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
3,696 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Deadside
Open-world survival shooter with base building, raids, and PvP
76% positive
37K reviews
Demo My Time at Portia
Open-world life sim about crafting and rebuilding a workshop
91% positive
36K reviews
Trailmakers
Physics-based vehicle-building sandbox for land, sea, air, and space
92% positive
36K reviews
Demo Stoneshard
Open-world turn-based RPG about surviving life as a mercenary
73% positive
36K reviews
One-armed cook
A co-op cooking simulator where each chef has one arm
91% positive
Free
Wobbly Life
Open-world physics sandbox with jobs, secrets, and cooperative play
97% positive
36K reviews
Fields of Mistria
Pixel-art farming RPG about rebuilding a village through farming and magic
96% positive
35K reviews
Steep™
Open-world winter sports action across the Alps and Alaska
82% positive
35K reviews
Demo Against the Storm
Roguelite city builder about adapting settlements to endless storms
94% positive
34K reviews
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Open-world survival RPG with crafting, magic, and dragon hunting
79% positive
34K reviews
The Sims™ 3
Open-world life simulation with customizable people, homes, and stories
85% positive
34K reviews
Wartales
Open-world tactical RPG about managing a medieval mercenary band
85% positive
33K reviews
Wreckfest
Full-contact racing game built around crashes and vehicle destruction
86% positive
33K reviews
Bloons TD Battles
Competitive tower defense duels where players send bloons at rivals
90% positive
Free
Demo Paint the Town Red
First-person voxel brawler with improvised weapons and destructible enemies
96% positive
33K reviews
IdleOn - The Incremental MMO
Pixel-art incremental MMO where eleven characters work while you're away
80% positive
Free
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inZOI
Single-player life sim with realistic characters and extensive customization
78% positive
32K reviews
Kingdoms and Castles
Medieval city builder with modular castles and Viking raids
93% positive
32K reviews
Demo Half Sword
Physics-based medieval combat simulator with mouse-controlled weapons and permanent death
64% positive
32K reviews
Anno 1800
Industrial-era city builder focused on production chains and global trade
80% positive
31K reviews
Dead Frontier 2
Online third-person survival horror with scarce ammo and zombie scavenging
70% positive
Free
Generation Zero®
Open-world survival shooter about guerrilla warfare against deadly machines
75% positive
31K reviews
Lost Light
Multiplayer extraction shooter where escaping determines what loot you keep
55% positive
Free
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
Science-themed incremental clicker tracing life from cells to space
89% positive
Free