Sandbox
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Statuses
Best Games in the Sandbox genre for PC
Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation, Online
Early Access: PC → 12 December 2019; Game released: PC → 16 October 2025
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
94/100
A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled...
Adventure, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox, First-person view, Action, Space, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC → 14 May 2025
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
75/100
A colorful open-world sandbox in which the player confronts a galactic infection called the Red Darkness, which threatens the entire galaxy. As you...
Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Construction, Crafting, Post-apocalyptic
Early Access: PC → 25 February 2026; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
5.8/10
Steam:
73/100
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...
Simulation, Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Business / Management, Sandbox, Virtual Reality (VR), Casual game
Game released: PC → 6 June 2019
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
85/100
Cooking Simulator is a realistic simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you have to become an unsurpassed chef. You...
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
Steam:
95/100
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...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Free game, Exploration, Open world, Simulation
Game released: PC → 23 December 2025
Steam:
44/100
Adventure action game with an open world, controllable vehicles, and a single-player mode. The game is inspired by classic urban crime games, where...
Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Business / Management, Historical, Grand strategy, Sandbox
Game released: PC → 22 November 2018
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
86/100
Age of History 2 is the continuation of a large turn-based tactical strategy game with a top-down view Age of Civilizations Americas. Your main...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Game in development: PC → 2027
Anticipation Rating:
9.8/10
Continuation of My Time at Portia and My Time at Sandrock. The events of the game unfold 330 years after a catastrophe that destroyed...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Dungeons, Exploration, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 7 January 2027; Game in development: PC → 2028
Pixel role-playing action in the spirit of Diablo and Stardew Valley. The main character awakens in the endless dark prison of Vitromotus and tries...
Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online
Game in development: PC → 2027
Anticipation Rating:
9.7/10
A continuation of The Long Dark, in which you can survive either alone or in co-op. The action takes place in the northern industrial town of...
Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Procedural generation
Game in development: PC → 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...
Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox, Survival, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 7 July 2014; Game released: PC → 7 July 2017
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
90/100
Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and...
Simulation, Action, Sandbox, Adventure, Exploration, Third-person view, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Open world, Science fiction, Construction
Early Access: PC → 27 January 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027
Steam:
93/100
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...
