mining fuels a robot town
83% positive
1,938 reviews
Urbek City Builder
City builder where resource chains shape how neighborhoods grow
89% positive
1,937 reviews
Simmiland
Card-based god game where prayers power your influence over humanity
86% positive
1,934 reviews
Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
Fantasy automation adventure with creature-run workshops and wilderness expeditions
81% positive
1,931 reviews
Uplink
Hacking strategy game about contract jobs and covering your tracks
89% positive
1,917 reviews
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Space drone-building simulation with destructible planets and automated machines
78% positive
1,911 reviews
Urbek City Builder: Prologue
A city builder driven by resources rather than money
94% positive
Free
Kill It With Fire: Ignition
First-person action sandbox about hunting spiders with excessive firepower
91% positive
Free
Outbound
Open-world exploration and crafting with a customizable camper van
73% positive
1,904 reviews