Sandbox 2021 — top best games in the Sandbox genre / Page 2

Mainframe Defenders - a game in the Sandbox genre

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Exploration, Sandbox, Roguelike

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 25 February 2020

Players: 4.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Mainframe Defenders is a turn-based roguelike tactics game focused on interesting items and customization. The game resembles a hybrid of XCOM...

The Sims 4: Fashion Street

DLC, God Simulator, Simulation, Business / Management, In real time, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 5 October 2021

Steam: 70/100

The expansion pack allows you to diversify the style of Sims with clothing from the fashionable streets of Mumbai. The wardrobe will be enriched with...

Hell Architect

Simulation, Side view, Strategy, Business / Management, City Building, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Mac → 18 August 2021

Steam: 64/100

Hell Architect is a hell management simulator in which you choose how, who, and for what you will punish. In addition to various places for torture...

Bitburner

Role-playing game, Educational game (Education), Sandbox, Free game, Text quest, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 10 December 2021

Steam: 94/100

An unusual role-playing game with elements of programming and automation, set in a cyberpunk world. Instead of the usual battles and quests, the...

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, First-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S → 25 May 2021

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 64/100

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs is a first-person comedy adventure with a very long title. You and your bride are the last people in the...

CryoFall

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Crafting, Survival, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 29 April 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 74/100

CryoFall is a top-down multiplayer action RPG with survival elements. The game takes place on a forgotten planet in the distant future. After an...

Soko-Ban

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, TRS-80 CoCo, PlayStation 4 → 1984

A puzzle game about moving boxes across a board and placing them on marked goals. The rules are simple, but more difficult stages require careful...

The Falconeer

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 10 November 2020

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The Falconeer is an open-world fantasy RPG featuring unconventional combat featuring aerial combat and acrobatics. The action takes place in a world...

Empires in Ruins

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Sandbox, City Building

Game released: PC → 25 March 2021

Players: 1/10

Steam: 72/100

Empires in Ruins is a fun top-down real-time strategy game with tower defense elements. Something happened in a small state full of corruption...

DUSK 82: ULTIMATE EDITION

Arcade, Puzzle, Isometric, Sandbox, Shooter, Tactics, Turn-based, Adventure

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2021

Steam: 95/100

DUSK 82: ULTIMATE EDITION is an arcade puzzle game with an isometric view and turn-based tactics. Enemies and their projectiles only move when you...

Factory Town

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

Game released: PC, Mac → 17 November 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Factory Town is a management strategy game with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view. In the game you have to build, automate and optimize...

Nebuchadnezzar

Strategy, Indie, Isometric, Simulation, City Building, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: PC, Linux → 17 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Nebuchadnezzar is an isometric city-building simulator in which you can get acquainted with the mysterious history and culture of ancient...

Block Sun Earth

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Android → 26 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Block Sun Earth is an action simulator with a first-person view and editor elements. You will be able to destroy all the blocks in the world, create...

Priest Simulator: Heavy Duty

Action, Third-person view, First-person view, Adventure, Simulation, Free game, Sandbox, Shooter

Game released: PC → 18 October 2021

Steam: 95/100

Priest Simulator: Heavy Duty is a free prologue for an unusual first-person simulator about a vampire priest in the title role, in which you have to...

Main Assembly

Arcade, Simulation, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Sandbox, Construction

Game released: PC → 26 January 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Main Assembly is a fun, third-person educational simulation where you create and control robotic drones using programming elements. You'll find...

Goblin.Life

Free game, Adventure, Third-person view, Platformer, Role-playing game, MMO, Casual game, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 30 April 2021

Steam: 50/100

Goblin.Life is a free-to-play multiplayer sandbox with a third-person view in which players can cooperatively explore 3D worlds created using the...

Mega Mall Story

Simulation, Strategy, Casual game, Sandbox, Dungeons, City Building

Game released: iOS, PlayStation 4, PC → 9 August 2011

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This mall management simulation tasks the player with building a large shopping center and attracting as many visitors as possible. Shops and...

Stonescape

Adventure, Arcade, Action, First-person view, Indie, Casual game, Sandbox, Slasher

Game released: PC → 26 July 2021

Players: 4/10

Steam: 12/100

Stonescape is an unusual sandbox with a first-person view, complete destructibility and good graphics. In the game you will find yourself on a large...

Ethereal Estate

Simulation, Online, Indie, Arcade, First-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 12 March 2021

Steam: 86/100

Ethereal Estate — arcade indie simulator with first-person view and online elements. Your main task — destroy Viotto's estate. The...

Game Builder Garage

Sandbox, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Action, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 June 2021

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Game Builder Garage is the ultimate editor for Nintendo Switch, which will allow you to create games of various genres: from platformers and racing...

Neokaiju

Action, Platformer, Side view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 4 July 2021

Steam: 64/100

Neokaiju is a free-to-play side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell you about a little monster from...

Tile Miner

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Mac → 10 November 2021

Players: 4/10

Steam: 61/100

This is an isometric action-adventure sandbox set in an infinite, randomly generated world that can be reshaped to suit the player’s plans. The...

Blockchain Tycoon

Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Mac → 20 January 2021

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 41/100

Blockchain Tycoon is a management simulator with an isometric camera view. You will have to build your own premises and equipment for mining...

Crazy Gravity

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 1996

Players: 8/10

Steam: 92/100

A side-scrolling action platformer about a little astronaut lost in space. To return home, the astronaut must power up a rocket and collect the...

Heroes of Eldemor

Free game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view, Slasher, Role-playing game, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 25 May 2021

Steam: 72/100

Heroes of Eldemor is a free action role-playing game with a third-person view and co-op in a medieval setting. In the game you have to go to a...

On The Road - The Truck Simulator

Open world, Business / Management, Sandbox

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 14 November 2019

Steam: 49/100

This truck-driving simulation is set on German motorways and country roads linking major cities and other points of interest. Players deliver cargo...

Emergency Call 112 – The Fire Fighting Simulation 2

Simulation, Online, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 18 March 2021

Steam: 68/100

This simulation of a German professional fire brigade follows 24-hour shifts at a recreation of Fire Station 1 in Mülheim an der Ruhr. Calls cover...

ArmaCulture

Role-playing game, Business / Management, Strategy, Top-down view, Free game, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Steam: 89/100

ArmaCulture is a free-to-play indie factory-building RPG set in the midst of industrial warfare. The plot will tell about the son of a former...

Go Rally

Isometric, Racing, Sandbox, Online

Game released: iOS → 27 January 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Go Rally is a racing game with an isometric view and online elements. This is a game with many tracks, cars, career mode, multiplayer time trials and...

Metro Sim Hustle

Exploration, Sandbox, Survival

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5 → 24 July 2021

Steam: 75/100

A sandbox game with exploration and survival elements, set in a bustling metropolis. The player operates a high-speed commuter train, keeps to a...

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Best Games in the Sandbox genre of 2021 (Game released)