Sandbox 2007 — top best games in the Sandbox genre

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 17 September 2008

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Set in 2020, this futuristic first-person shooter follows a standoff between the United States and North Korea in the South China Sea. After North Korean forces...

Gears of War

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Xbox 360 → 12 December 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Gears of War is an action game with a third-person view in a fantastic post-apocalyptic setting. The game's plot revolves around Delta Force soldiers defending...

World in Conflict

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 4 December 2008

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

A real-time strategy game about the Soviet army advancing into Western Europe in 1989 and a diversionary attack on American soil. The player takes the role of a...

Star Wars: Empire at War

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Star Wars

Game released: Mac, PC → 19 April 2007

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

This real-time strategy game is set in the Star Wars universe a few years before the events of Episode IV: A New Hope, and covers the creation of the Rebel Alliance...

Neverwinter Nights (2002)

Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

Game released: Linux, Mac, PC → 20 June 2003

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Neverwinter Nights (2002) — original script — this is a campaign. It includes about 60 hours of gameplay. Gameplay focuses on developing the player's...

Unreal Tournament 3

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Online

Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 18 September 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A futuristic first-person shooter built around arena battles against other players online or computer-controlled opponents. Combat combines a range of weapons and...

Eets

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac, PC, Linux, Xbox 360 → 7 December 2010

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle platformer combines character movement with physics-based challenges. The player helps Eets overcome obstacles by using objects and interactions in the...

Medieval 2: Total War - Kingdoms

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Turn-based, Sandbox, Medieval era

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 7 September 2007

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 85/100

An expansion for Medieval 2: Total War, this historical strategy game adds four campaigns set on expanded maps of the British Isles, Teutonic Northern Europe, the...

Far Cry: Instincts - Predator

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Collection, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 1 March 2011

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Far Cry: Instincts — Predator — an improved edition of the first-person shooter Far Cry: Instincts — Evolution. The game features improved...

Championship Sprint

Arcade, Racing, Top-down view, Sandbox

Game released: Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, PlayStation 3, ZX Spectrum → 1988

Championship Sprint is a top-down arcade game with racing and sandbox elements from the developers at Atari Games Corporation. The game is published by Electric...

Disciples: Sacred Lands (Gold Edition)

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 4 October 1999

Steam: 86/100

Set in the fantasy world of the Sacred Lands, this turn-based strategy game with role-playing elements follows four races fighting for survival and dominance. The...

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08

Golf, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox

Game released: Mac, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PSP → 16 October 2007

Metacritic: 75/100

A professional golf sports game featuring the FedExCup championship format and competitions against PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players. Shot Confidence tracks...

ArmA: Armed Assault

Simulation, Shooter, First-person view, Sandbox, Open world, Action, Strategy

Game released: PC → 11 July 2008

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This first-person tactical military shooter with simulation elements takes place on the island of Sahrani, where large-scale conflicts unfold alongside...

GripShift

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox 360 → 4 January 2007

Metacritic: 71/100

GripShift is an arcade racing game that combines stunt driving with puzzle-like challenges on twisting tracks. Players choose from six characters and customize...

Heroes of Might and Magic 5: Tribes of the East

Role-playing game, Strategy, DLC, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Sandbox, Online

Game released: PC → 10 October 2008

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 70/100

An expansion for Heroes of Might and Magic 5, this turn-based fantasy strategy game follows the struggle over the world of Ashan. Players explore the land, capture...

Titan Quest: Immortal Throne

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 17 July 2007

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Titan Quest: Immortal Throne is an action role-playing game in the fantasy genre. Like its predecessor Titan Quest, Immortal Throne is an action role-playing game...

Battle Lode Runner

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: TurboGrafx-16, Wii → 10 February 1993

Battle Lode Runner is an action game with platformer, puzzle and sandbox elements from the masters from the studio Hudson Soft Company, Ltd.. The game is published...

Empire Earth 3

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: PC → 6 May 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 26/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Empire Earth 3 - during story missions, the player can observe the position of troops on the planet, it looks schematically. During the actual battle, the player is...

Micro Machines V4

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Top-down view, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 2, PSP, PC, Nintendo DS → 30 June 2006

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Micro Machines V4 is an arcade racing action game. The player controls a toy car and drives it along the track. As with most games, the goal is to beat other racers...

ProStroke Golf: World Tour 2007

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 2, PSP, PC, Xbox → 1 September 2006

Metacritic: 61/100

ProStroke Golf: World Tour 2007 is a golf simulation focused on competing against professional players and refining swing technique. It features licensed golfers...

