Sandbox for PC — top best games in the Sandbox genre

BeamNG.drive - a game in the Sandbox genre

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 29 May 2015; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8/10

A car sandbox built around detailed physics of destruction and vehicle behavior. Every collision, turn, and acceleration is calculated in real-time, making the cars...

Minecraft

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: PC → 18 November 2011

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox game focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

Teardown

Action, Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Open world

Early Access: PC → 29 October 2020; Game released: PC → 21 April 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A heist simulator in which you can completely destroy the world around you using tools and weapons. Missions begin with exploration: the player can explore the area...

GTA 5

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 13 April 2015

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Legendary continuation of the popular Grand Theft Auto series. The action takes place in the city of Los Santos, beloved since Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. For...

SnowRunner

Simulation, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Racing

Game released: PC → 28 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Continuation of the off-road driving simulator Spintires: MudRunner. You can expect realistic driving mechanics, well-developed gameplay, as well as many...

inZOI

Simulation, Third-person view, Isometric, Sandbox, Open world

Early Access: PC → 28 March 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 6.9/10

Life simulator in the spirit of the series The Sims. As you pass, players create characters using a detailed editor. The characters themselves can have a playing...

Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 4 December 2002

Players: 9/10

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 events of the game...

House Flipper 2

Simulation, First-person view, Construction, Sandbox, Business / Management, Online

Game released: PC → 14 December 2023

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

An exciting management simulator that will allow you to become a one-man repair team. As players progress, they buy abandoned houses that are in dire need of...

7 Days to Die

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: 8.1/10

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 shelters and...

Abiotic Factor

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: 9.4/10

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 massive failure...

Geometry Dash

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Sandbox, Side view

Game released: PC → 22 December 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Geometry Dash is a fast-paced arcade platformer where you have to jump and dodge over various obstacles. The game has many levels that will bring many challenges...

Enshrouded

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 in development: PC → 31 December 2026

Players: 8.4/10

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 world and...

Farthest Frontier

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Sandbox, City Building, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 9 August 2022; Game released: PC → 23 October 2025

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An urban strategy game with sandbox elements, where the player leads a small group of settlers on the edge of the known world. Gradually, you need to rebuild the...

Crysis

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

Game released: PC → 17 September 2008

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Anno 1800

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Sandbox, Exploration, Historical, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 16 April 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Anno 1800 is a new game in the real-time management strategy series Anno. The events unfold at the dawn of the industrial age, during the times of great...

Supermarket Together

Free game, Simulation, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Sandbox, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 August 2024

Players: 7.8/10

A supermarket owner simulator that can be played alone or in a group of up to 16 people. Gamers need to establish trade in their store, expanding the range to 49...

The Last Caretaker

First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Science fiction, Comedy, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 7 November 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.9/10

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic, languid world. The protagonist is a robot exploring a vast ocean world to save the future of humanity. To do this, they...

Core Keeper

Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Early Access: PC → 8 March 2022; Game released: PC → 27 August 2024

Players: 7.7/10

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 dungeon filled with...

Disney Dreamlight Valley

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 5 December 2023

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A colorful adventure sandbox that combines elements of life simulation and exploration in the world of Disney and Pixar. Once a thriving Valley, it has been...

Voidtrain

Action, Shooter, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 9 May 2023; Game released: PC → 7 November 2025

Players: 7.4/10

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 mysterious world...

Spore

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

Game released: PC → 19 December 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Sunkenland

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

Early Access: PC → 26 August 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.2/10

An open world survival simulator. The game takes place in the near future, when glaciers have melted and global warming has submerged most of the land. As players...

The Precinct

Action, Detective, Sandbox, Shooter, Top-down view, Open world, Old school

Game released: PC → 13 May 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 69/100

The game takes place in 1983 in the fictional city of Averno, which is ruled by bandit gangs. The main character is rookie cop Nick Cordell, who wants to solve the...

Against the Storm

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: 8.2/10

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...

StarRupture

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: 7.1/10

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...

The Universim

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Casual game, Open world

Early Access: PC → 28 August 2018; Game released: PC → 22 January 2024

Players: 8.5/10

A god simulator where you can create your own planets, civilizations and empires. During the course of the game, gamers will have to conduct technological and...

Garry's Mod

First-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 29 November 2006

Players: 7.4/10

Garry's Mod is a game editor with a first-person view. Using Garry's Mod, you can perform any actions with objects and characters from games on the Source engine...

Unturned

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 7 July 2014; Game released: PC → 7 July 2017

Players: 7.9/10

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 hostile players...

Ratopia

Survival, City Building, Side view, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 6 November 2023; Game released: PC → 1 May 2025

Players: 9.2/10

The player controls a city inhabited by mice. Each resident of Ratopia has their own skills and characteristics — they need to organize suitable jobs for the...

Road to Vostok

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Survival

Early Access: PC → 7 April 2026; Game in development: PC → 2029

Players: 8.2/10

A hardcore sandbox with realistic weapon mechanics, advanced survival systems and hostile NPCs. Including various medical conditions, tactical weapon handling...

Postal 4: No Regerts

Action, First-person view, Adventure, Comedy, Open world, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 14 October 2019; Game released: PC → 20 April 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 31/100

The game's events take place several years after the horrific events in the town of Paradise from Postal 2. The last survivors are the main character Dude and his...

Dinkum

Online, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Construction, Farm Simulator

Game released: PC → 23 April 2025

A colorful farming simulator in which players explore the tropical eucalyptus forests and scorching deserts of an island inspired by the wild Australian outback. As...

Infection Free Zone

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

Game released: PC → 11 April 2024

Players: 6.8/10

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

State of Decay - Year-One Survival Edition

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Sandbox, Role-playing game, Stealth, Tactics

Game released: PC → 27 April 2015

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

State of Decay — Year-One Survival Edition is an action-horror game with a third-person view and stealth elements. The developers have added new weapons...

ASKA

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: 7.8/10

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...

Forever Skies

Role-playing game, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Crafting, Indie

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

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

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

IfSunSets

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 5 November 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.1/10

An ancient civilization once ruled the island of Luminora. They learned to extract the life force from living beings, but this led to a curse that plunged the...

Star Wars: Empire at War

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Star Wars

Game released: PC → 23 March 2006

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Star Wars: Empire at War is a third-person strategy with a touch of sandbox from the masters from the studio Petroglyph Games Inc.. The main publisher of the game...

The Walking Trade

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Comedy, Crafting, Zombies

Game released: PC → 5 March 2026

Players: 6/10

An unusual shop management simulator set during a zombie apocalypse. Amid chaos and constant danger, a small trading business develops: shelves are filled with...

Soulmask

Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 31 May 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.9/10

Fleeing from a deadly sacrificial ritual, the main character finds an ancient mystical mask. It contains knowledge that can change the world. The character explores...

Sandbox

Best Games in the Sandbox genre for PC