Sandbox for PC — top best games in the Sandbox genre / Page 8

Infection Free Zone - a game in the Sandbox genre

Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, City Building, Strategy, Survival, Zombies, Sandbox, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 11 April 2024

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 84/100

The world is engulfed by a virus that turns those infected into aggressive and powerful monsters. Settlements are deserted and resources are scarce...

Hozy

Simulation, Puzzle, Sandbox, Casual game, Construction

Game released: PC → 30 March 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The main character restores abandoned houses in the deserted area of their hometown. You will need to clean up trash, make repairs, and arrange new...

Braid

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

Game released: PC → 15 February 2011

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...

SuperPower 2

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Business / Management, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks, Simulation, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 29 July 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 51/100

SuperPower 2 is a global real-time strategy with elements of a management simulator. In the game, you will control entire countries in three main...

Fallout 4: Contraptions Workshop

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 21 June 2016

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 38/100

Fallout 4: Contraptions Workshop is an addition to the post-apocalyptic action role-playing game in the Fallout universe. It will offer you to...

Forever Skies

Role-playing game, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Crafting, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 22 June 2023; Game released: PC → 14 April 2025

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 67/100

The game takes place on Earth destroyed by an environmental disaster. To survive and understand what happened, the hero collects resources, fights...

The Last World

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Science fiction, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 4 February 2023; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 67/100

The Last World is a strategy with sandbox elements in the post-apocalypse genre. The world that we all knew and loved so well has died. He was killed...

Cosmonious High

Virtual Reality (VR), Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Science fiction, Sandbox, Exploration, Comedy

Game released: PC → 31 March 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Cosmonious High is an exciting adventure sandbox with a first-person view in a science fiction setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus...

Primitive

Action, Stealth, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Adventure

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.1/10

Steam: 100/100

Primitive is a first-person survival action-adventure game set in the Stone Age. Players will find themselves in a beautiful but dangerous world: in...

The Front

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 11 October 2023; Game released: PC → 30 October 2025

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 66/100

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by mutant zombies and gangs. In another reality, the world has been conquered by a...

Farlands

Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Science fiction, Casual game, Exploration, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Early Access: PC → 24 July 2024; Game released: PC → 16 July 2026

Steam: 89/100

Colorful sandbox in the spirit of Stardew Valley. The player gets an entire planet at their disposal, which the character buys at a very favorable...

Hotel Architect

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Construction

Early Access: PC → 20 May 2025; Game released: PC → 14 May 2026

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Steam: 95/100

The player creates various hotels around the world. There are many pieces of furniture and decorations to create a unique style. You will also need...

SOS OPS!

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Online

Game released: PC → 30 November 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Cooperative platformer about rescuers. The events of the game unfold in a city engulfed by a series of emergencies. Players take on the role of...

Tropico 3

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Sandbox, Simulation, City Building

Game released: PC → 25 June 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A city-building strategy game about ruling a tropical island during the Cold War. The player takes the role of El Presidente and chooses whether to...

From Dust

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

Game released: PC → 17 August 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...

SimCity 4

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 22 January 2003

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

SimCity 4 — As in previous games in the SimCity series, the player plays the role of a mayor (or several mayors), tasked with the settlement...

Empire Earth 2

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: PC → October 2007

Metacritic: 79/100

Empire Earth 2 — you will lead the great nations of Korea, Germany, and America in the main game, and the nations of Egypt, Russia, and the Maasai...

Settlers 3

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 2001

Players: 7.3/10

Settlers 3 — The game's plot is presented using animated films between levels. The introductory video of the game depicts 3 gods: Jupiter...

TrackMania Nations Forever

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox, Free game, Online

Game released: PC → 30 April 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

This racing game is set in a stadium environment and lets players tackle tracks solo or compete online. TrackMania Nations Forever features 65 new...

War Wind

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Old school

Game released: PC → 1996

Steam: 81/100

War Wind is a classic real-time strategy game reminiscent of Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness. The game tells the story of the planet Yavon, torn apart...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 28 January 2015; Game released: PC → 18 February 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A construction game in which the player creates unique medieval siege engines and uses them to destroy fortified fortresses. Players can build siege...

Distant Worlds 2

Strategy, Science fiction, In real time, Business / Management, Sandbox, Top-down view, Simulation, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 10 March 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Distant Worlds 2 is a continuation of the sci-fi global real-time strategy game with a top-down view. The game challenges you to explore and conquer...

Survival: Lost Way

Online, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Action, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 22 May 2023

Steam: 34/100

A co-op game where gamers survive in an open post-apocalyptic world. The game takes place 20 years after the start of a pandemic of a dangerous virus...

Moonstone Island

Adventure, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Farm Simulator

Game released: PC → 20 September 2023

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

An open-world sandbox adventure where players explore over 100 islands, meet interesting characters, and learn alchemy. In addition, in the game you...

Lost Skies

Cooperative (co-op), Action, Survival, Sandbox, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Adventure

Game released: PC → 18 April 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 64/100

A co-op game where gamers explore floating islands. There are ancient ruins and mysterious gravitational anomalies here. You can travel on a unique...

Darkhaven

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, Isometric, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Open world, Fantasy

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Isometric role-playing action in the spirit of Diablo. The game takes place in a ruined world, overrun by monsters and twisted forces of darkness...

House Flipper Remastered Collection

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game, Construction

Game released: PC → 4 June 2026

Steam: 69/100

The updated edition of the renovation simulator House Flipper, where abandoned houses gradually turn into cozy spaces with character. The project...

Trash Goblin

Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Casual game, Fantasy, Crafting

Game released: PC → 28 May 2025; Early Access: PC → 6 November 2024

Steam: 87/100

A cozy and unhurried game about a small shop, where unusual goods are born from forgotten and dirty trinkets. There is no rush or strict rules in the...

Thief Simulator 3

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: PC → 2027

The game invites you to start your career as a thief with petty thefts and gradually move on to major heists. To pull off a successful job, you need...

Ground Control

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Tanks, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 21 October 2005

Metacritic: 86/100

Ground Control — The main goal of the game is to destroy enemy troops and buildings using the terrain features and the strengths of your own...

The Sims 3: Ambitions

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

Game released: PC → 2 June 2010

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An expansion for The Sims 3 that adds new careers and lets players direct Sims’ actions while they are at work. A Sim can become a firefighter...

Empire Earth

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Sandbox, Top-down view

Game released: PC → November 2006

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Empire Earth — the fate of a newborn civilization will remain in your hands for half a million years of human history. Start collecting natural...

Builder Simulator

Business / Management, First-person view, Simulation, Action, Indie, Educational game (Education), Construction, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 9 June 2022

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Builder Simulator is an exciting builder simulator with a first-person view, where you can build a house from scratch with your own hands. To do...

Clanfolk

Simulation, Strategy, Indie, Top-down view, Business / Management, Sandbox, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Farm Simulator, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 14 July 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Clanfolk is a captivating top-down life simulator set in the highlands of medieval Scotland. As you progress, you will have to survive and develop...

Anonymous Hacker Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Detective, Cyberpunk, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 3 April 2024

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

The main character is a hacker who confronts an organization that collects people's data. We need to find vulnerabilities in enemy services and...

Doodle God Universe

God Simulator, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Crafting, Collectible card game (CCG), Logic, Simulation

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The player combines air, water, fire and earth to fill an empty planet with life. You will have to show imagination and ingenuity. After creating a...