Rise of Nations: Gold Edition

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Collection, Historical, Sandbox, Online

Game released: Mac, PC → 7 April 2005

Steam: 94/100

This real-time strategy game spans history, with players guiding a nation from a single city in the Ancient Age as it expands across the map. Development involves...

Traxxpad: Portable Studio

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Music game, Top-down view, Sandbox

Game released: PSP → 26 June 2007

Metacritic: 78/100

This music-making simulator turns a portable console into a studio for creating and recording tracks. Traxxpad: Portable Studio provides a drum machine, sequencer...

Gish

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Adventure

Game released: BlackBerry, J2ME, Linux, Mac, PC → 7 August 2009

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action-adventure game with puzzle elements follows Gish, a ball of tar who ventures into the subterranean sewers of the forgotten city of Dross to rescue his...

Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord

Strategy, Simulation, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Tanks, Tactics

Game released: Mac, PC → 18 June 2009

Steam: 96/100

Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord takes you from Normandy in 1944 to Germany in 1945—the Western Front. You can side with the Allies or the Axis. The choice is wide...

Rail Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox, Trains

Game released: PC → 18 October 2007

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Rail Simulator — railway simulator for Microsoft Windows, released in 2007. Developed by the British company Kuju Entertainment. The game runs on the PhysX...

Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon

Strategy, DLC, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 1 December 2007

Players: 8.7/10

Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon — The main difference from the main game is a campaign of eleven missions in which you have to help your friend Finn Hallqvist...

Cube (2007)

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PSP → 30 April 2007

Metacritic: 60/100

Cube is a strategy puzzle game set across suspended 3D worlds of platforms and mazes. In single-player or multiplayer, players navigate obstacles and collect items...

Ship Simulator 2008

Simulation, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 12 September 2007

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Ship Simulator 2008 — normal and quite realistic graphics appeared, the waves became more realistic, the weather changed not only in terms of the name, but...

CivCity: Rome

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, City Building, Simulation

Game released: PC → 29 July 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A city-building simulation about the great cities of the Roman Empire, from its early beginnings to its height and the city of Rome itself. Across a series of...

Alien Hominid (2004)

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

Game released: GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 23 November 2004

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This 2D side-scrolling action game follows an alien travelling across the globe in search of its UFO. Along the way, the protagonist battles armed enemies, advances...

Xpand Rally Xtreme

Racing, Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox

Game released: PC → May 2008

Steam: 79/100

Xpand Rally Xtreme is a rally driving simulator built around races on demanding tracks filled with bumps, ditches, jumps, potholes and tight turns. Its detailed...

Lode Runner (1989)

Platformer, Puzzle, Sandbox, Side view

Game released: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM-7, J2ME, Mac, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC Booter, Sharp X1, SG-1000, VIC-20, Wii, Windows Phone, WonderSwan, ZX Spectrum → 1989

Players: 5.5/10

Lode Runner (1989) is a classic side-scrolling puzzle platformer. You will find many different levels with complex riddles. In addition, you can create your own...

Metal Marines

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: SNES, Wii, Windows 3.x → 18 November 1994

Steam: 94/100

Metal Marines is an isometric strategy game with elements of a business simulator, sandbox and robot simulator from the developers of Namco Limited. The main...

1914: Shells of Fury

Simulation, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Historical, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 20 August 2007

Players: 6.2/10

1914: Shells of Fury — historical simulator with a first-person view. As the commander of a combat submarine, you will have to win a series of exciting naval...

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 2 November 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is a standalone add-on for a top-down turn-based strategy set in a fantasy setting Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne. The events...

Delta Force: Task Force Dagger

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 18 June 2009

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 51/100

An expansion for Delta Force: Land Warrior, featuring special forces missions in Afghanistan and near the Pakistani border. Objectives include taking Kandahar...

The Sims 2: Bon Voyage

Simulation, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Mac, PC → 11 January 2008

Metacritic: 74/100

An expansion for Sims 2 focused on Sims taking vacations and exploring destinations. During their travels, Sims can meet locals ranging from a wise hermit to fire...

Drawn to Life

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Nintendo DS, iOS → 4 December 2008

Metacritic: 73/100

A platformer with sandbox elements in which the player’s drawings become part of the game world. Using a stylus, the hero rebuilds a small village by drawing...

Unreal Tournament 3 (Collector's Edition)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Online

Game released: PC → 19 November 2007

Steam: 85/100

A futuristic first-person shooter built around battles against other players or computer-controlled opponents. In Unreal Tournament 3, combat uses weapons and...

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Mac, PC, iOS → 28 November 2005

Metacritic: 81/100

A theme park management simulator that lets players view the park from different angles and ride its roller coasters. 3D graphics allow the camera to move around...

Sandbox

Best Games in the Sandbox genre of 2007 (Game released)