Sandbox

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Fantasy

September 6, 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A colorful adventure sandbox that combines elements of life simulation and exploration in the world of Disney and Pixar. Once a thriving Valley, it has been...

Worshippers of Cthulhu

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

October 21, 2024

Players: 7.5/10

An urban sandbox in which the player acts as the head of a cult, builds his own settlement and ultimately tries to revive an ancient deity. The game combines...

City Transport Simulator

Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox

January 28, 2025

The player develops a transport company and transports passengers around the city. It is necessary to plan routes, create schedules, and optimize operations. The...

HARD BULLET

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Comedy

October 23, 2020

Hurricane VR action, fully focused on spectacular shootouts and hand-to-hand combat using advanced physics. A variety of firearms and melee weapons are available in...

The Universim

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

August 28, 2018

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Ratopia

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

November 6, 2023

Players: 9.2/10

The player controls a city inhabited by mice. Each resident of Ratopia has their own skills and characteristics — they need to organize suitable jobs for the...

Prison Architect 2

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Sandbox

2026

Anticipation Rating: 8/10

A prison warden simulator that allows you to create a correctional facility at your own discretion. You can set your own rules, design cameras and infrastructure...

Don't Starve Elsewhere

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Procedural generation

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Survival horror in the Don't Starve series. The game offers exploration of procedurally generated locations with various biomes and climate conditions — from snowy...

Neko Station

Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

July 13, 2026

Cozy indie simulator where players manage a train designed for fluffy passengers. Each car can be decorated with various furniture to attract new passengers. Cats...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action

January 28, 2015

Players: 7.6/10

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

Reka

Third-person view, Sandbox, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Fantasy, Construction

September 12, 2024

Players: 8.6/10

A sandbox about the adventures of a Slavic witch, a student of Baba Yaga, and her hut on chicken legs. Players create their own witch, build and enchant a hut, and...

Hawthorn

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Crafting

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A fairy-tale role-playing sandbox that tells about forest animals who are trying to unite and build their own settlement. The player masters farming, construction...

Starling

Adventure, Action, Simulation, Space, Construction, Sandbox, Crafting, Third-person view

January 25, 2025

Players: 10/10

The player in the role of an employee of the space corporation must collect resources throughout the galaxy in order to supply his native planet. A catastrophic...

SpaceCraft

Adventure, Online, Sandbox, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Space, Construction

June 11, 2026

Players: 10/10

A space online simulator that combines exploration, construction, and economy in a single open galaxy. The game world is built around the freedom of action...

Bus World

Simulation, First-person view, Racing, Third-person view, Adventure, Indie, Sandbox, Open world

September 29, 2022

Players: 7.1/10

A realistic driving simulator in which the player carries out passenger bus transportation in a variety of scenarios: from working as a bus driver to evacuation in...

Instruments of Destruction

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Isometric, Sandbox

March 2, 2022

Players: 8.6/10

A colorful sandbox with an isometric camera view, which is a realistic simulator of the construction of all kinds of machines and destruction. The game uses an...

Fabledom

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

April 13, 2023

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The player takes control of a city in a wonderful world where fairy-tale characters have become real. In order for the city to prosper, it is necessary to monitor...

Save the Earth (2023)

Strategy, God Simulator, Isometric, Sandbox

April 21, 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 82/100

The player needs to develop the planet so that humanity lives in harmony with nature. The main task is to prevent environmental disasters that arise during the...

Towers of Aghasba

Adventure, Action, Exploration, Open world, Third-person view, Crafting, Survival, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op)

November 19, 2024

Players: 1/10

Adventure sandbox with an open world. The main action takes place in a fantasy universe. It is home to the Shimu people, who are trying to retake their homeland...

Solarpunk

Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting

June 8, 2026

Metacritic: 65/100

A survival game set in a future world where civilization has risen into the sky and settled on floating islands. Here, technology coexists with nature, and daily...

Polylithic

Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting

November 9, 2023

Survival game set in a turning point in human history. A Paleolithic hunter-gatherer gradually masters agriculture, creates settlements, and unites with other...

