Sandbox for PlayStation 3 — top best games in the Sandbox genre

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 May 2014

Players: 7.6/10

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...

GTA 5

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 10 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 beloved by fans since Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. For the first...

Terraria

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 26 March 2013

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...

Just Cause 2

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Helicopters, Open world, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 10 June 2010

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This open-world action adventure takes place on the tropical island of Panau in Southeast Asia. Agent Rico Rodriguez undertakes missions to destabilize the island...

Crysis

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 4 October 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Set in 2020, this futuristic first-person shooter follows a standoff between the United States and North Korea in the South China Sea. After North Korean forces...

Saints Row 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 28 November 2008

Players: 7.9/10

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...

Serious Sam 3: BFE

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 May 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

The Sims 3

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 November 2010

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A life simulation set in an open world, where the player creates characters and guides their daily lives, relationships, and ambitions. Appearance and personality...

LittleBigPlanet

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 30 October 2009

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 91/100

LittleBigPlanet — Players can control a fully customizable Sackperson (often known as Sackboy). This Sackperson is controlled using the left analog stick...

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks, Tactics, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 January 2010

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a tactical shooter with a first-person view, the events of which will tell about the military conflict on one of the islands...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 12 November 2009

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...

LittleBigPlanet 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 21 January 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 91/100

LittleBigPlanet 2 — as in the previous version of the game, players will be able to dress up their hero, change his appearance (for example, glue his nose...

Unreal Tournament 3

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 September 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A futuristic first-person shooter built around arena battles against other players online or computer-controlled opponents. Combat combines a range of weapons and...

Shakedown: Hawaii

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Open world, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 20 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Shakedown: Hawaii is a top-down arcade action game in pixel style. The game is the ideological successor to Retro City Rampage and the events develop 30 years...

Gran Turismo 5

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 November 2010

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Gran Turismo 5 — in the game you will see more than 1000 cars, 20 tracks, a table of records, and individual settings for your own car. The view from the...

Disney Infinity

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 August 2013

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...

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08

Golf, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 October 2007

Metacritic: 75/100

A professional golf sports game featuring the FedExCup championship format and competitions against PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players. Shot Confidence tracks...

ModNation Racers

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 July 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

ModNation Racers — the game is a simulator of kart racing, with the ability to use weapons against your opponents. Players are able to perform tricks, drifts...

Guitar Hero: Metallica

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 May 2009

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

This music rhythm game centers on Metallica’s work and the musicians who influenced the band. Players perform songs on guitar, drums, or vocals, following the parts...

WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009

Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox, Wrestling

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 9 November 2008

Metacritic: 74/100

This wrestling sports game focuses on WWE matches and tag-team bouts. In tag-team gameplay, players build momentum and attributes, perform double-team attacks and...

Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 28 August 2015

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition is the third edition of the popular arcade sandbox, the central theme of which is Star Wars. You will find many familiar characters from...

From Dust

Strategy, In real time, First-person view, God Simulator, Simulation, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 September 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A real-time strategy and god game about a tribe struggling to survive in a world continually reshaped by nature. Across a mysterious archipelago, the player helps...

The Sims 3: Pets

Simulation, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 October 2011

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Sims 3: Pets is an addition to the real-time life management simulator Sims 3. For the first time in the history of the series, you can not only get pets, but...

Frozen Synapse: Prime

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Sandbox, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 November 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This turn-based tactical strategy game is set in a dystopian future, where a resistance group seeks to stop a corporation from taking over a city. In the...

Sim Theme Park

Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Top-down view, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 11 February 2010

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A theme park management simulator in which players build attractions and design roller coasters. The park can be set in one of four themed areas: Space Zone, Lost...

Dustforce

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 4 February 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dustforce — the gameplay is based on acrobatic stunts. Playing as one of four cleaning heroes, the player tries to clear the dirt from the level as quickly as...

Championship Sprint

Arcade, Racing, Top-down view, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 8 November 2007

Championship Sprint is a top-down arcade game with racing and sandbox elements from the developers at Atari Games Corporation. The game is published by Electric...

Guitar Hero: World Tour

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 December 2008

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

A music game about performing rock songs combines guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. Players can choose a single instrument or play as part of a band, while the...

Birds of Steel

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 16 March 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Birds of Steel — the gameplay is a further development of another game developed by Gaijin Entertainment — IL-2 Sturmovik: Winged Predators. Unlike the...

Aquarium

Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Top-down view, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 September 2009

Steam: 98/100

Aquarium is a first-person simulator with a mixture of business simulator and sandbox from the studios of Electronic Arts Square, K.K., Tose Co. and Ltd.. The game...

Kurushi Final: Mental Blocks

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 16 June 2010

A puzzle game that tests the player's intelligence across nine stages of challenges. Alongside the main mode, it features a two-player survival mode, 100 additional...

3D Dot Game Heroes

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 May 2010

Metacritic: 77/100

Set in the fantasy kingdom of Dotnia, this adventure follows a hero tasked with recovering a stolen orb and stopping the Dark Bishop Fuelle. The orb once held the...

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010

Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox, Wrestling

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 23 October 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 — the game introduced new or completely changed creative modes, which complemented the modes from previous games in the series...

Saints Row 4 Inauguration Station

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 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...

Flock!

Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 9 April 2009

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Flock! is a sandbox puzzle game in which players pilot a UFO across colorful pastoral landscapes, herding animals toward a collection ship. The herd must reach its...

Tom Clancy's EndWar (2008)

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 4 November 2008

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Set during a futuristic World War III, this military strategy game puts the player in command of an army fighting for one of three factions: the U.S.-led Joint...

Motorbike

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 23 October 2013

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...

WWE Legends of WrestleMania

Fighting, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox, Wrestling

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 March 2009

Metacritic: 71/100

WWE Legends of WrestleMania — A new grapple-based combo system is introduced. To differentiate itself from the SmackDown series, Legends of WrestleMania...

LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 11 December 2009

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This LEGO action-adventure platformer with puzzles presents a humorous take on all four Indiana Jones films, including Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal...

Sno-Cross Championship Racing

First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox, Motorcycle racing

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 16 October 2008

Metacritic: 64/100

A snowmobile racing game in which players choose a sled and tackle courses in changing conditions. Races take place by day and night, in sun, rain, or snow, across...

Sandbox

Best Games in the Sandbox genre for PlayStation 3