Sandbox 2013 — top best games in the Sandbox genre

Arcade, 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, Nintendo Switch 2 → 9 May 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploring a practically endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with 3D blocks...

GTA 5

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 1 October 2013

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 92/100

A legendary sequel to the popular Grand Theft Auto series. The game is set in Los Santos, a city that players first came to love in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas...

Terraria

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Survival, Online

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Android, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, iOS, Mac, Linux → 16 May 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...

Geometry Dash

Arcade, Platformer, Music game, Sandbox, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS → 22 December 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Geometry Dash is a fast-paced arcade platformer where you have to jump and dodge over various obstacles. The game has many levels that will bring many challenges...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

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

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Sandbox

Arcade, God Simulator, Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV → 23 November 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Sandbox is an arcade god simulator with puzzle elements. Imagine creating your own 8-bit pixel world, playing with humans, ninjas, robots or zombies, composing your...

Frozen Synapse

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

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

Steam: 89/100

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...

Castle Story

Arcade, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Strategy, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android → 17 August 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 55/100

A strategy sandbox set among floating fantasy islands, Castle Story puts the player in command of creatures called Bricktrons, who build castles and settlements...

Block Story

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Sandbox

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 10 December 2015

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Block Story is an action role-playing game with elements of adventure and fantasy with a first-person view. A world of vast landscapes awaits you, where you are in...

Disney Infinity

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Beat them all

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Wii, iOS, Nintendo 3DS, PS Vita, Android → 9 December 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Disney Infinity is a third-person arcade game in the style of defeating them all. In this game you will go through a large number of exciting adventures together...

X3: Terran Conflict

Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Sandbox

Game released: Mac, PC, Linux → 17 November 2009

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 73/100

X3: Terran Conflict is a continuation of the global management strategy in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place back in 2938, where the greatest...

NeonXSZ

Role-playing game, Action, Warships / Submarines, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 7 September 2013

Steam: 75/100

This futuristic action RPG centers on zero-gravity gunship combat and an attempt to escape a strange world structured like a system. The protagonist is an anomaly...

KnightShift (Director's Cut Special Edition)

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 31 December 2003

Steam: 76/100

This fantasy game combines a role-playing campaign with real-time strategy, and the two parts can be played together or separately. In the RPG, the hero explores...

Motorbike

Third-person view, Stunts, Motorcycle racing, Sandbox, Online, Racing, Sports game, Action

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Ouya, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, Linux → 15 November 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 59/100

Motorbike — motorcycle racing with a third-person view. This game will test your skills and is full of action and real physics. You will find 100 original...

Sinking Simulator

Free game, Indie, Simulation, Side view, Arcade, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 10 May 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Sinking Simulator is an unusual arcade simulator with a side view, in which you can arrange a variety of shipwrecks and then watch how they happen. Realistic...

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, iOS → 10 March 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This third-person action platformer sends Duke Nukem to New York City in pursuit of the villain Mech Morphix. Duke fights across skyscraper rooftops and through...

Draw Rider Plus

Platformer, Side view, Sandbox, Motorcycle racing, Action, Racing, Indie

Game released: iOS, Android, PC → 6 April 2013

Steam: 70/100

Draw Rider Plus is a side-scrolling racing platformer. This is not an ordinary race, here you will find treacherous challenges with many hardcore levels. Earning...

Saints Row 4 Inauguration Station

Third-person view, Sandbox, Adventure, Action, Free game

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 6 August 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 73/100

This character editor lets players create and modify characters for Saints Row IV. Finished characters can be uploaded for use in Saints Row IV, and characters from...

World War 2: Panzer Claws

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Tanks

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 12 November 2002

Players: 1/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A real-time strategy game about World War II battles in Europe, where the player commands Allied, German, Russian, or French Resistance forces. Its campaigns span...

The Blockheads

Sandbox

Game released: iOS → 10 January 2013

Metacritic: 83/100

A survival and building sandbox set in a procedurally generated world with varied climates and changing seasons. The player explores forests, deserts, mountains...

Earth 2150 Trilogy

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 13 April 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Earth 2150 Trilogy is a collection of three real-time strategy games set in the distant future, where humanity faces conflict across space and betrayal within its...

Chuck's Challenge 3D

Puzzle, Isometric, Indie, Sandbox, Arcade, Construction, Logic

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, Linux → 8 November 2013

Steam: 81/100

This isometric puzzle game follows Woop, a purple alien navigating a universe of challenges created by Chuck Sommerville in search of an exit. Across the levels...

Blockland

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Construction, Online

Game released: PC → 16 December 2013

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 72/100

Blockland is a third-person action game with an indie twist from developers Eric Hartman. The main publisher of the game is Step 1...

Darkout

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: PC → 10 February 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Darkout is a science-fiction action platformer with role-playing and sandbox elements, centered on survival on Illuna, a world of harsh, procedurally generated...

Junk Jack X

Sandbox

Game released: iOS → 29 August 2013

Metacritic: 83/100

This 2D sandbox is about exploring, building and surviving in procedurally generated worlds. Their landscapes contain monsters and hidden treasures. Junk Jack X...

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Best Games in the Sandbox genre of 2013 (Game released)