Sandbox
Years
Platforms
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Statuses
Best Games in the Sandbox genre for PC
Role-playing game, Action, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 24 January 2024; Game released: PC → 15 October 2026
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
88/100
The main character is Born of Flame, the last hope of a dying race. In a bloody struggle for power, the ancestors caused a plague that consumed the...
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting
Game released: PC → 18 November 2011
Players:
7.7/10
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...
Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Sandbox, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Construction
Early Access: PC → 10 September 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
73/100
A large-scale tactical first-person shooter that combines dynamic gunfights with elements of construction and destruction in a vast combat sandbox...
Action, First-person view, Science fiction, Shooter, Collectible card game (CCG), Cooperative (co-op), Online, Crafting, Old school, Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Survival
Early Access: PC → 2 May 2024; Game released: PC → 22 July 2025
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
88/100
The GATE network of secret laboratories is engaged in research in all areas, including the paranormal. One day, one of the experiments ends in a...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Comedy, Exploration, Open world, Space, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 31 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
86/100
Sequel to the humorous game Breathedge, continuing the story of the Man — he wants to put an end to a powerful corporation. For this, the...
Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Space, Construction, Comedy
Game released: PC → 23 October 2026
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
80/100
The game offers an unusual job: cleaning an entire Moon with a toothbrush. The Lunar Surface Department has set aside a modest budget for this...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Roguelike, Survival, Sandbox
Game released: PC → 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...
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 13 December 2013; Game released: PC → 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...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 13 September 2018; Game released: PC → 25 February 2021
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator
Game released: PC → 10 September 2026
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
87/100
The locals behave unusually, ancient entities watch from the shadows, and the news becomes more absurd with each passing day. The game combines...
Strategy, DLC, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Fantasy, Construction, Simulation
Game released: PC → 12 February 2026
Steam:
56/100
Metacritic:
72/100
The expansion allows players to build their own dynasty, develop its prestige, choose heirs, and even declare family members outcasts. Any sim can...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, In real time, Third-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Medieval era, Sandbox, Exploration
Game released: PC → 3 March 2016
VGTimes:
5.7/10
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
73/100
A free multiplayer open-world RPG with a focus on dynamic battles. In it, you will create your own hero using one of the most advanced customization...
Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, God Simulator, Open world
Game released: PC → 19 December 2008
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
84/100
This evolution and civilization simulation follows a species from a single cell to spacefaring exploration. Progression spans five stages—Cell...
Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Sandbox, Casual game, Open world, Construction
Game released: PC → 13 October 2026
Steam:
62/100
Metacritic:
84/100
The sequel continues to develop the ideas of the original zoo simulation, focusing on more vibrant and large-scale management of natural complexes...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Crafting
Early Access: PC → November 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
81/100
Cooperative survival game in a post-apocalyptic world, where an old house on wheels becomes both transportation, shelter, and the main base. You can...
Horror, First-person view, Action, Open world, Stealth, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Adventure, Survival horror
Game released: PC → 6 June 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...
Action, Shooter, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting, Trains
Early Access: PC → 9 May 2023; Game released: PC → 7 November 2025
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...
Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Open world
Game released: PC → 4 December 2002
Players:
9/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
88/100
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind is a continuation of the fantasy role-playing action game with a first-person view in the Elder Scrolls universe. The...
Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator, Open world, Survival
Early Access: PC → 8 March 2022; Game released: PC → 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...
