Sandbox for Linux — top best games in the Sandbox genre

Transport Fever 3 - a game in the Sandbox genre

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Casual game, City Building

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2026

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 81/100

An economic simulation and city-building strategy about creating a large-scale transportation empire. The game world has become bigger and more dynamic, and the...

Terraria

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

Game released: 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...

RimWorld

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Roguelike, Survival, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 87/100

RimWorld is a sci-fi survival simulator on an alien planet with real-time strategy elements and a top-down view. Under your control is a small group of people who...

7 Days to Die

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 41/100

Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...

Core Keeper

Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator, Open world, Survival

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

An arcade sandbox that you can play with friends in co-op for up to eight people. The main character is an explorer who wakes up in an ancient dungeon filled with...

Factorio

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Factorio is a top-down sci-fi management strategy game. You have to prepare an alien planet for comfortable living of earthly inhabitants. You will be able to mine...

Fields of Mistria

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Open world, Farm Simulator, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 5 August 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

The game takes place in the picturesque village of Mystria. In this cozy and magical place, the player farms, growing a variety of crops, takes care of animals and...

Ravenfield

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics, Sandbox, Action

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 97/100

Ravenfield is a tactical shooter with a first-person view for single player play. Together with the blue men you have to destroy those annoying red men using...

Serious Sam 3: BFE

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: Linux → 22 November 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Set in a future Egypt amid crumbling cities and ancient temples, this first-person shooter is a prequel to Serious Sam: The First Encounter, following Earth’s final...

Garry's Mod

First-person view, Sandbox, Online, Construction

Game released: Linux → 29 November 2006

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Garry's Mod is a game editor with a first-person view. Using Garry's Mod, you can perform any actions with objects and characters from games on the Source engine...

Project Castaway

Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2026

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 64/100

An open world survival simulator that takes players to beautiful tropical islands. The game takes place in the Pacific Ocean. Players explore procedurally generated...

Vaudeville

Adventure, Detective, Procedural generation, Text quest, Sandbox, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 28 November 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 47/100

An unusual detective adventure, the main feature of which is that dialogues with NPCs in it are generated in real time using artificial intelligence. The game takes...

The Universim

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Casual game, Open world, City Building

Game released: Linux → 22 January 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 79/100

A god simulator where you can create your own planets, civilizations and empires. During the course of the game, gamers will have to conduct technological and...

Windward Horizon

Role-playing game, Warships / Submarines, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2025

Steam: 79/100

An open-world adventure RPG about sea voyages, trade, and life as a captain. The game builds on the ideas of the original Windward from 2015. As a young captain...

Brick Rigs

Action, Racing, Online, Sandbox, Open world, Construction

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2023

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 95/100

A colorful action sandbox that allows you to create different types of vehicles from bricks. The game has a lot of opportunities for constructing and destroying...

War for the Overworld

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Isometric, Dungeons, Sandbox, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 65/100

War for the Overworld is a real-time strategy game with god simulator elements and an isometric camera view, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Overlord and...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2013

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...

Prison Architect

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Prison Architect is a top-down real-time management strategy game. Players will have to build and develop a real prison. Moreover, it will be necessary to organize...

Necesse

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation, Online

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2025

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled with various...

Kerbal Space Program

Flight Simulator, Futurism (Future), Logic, Indie, Space, Simulation, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Kerbal Space Program is a sci-fi simulator with well-developed physical laws. You have to manage the space program of a certain planet. Everything needed to build a...

Shadowgrounds

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

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This top-down science-fiction action game follows a fight against an alien threat in the colony of New Atlantis. The protagonist battles monsters and large bosses...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A construction game in which the player creates unique medieval siege engines and uses them to destroy fortified fortresses. Players can build siege weapons...

Saints Row 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Open world, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 7 January 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Saints Row 2 is a third-person gangster action game set in a large open world. The story takes place in the fictional town of Stillwater. The main character escapes...

Vintage Story

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016

Players: 10/10

A hardcore sandbox survival game inspired by the ideas of classic voxel games in the spirit of Minecraft, but reimagined through the lens of realism and...

A Game About Chopping Trees

Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2026

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 85/100

A meditative simulator of a lumberjack, dedicated to peaceful walks through the endless forest and leisurely wood harvesting. There are no timers, tense challenges...

KAOS SurVival

Adventure, Action, Arcade, Role-playing game, Sandbox, Third-person view, Open world, Survival, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2022

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 71/100

KAOS SurVival is an action-adventure RPG with sandbox elements and a third-person view. It is an open world survival game where the player can explore and find...

Super Bunny Man

Online, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2023

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Chaotic puzzle platformer with co-op for up to four people. The game tells the story of funny guys in bunny costumes who go on a difficult journey through time and...

Unreal Tournament

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

Game released: Linux → 1999

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This multiplayer first-person shooter centers on combat between players and bots. Unreal Tournament includes Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Domination, and Assault...

Factorio: Space Age

DLC, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2024

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 90/100

The add-on sends players to conquer and explore new worlds with unique mechanics and new resources. There are four unique planets available in the game, each with...

Unturned

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox, Survival, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and hostile players...

Sand:box

Sandbox, Simulation, God Simulator

Game released: Linux → 24 November 2023

Steam: 93/100

This pixel sandbox in the falling-sand style lets players experiment with interactions between particles and other components. Players can build contraptions, use...

OpenTTD

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

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2004

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 90/100

OpenTTD is an economic simulation game about running a transport company. Players earn money by carrying passengers and cargo over road, rail, water, and air...

Tiny Glade

Casual game, Construction, Sandbox, Indie, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A meditative game in which the gamer builds castles. There are no battles or farming of resources, but only a creative process. Buildings are created from various...

Frozen Synapse

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

Game released: Linux → 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...

Battle for Wesnoth

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

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

This turn-based fantasy strategy game is set in the world of Irdya, where campaigns follow struggles for a throne, battles against orcs and undead, and other...

Junk Jack

Sandbox, Adventure, Survival

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2016

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Junk Jack is a 2D sandbox about survival and construction in procedurally generated worlds. The player explores caves and biomes, gathers materials and treasure...

Unreal Tournament 2004

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

Game released: Linux → 18 March 2004

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 93/100

Unreal Tournament 2004 — the game defines a game type for each match, which sets the rules of the game. The match itself lasts until a certain time has...

Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Indie, God Simulator, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 78/100

Destructive Physics — Destruction Simulator is a full-fledged destruction simulator with a first-person view. In the game you can slow down time, cause an...

Eets

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

Game released: Linux → 21 December 2006

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...

Avorion

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

Game released: Linux → 9 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 89/100

This cooperative space sandbox follows an expedition across a galaxy divided by a cataclysm. A ring of torn hyperspace fabric blocks access to its center, where the...

Sandbox

Best Games in the Sandbox genre for Linux (Game released)