Sandbox 2011 — top best games in the Sandbox genre

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Xbox 360, Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 5 → 9 May 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox game focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

Crysis

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

Serious Sam 3: BFE

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

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 23 April 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter and sandbox from the Croteam Ltd. studio. The game is published by Devolver Digital, the...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Android → 18 November 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Super Meat Boy is a hardcore 2D side-scrolling platformer. You have to help the meat cube save his beloved, who was kidnapped by the evil scientist Dr. Fitus. The...

Shadowgrounds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

Game released: Linux, Mac, PC → 16 September 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Shadowgrounds is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, shooter, horror and sandbox from the masters from the studio Frozenbyte, Inc.. The game is...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Mac, Xbox 360 → 15 February 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Duke Nukem 3D (1996)

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

Game released: Android, DOS, PC, iPad, iPhone, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Xbox 360, Nintendo 64 → 1 November 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

OpenTTD

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Trains

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Mac, webOS, PC, Zodiac → 13 November 2005

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Battle for Wesnoth

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

Game released: Amiga, Browser, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Mac, PC → 29 September 2005

Players: 5.5/10

Battle for Wesnoth is a top-down strategy game with a mix of fantasy and sandbox. Battle for Wesnoth is also known as Battle for Wesnoth...

Trainyard

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Trains

Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone → 16 May 2012

Players: 9/10

Trainyard is a top-down strategy game with a mix of puzzle, sandbox and train simulator. The PC version of Trainyard, unfortunately, has not yet been released, but...

Wrecking Crew

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Game Boy Advance, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii → 21 May 2004

Wrecking Crew is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer, puzzle and sandbox from the studio Nintendo Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is...

Tropico 4

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360 → 21 September 2011

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Tropico 4 is a continuation of the banana republic dictator simulator. You will take on the role of the newly elected El Presidente. The main task is to make candy...

SpaceChem

Strategy, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Android, iPad, Linux, Mac, PC → 30 June 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

SpaceChem is an unusual puzzle game with strategy elements and a top-down view. In the game you will try on the role of a SpaceChem reactor compartment engineer...

Frozen Synapse

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Sandbox, Indie, Tactics, Online

Game released: Linux, Mac, PC, Android, iOS → 26 May 2011

Metacritic: 85/100

Frozen Synapse is a fantastic top-down turn-based tactical strategy game. This game allows you to give detailed and precise orders to your team: classic gameplay...

Excitebike

Top-down view, Sports game, Stunts, Sandbox, Motorcycle racing

Game released: Game Boy Advance, NES, Nintendo 3DS, PC-88, Wii → 10 July 2004

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Aquaria

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: iPad, Mac, PC, iOS → 2 November 2011

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Nuclear Dawn

Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Mac, PC → 26 September 2011

Players: 4.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Dink Smallwood

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac, PC → 24 November 2010

Dink Smallwood is a third-person role-playing game with action, fantasy and sandbox elements from RT Soft. The game is published by Funsoft and Iridon Interactive...

Sims FreePlay

Arcade, Strategy, Business / Management, Free game, Action, Sandbox, Isometric, In real time, Simulation

Game released: iOS, Android → 15 December 2011

Players: 5.9/10

The Sims FreePlay is a real-time arcade strategy game with business elements and an isometric view. From head to toe—and floor to ceiling—you can customize every...

I Dig It

Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: iPad, iPhone, Windows Phone → 17 June 2010

LittleBigPlanet 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 21 January 2011

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 91/100

LittleBigPlanet 2 — as in the previous version of the game, players will be able to dress up their hero, change his appearance (for example, glue his nose...

Pushmo

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 8 December 2011

Metacritic: 90/100

Pushmo is an action game with a mixture of platformer, puzzle and sandbox from the developers of Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is...

FIFA Manager 12

Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 18 October 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

FIFA Manager 12 is a third-person simulator with elements of a business simulator, sports game and sandbox from the masters from the Bright Future GmbH studio. The...

Painkiller: Redemption

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 25 February 2011

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 43/100

Painkiller: Redemption is a first-person action game with shooter and sandbox elements from the masters from the Eggtooth Team studio. The main publishers of the...

365 Puzzle Club

Strategy, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Sandbox

Game released: Android, BlackBerry, BREW, iPhone, J2ME → 13 October 2009

365 Puzzle Club is a strategy with a mixture of puzzle and sandbox from developers from the Connect2Media studio. The game is published by Connect2Media. But Puzzle...

Panzer Corps

Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 11 July 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Panzer Corps is a historical top-down turn-based strategy game. The game is dedicated to the Second World War, where you can play both a campaign for the Germans...

UFO: Alien Invasion

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Sandbox

Game released: Android, Linux, Mac, PC → 20 May 2011

UFO: Alien Invasion is an isometric strategy game with sandbox...

Tropico 3

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360 → 25 June 2010

Metacritic: 77/100

Tropico 3 is a third-person strategy game with business simulator and sandbox elements from the developers of Haemimont Games AD. The main publisher of the game is...

BBC Battlefield Academy

Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Sandbox

Game released: iPad, Mac, PC → 14 March 2012

BBC Battlefield Academy is a top-down strategy game with historical and sandbox elements from the developers of Slitherine Software UK Ltd.. The main publisher of...

Panzer Command: Ostfront

Simulation, Strategy, Third-person view, Collection, Historical, Turn-based, Sandbox, Tanks

Game released: PC → 12 May 2011

Panzer Command: Ostfront is a third-person simulator with a mixture of strategy, history, sandbox and tank simulator from Black Hand Studios. The game is published...

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...

Steamlands

Action, In real time, Puzzle, Sandbox, Tanks

Game released: Browser → 18 April 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steamlands is an action game with a mixture of puzzle, sandbox and tank simulator from developers from the Nitrome Ltd. studio. The game is published by Nitrome...

Snake Slider

Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: iPhone, webOS → 24 July 2011

Snake Slider is a third-person strategy game with puzzle and sandbox elements from the developers at BdR Games. The game is published by BdR Games. Perhaps Snake...

Men of War: Vietnam

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 8 September 2011

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Men of War: Vietnam is a tactical isometric real-time strategy game set during the Vietnam War. In the game you will find two well-developed story campaigns, where...

Scribblenauts Remix

Action, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: iPad, iPhone → 11 October 2011

Players: 10/10

Scribblenauts Remix is a third-person action game with a dash of strategy, platforming, puzzle and sandbox from developers 5TH Cell Media, LLC and Iron Galaxy...

The Sims 3: Pets

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

Game released: Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 → 20 October 2011

Metacritic: 79/100

The Sims 3: Pets is an addition to the real-time life management simulator Sims 3. For the first time in the history of the series, you can not only get pets, but...

Scribblenauts

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Nintendo DS → 27 January 2011

Metacritic: 79/100

Scribblenauts is a third-person action game with strategy, platformer, puzzle and sandbox elements from the masters at 5TH Cell Media, LLC. The main publisher of...

Shift 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Browser, iPhone, Mac, Windows Phone → 12 April 2008

Shift 2 is a third-person action game with platformer, puzzle and sandbox elements from the developers from the studio Armor Games Inc.. The game is published by...

Sims 3: Generations

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

Game released: Mac, PC → 1 June 2011

Sims 3: Generations is a third-person simulator with sandbox elements from developers from The Sims Studio. The main publisher of the game is Electronic Arts...

Crayon Physics Deluxe (2011)

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Linux, Mac, PC → 27 July 2011

Metacritic: 79/100

Sandbox

Best Games in the Sandbox genre of 2011 (Game released)