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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Demo Selkie's Salvage&Co.
An incremental cleanup game about turning ocean trash into upgrades
98% positive
852 reviews
Outpost
Survival tower defense where each run starts in a different season
86% positive
Free
The Guild II
Medieval life sim about building a dynasty through trade or theft
71% positive
845 reviews
Let It Flow
Online arena shooter with community-made maps and toilet humor
83% positive
Free
STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions
Co-op space exploration with timed expeditions and a shared station
54% positive
841 reviews
Aquatico
Underwater city builder with seabed industry and domed housing
68% positive
840 reviews
Rip It! Card Collector
Card collecting simulator with pack opening and automated binder sorting
80% positive
840 reviews
Demo The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410
Medieval strategy simulation about growing businesses and gaining political power
70% positive
838 reviews
Out of the Park Baseball 26
Baseball management simulation with detailed, pitch-by-pitch franchise control
81% positive
834 reviews
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Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Space colony builder with vertical bases and custom escape ships
70% positive
833 reviews
Park Beyond
Theme park management sim with rides that defy physics
63% positive
830 reviews
Panelka
Apartment decorating sandbox with Soviet and post-Soviet furniture
86% positive
829 reviews
Hometopia
Sandbox home-building game for designing houses alone or together
58% positive
824 reviews
Total Miner
Open-world voxel sandbox with scripting tools and adventure modes
74% positive
819 reviews
Legends of Ellaria
Fantasy action RPG with kingdom building and real-time army command
57% positive
818 reviews
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Signs of Life
A sci-fi survival sandbox with an upgradeable wrist laser
75% positive
817 reviews
Citystate
City-building sandbox where policy decisions shape a new nation
76% positive
815 reviews
Demo Solargene
Space colony sim built around logistics across the solar system
74% positive
813 reviews
Creature Crafter
Creature-building sandbox with collectible body parts and multiplayer exploration
86% positive
813 reviews
Miniland Adventure: Prologue
2D survival sandbox with a world you assemble from tiles
87% positive
Free
MachiaVillain
Horror-themed management sim about building traps and feeding monsters
66% positive
810 reviews
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Mall Simulator: Prologue
First-person management sim about running stores and expanding a mall
88% positive
Free
Nantucket
Seafaring strategy RPG about building a crew and hunting whales
78% positive
808 reviews
Blood Bar Tycoon
Vampire bar management sim with a secret blood factory
78% positive
807 reviews