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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.

IKEA VR Experience
Short VR kitchen tour with changeable finishes and interactive objects
70% positive Free
Cattle Country
Western life sim mixing frontier ranching with bandit encounters
86% positive 384 reviews
Modern Tanks: War Tank Games
Free-to-play tank shooter with online deathmatches and vehicle upgrades
54% positive Free
Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic
Hidden-object puzzles across magical eras with shifting day and night
87% positive 380 reviews
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
Open-world survival horror with shelter building and strange anomalies
37% positive Free
Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator
Physics-based siege strategy with armies you command and castles you breach
54% positive Free
Oriental Valley
Village life sim with farming, exploration, and quirky locals
83% positive 371 reviews
Catizens
Cat colony sim where personalities shape town building and jobs
81% positive 367 reviews
Of Life and Land
Colony-building strategy game where settlements reshape living ecosystems
86% positive 367 reviews
The White Laboratory
Physics-based tower defense where you build robots from parts
78% positive 362 reviews
Airmen
First-person shipbuilding and airship battles across an open-world archipelago
76% positive 361 reviews
Seeds of Calamity
Farming sim with a village to rebuild and turn-based dungeons
81% positive 361 reviews
Burger Bistro Story
Run a burger diner by creating menus and managing staff
83% positive 352 reviews
Hydroponics Farm & Store Simulator
First-person farm and shop sim growing plants and raising fish
82% positive 352 reviews
World Racing 2 - Champion Edition
Arcade and simulation racing on open tracks with traffic
85% positive 351 reviews
PC Tycoon 2
Business management sim about designing computer hardware and competing for sales
80% positive 347 reviews
Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator
Management sim about building and running cryptocurrency mining facilities
83% positive 345 reviews
RailGods of Hysterra
Cosmic horror survival and crafting aboard a living train
54% positive 345 reviews
Voxel Project VR
First-person VR sandbox with destructible environments and enemy sieges
85% positive 344 reviews
Embers Adrift
Fantasy MMORPG with tab-target combat and group dungeon exploration
71% positive 344 reviews
Research Story
Farming and life sim built around researching plants and creatures
95% positive 344 reviews
Gym Manager
Gym management sim with facility upgrades and rival sabotage
80% positive 342 reviews
Deity Empires
Turn-based fantasy 4X with deity magic and tactical battles
86% positive 339 reviews
Mega Mall Story
Mall management sim where shops and investments draw regular customers
95% positive 338 reviews