Overthrown

Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator

December 5, 2024

Players: 10/10

A co-op game for 1-6 people to manage a kingdom. As the city develops, more and more people will come for protection - they can be given tasks to automate...

Ars Notoria

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting

November 27, 2025

Role-playing action game with survival elements and an open world, set in a fantasy environment with magical creatures. The player starts as a simple recruit of the...

Valorborn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Sandbox, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction

April 15, 2026

A role-playing sandbox set in a dark fantasy medieval world. The game emphasizes freedom of action and the simulation of a living world. Players determine their own...

Pile Up!

Strategy, Isometric, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game, Construction

June 2, 2023

A relaxing strategy game in which the player builds and manages unique buildings on a small island. As you progress, you can expand your own lands, increase the...

Noble Legacy

Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, City Building, Open world, Medieval era, Construction

August 12, 2025

Players: 7.5/10

The game takes you to a world where the war is over, but the real trials are just beginning. Legacy is the ruined kingdom of Greenwood, on the brink of collapse...

Trash Goblin

Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Casual game, Fantasy

November 6, 2024

A cozy and unhurried game about a small shop, where unusual goods are born from forgotten and dirty trinkets. There is no rush or strict rules in the game: the...

Ship Graveyard Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Exploration, Sandbox, Construction, First-person view, Educational game (Education), Crafting, Adventure

November 11, 2021

Players: 7/10

Ship Graveyard Simulator is an indie simulator about construction and crafting with a first-person view and adventure elements. You will visit the largest ship...

Ancient Farm

Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Casual game, Exploration, Construction

January 8, 2026

A first-person farmer simulator set in Ancient Greece. The story begins with a small plot of land, where life revolves around labor, seasonal tasks, and simple...

I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival

Isometric, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting

August 8, 2023

Players: 8.9/10

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 explore nearby...

Flyout

Simulation, Flight Simulator, Educational game (Education), Sandbox

November 17, 2023

Players: 6.8/10

A realistic aircraft creation simulator. Using in-game simulation tools, you can create aircraft of any shape, add and customize engines to suit your needs, and...

Kerbal Space Program 2

Simulation, Futurism (Future), Educational game (Education), Sandbox, Science fiction, Online, Exploration

February 24, 2023

Players: 5.4/10

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, design colonies to...

Airland World

Simulation, Online, Helicopters, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A platform for creating sandbox games using Unreal Engine 5. You can use realistically modeled vehicles, weapons and ways to move around the map. The result can be...

The Last World

Construction, Sandbox, Business / Management, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Indie, Strategy, Isometric, In real time

February 4, 2023

Players: 5.5/10

The Last World is a strategy with sandbox elements in the post-apocalypse genre. The world that we all knew and loved so well has died. He was killed by bacteria...

Panelka

Simulation, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game

February 13, 2025

Players: 7.7/10

A meditative game about decorating a Soviet apartment. Players find themselves in a classic old-fashioned high-rise building and are busy furnishing their own home...

Space Engineers 2

Simulation, Action, Sandbox, Adventure, Exploration, Third-person view, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Open world, Science fiction

January 27, 2025

Training simulator, whose events develop in outer space. In the game, it is necessary to design, build and serve spaceships. As you pass, you can build space...

Eastern Era

Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Indie, City Building, Open world, Medieval era, Construction

March 28, 2026

Players: 9/10

A construction and management simulator in the style of a saga, where the story begins with the escape of a small group of students from a fading sect. In a harsh...

Shadowgrounds

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

November 17, 2005

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...

Empire Earth

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Sandbox

November 12, 2001

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Empire Earth — the fate of a newborn civilization will remain in your hands for half a million years of human history. Start collecting natural resources bit...

Re-Volt

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Sandbox

August 18, 1999

Players: 8.4/10

Re-Volt is a third-person action game with a dash of racing and sandbox from the masters at Acclaim Studios London. The game is published by Acclaim Entertainment...

Best Games in the Sandbox genre