Sandbox
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Statuses
Best Games in the Sandbox genre for PC
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Virtual Reality (VR), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 10 June 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
10/10
A fantasy adventure with elements of survival and a magical sandbox, where magic becomes the foundation of almost every action. The game world is filled with...
Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, Combat robots, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Game in development: PC → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
An online action game about survival among mechanical animals in the spirit of Horizon Zero Dawn. The events of the game take place after a mysterious disaster...
Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 25 February 2026; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
5.8/10
The events of the game unfold in the gloomy world, tormented by plague and bandits. Players need to develop a settlement and manage its inhabitants. You can send...
Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation
Early Access: PC → 12 December 2019; Game released: PC → 16 October 2025
Players:
6.8/10
A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled with various...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting, Procedural generation
Game in development: PC → сентябрь 2026
Anticipation Rating:
3.3/10
An adventure sandbox with a procedurally generated world, inspired by Terraria. Players will encounter a vast open world without the usual cubic blocks, where they...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Gothic
Early Access: PC → 30 January 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
A dark vampire sandbox with a large open world that takes players to the fictional medieval Balkan region of Sangavia. Gamers take on the role of a vampire who is...
Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 6 January 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
7.8/10
A co-op game where characters explore a mysterious planet torn apart by repeated disasters. It is possible to build a complex industrial system to extract...
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks
Game released: PC → 31 July 2009
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
7.5/10
Metacritic:
77/100
ArmA 2 is a first-person simulator with elements of action, shooter, strategy, flight simulator, helicopter simulator, sandbox and tank simulator from the Bohemia...
Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Simulation, City Building, Sandbox, Historical, Fantasy, Construction
Early Access: PC → 1 November 2022; Game released: PC → 8 December 2023
Players:
8/10
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 of the Scorched...
Survival, First-person view, Shooter, Construction, Crafting, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Simulation
Early Access: PC → 25 August 2022; Game released: PC → 5 June 2023
Players:
7.7/10
A survival simulator in which a large group of people are marooned on a desert island where they try to survive. There are no rules, but there are advantages for...
Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, City Building, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PC → 3 April 2026
Metacritic:
73/100
A post-apocalyptic city-building simulator in which any building can collapse. As the leader of a small group of survivors, you will have to build a vertical city...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Procedural generation
Early Access: PC → 17 March 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
7.5/10
A cooperative role-playing sandbox, the action of which takes place among islands floating in the sky. Players explore endless procedurally generated locations...