Best Games in the Sandbox genre of 2023
Action, Shooter, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting, Trains
May 9, 2023
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
71/100
A cooperative survival action game in which the player becomes a member of the crew of an interdimensional train. The hero sets off to explore a...
Horror, First-person view, Action, Open world, Stealth, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Adventure, Survival horror
June 6, 2023
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
76/100
The game takes place during the First World War. French soldier Henri Clément finds himself locked in an abandoned military bunker, where something...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Sandbox, Exploration, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Simulation
April 16, 2019
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Anno 1800 is a new game in the real-time management strategy series Anno. The events unfold at the dawn of the industrial age, during the times of...
Simulation, Online, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Construction
December 14, 2023
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
77/100
An exciting management simulator that will allow you to become a one-man repair team. As players progress, they buy abandoned houses that are in dire...
Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Simulation, City Building, Sandbox, Historical, Fantasy, Construction
November 1, 2022
Players:
8/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
91/100
A city-planning simulator in a dark fantasy world in which you need to restore civilization and save it from deadly rains. Players take on the role...
Simulation, Futurism (Future), Educational game (Education), Sandbox, Science fiction, Online, Exploration, Space
February 24, 2023
Players:
5.4/10
Steam:
25/100
Continuation of a fun sci-fi simulator based on real laws of physics. In the game you need to create a space program, build a powerful spaceship...
Role-playing game, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Adventure, Online
August 9, 2023
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
46/100
Conditionally free survival game with crafting, building, anime-style graphics, and a large open world, similar to a mix of Genshin Impact and...
Survival, City Building, Side view, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Construction, Strategy
November 6, 2023
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
87/100
The player controls a city inhabited by mice. Each resident of Ratopia has their own skills and characteristics — they need to organize...
First-person view, Indie, Detective, Adventure, Sandbox, Stealth, Action, Open world, Cyberpunk, Procedural generation
April 24, 2023
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
68/100
The game takes place in an alternative 1980s, where it is not the police who solve crimes, but private corporations and mercenaries. Players take on...
Sandbox, Survival, Isometric, Simulation, Open world, Crafting, Exploration, Adventure, Construction
May 25, 2023
Steam:
73/100
The player creates his own world from pieces and then explores it. More than a hundred varieties of biomes and their combinations are available. To...
Action, Third-person view, Business / Management, Indie, Sandbox, Comedy, Farm Simulator, Open world, Simulation, First-person view
August 5, 2021
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
86/100
A harsh farmer simulator that shows the very “dark” side of life on a garden plot. The main character is an alcoholic who sleeps in a dilapidated...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Crafting, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
June 22, 2023
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
67/100
The game takes place on Earth destroyed by an environmental disaster. To survive and understand what happened, the hero collects resources, fights...
Isometric, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting, Casual game, Farm Simulator, Role-playing game
August 8, 2023
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
83/100
The game takes place in a destroyed and flooded post-apocalyptic city. The main character builds a shelter on the roof of a skyscraper. You can...
Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Space, Crafting
May 10, 2023
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
66/100
A space sandbox in which the player builds his own base on Mars. You can grow crops and produce oxygen. Construction requires various resources that...
Business / Management, First-person view, Simulation, Action, Indie, Educational game (Education), Construction, Sandbox
June 9, 2022
Players:
6.2/10
Steam:
71/100
Builder Simulator is an exciting builder simulator with a first-person view, where you can build a house from scratch with your own hands. To do...
Isometric, Strategy, Construction, City Building, In real time, Business / Management, Sandbox, Simulation
March 2, 2023
Players:
9/10
Steam:
75/100
The player is trying to restore an old military camp. You will have to set up logistics and the economy, correctly arranging buildings and selecting...
Cooperative (co-op), Online, Top-down view, Arcade, Survival, Dungeons, Action, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
August 5, 2021
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
89/100
A vibrant co-op game in which gamers travel through nine mystical worlds. There you can hunt for treasures in caves, pass challenges and fight...
Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Fantasy, Open world, Business / Management, Simulation, Sandbox
January 27, 2021
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
79/100
An open world action RPG based on Chinese mythology and culture. The game has a character development system, a lot of text (the project is...
Virtual Reality (VR), Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Science fiction, Sandbox, Exploration, Comedy
March 31, 2022
Players:
10/10
Steam:
94/100
Cosmonious High is an exciting adventure sandbox with a first-person view in a science fiction setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus...
