Sandbox
Years
Platforms
All platformsPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X/SPlayStation 4Xbox OneNintendo Switch 2Nintendo SwitchiOSAndroidMeta QuestWii UMacLinuxiPadAmigaAtari STBrowser
PlayStation 3PlayStation 2PlayStationXbox 360XboxPS VitaPSPWiiNintendo 3DSNintendo DSWindows PhoneAmazon Fire TVOuyaNESSNESGame Boy AdvanceGame BoyNintendo DSiiPhoneZodiacCommodore 64ZX SpectrumWindows 3.xBREWTRS-80Nintendo 64Atari 7800Thomson TODreamcastTurboGrafx CDDoJaBBC MicroMSXGameCubeAtari 8-bitSEGA SaturnSharp X1GenesisPC-88Amstrad CPCJ2MESG-1000SEGA Master System3DOFM-7PC-98FM TownsSharp X68000Game Boy ColorSEGA CDOdyssey 2Dragon 32/64SymbianOricApple IIgsWonderSwanColecoVisionDOSTurboGrafx-16IntellivisionLynxApple IIPalm OSWindows MobileBlackBerryTI-99/4ACommodore PET/CBMPC BooterGame GearAcorn 32-bitTRS-80 CoCoCommodore 16, Plus/4ElectronAmiga CD32webOSVIC-20CDTV
Statuses
Best Games in the Sandbox genre for PC
Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 20 June 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
7.7/10
A cooperative game in which the gamer creates the perfect Viking settlement alone or with up to three friends. You need to give commands to settlers, extract...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Construction, Crafting, Procedural generation, Open world
Game in development: PC → 31 August 2026
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...
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...
Adventure, Simulation, Sandbox, Trains, Indie, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Game in development: PC → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
9.8/10
An open-world survival simulator where players customize their own train and travel through different locations. Gamers start with nothing and gradually build a...
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, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PC → 8 June 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...
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...
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...
Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator
Early Access: PC → 5 December 2024; Game released: PC → 18 March 2026
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...
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, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting, Zombies
Game in development: PC → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
9.4/10
A post-apocalyptic game set in Birmingham, England in the 14th century. The epidemic has turned people into zombies, and the survivors must fight for their lives...
Adventure, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox, First-person view, Action, Space, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting
Game released: PC → 14 May 2025
Players:
8.2/10
A colorful open-world sandbox in which the player confronts a galactic infection called the Red Darkness, which threatens the entire galaxy. As you progress, you...