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.
Kingdoms and Castles
Medieval city builder with modular castles and Viking raids
94% positive
31K reviews
Golf It!
Multiplayer minigolf with custom courses and a detailed level editor
90% positive
31K reviews
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Open-world survival RPG with crafting, magic, and dragon hunting
81% positive
31K reviews
Hurtworld
Multiplayer survival shooter built around base building and PvP
76% positive
31K reviews
Creativerse
First-person sandbox adventure with survival, crafting, and detailed building
78% positive
31K reviews
X4: Foundations
Single-player space sandbox with a simulated economy and fleet command
80% positive
30K reviews
IdleOn - The Incremental MMO
Pixel-art incremental MMO where eleven characters work while you're away
77% positive
Free
Dorfromantik
Relaxing tile-placement puzzle about building villages and chasing high scores
96% positive
30K reviews
Tropico 6
Political city builder about managing a banana republic across islands
88% positive
30K reviews
Train Simulator Classic
Single-player train simulator with licensed locomotives and editable routes
72% positive
29K reviews
Bloons TD Battles
Competitive tower defense duels where players send bloons at rivals
91% positive
Free
Dinkum
Australian-themed open-world life sim about building an island town
92% positive
29K reviews
Necesse
Top-down survival crafting RPG with automated settlements and co-op
93% positive
29K reviews
My Time at Sandrock
Open-world life sim centered on crafting and rebuilding a desert town
88% positive
29K reviews
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
Open-world fantasy RPG built around exploration and character freedom
95% positive
29K reviews
Hydroneer
Mining sandbox with hydro-powered automation and hands-on base building
86% positive
29K reviews
Dead Frontier 2
Online third-person survival horror with scarce ammo and zombie scavenging
70% positive
Free
Mindustry
Factory-building strategy with automated supply lines and wave defense
96% positive
28K reviews
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
Science-themed incremental clicker tracing life from cells to space
89% positive
Free
Coral Island
Island farming and life sim with diving and town restoration
89% positive
28K reviews
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Soviet-themed city builder with detailed logistics and planned-economy management
91% positive
27K reviews
UBOAT
World War II submarine simulator centered on crew survival and command
84% positive
27K reviews
Pacific Drive
First-person driving survival through a shifting, anomaly-filled exclusion zone
83% positive
27K reviews
Imperator: Rome
Ancient grand strategy about politics, populations, trade, and conquest
66% positive
27K reviews