Sandbox 2020 for PC — top best games in the Sandbox genre

SnowRunner - a game in the Sandbox genre

Racing, Simulation, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Online, Adventure

Game released: PC → 28 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The continuation of the off-road driving simulator Spintires: MudRunner. You can expect realistic control mechanics, a well-developed gameplay process, as well as...

Wobbly Life

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Adventure, Online

Game released: PC → 18 September 2025; Early Access: PC → 8 July 2020

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 97/100

A vibrant co-op game where players explore a vast open world, encountering new quests and secrets every day. Over a hundred unique professions, from pizza delivery...

Teardown

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

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

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Factorio

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 25 February 2016; Game released: PC → 14 August 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Factorio is a top-down sci-fi management strategy game. You have to prepare an alien planet for comfortable living of earthly inhabitants. You will be able to mine...

Zompiercer

Arcade, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 3 April 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Zompiercer is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and survival elements in a zombie apocalypse setting. In the game you will travel on a train, which has...

Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Arcade, Indie, Third-person view, First-person view, Action, Shooter, Educational game (Education), Combat robots, Flight Simulator, Warships / Submarines, Sandbox, Construction, Open world

Game released: PC → 17 September 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 90/100

Stormworks: Build and Rescue is a fun sandbox simulator where you take control of your own search and rescue team by modeling and creating vehicles. As you...

Hydroneer

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

Game released: PC → 8 May 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Hydroneer is an exciting mining simulator with a first-person view, where you have to get gold and other necessary resources from the soil. As you progress, you...

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 weapons...

HARD BULLET

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Comedy

Early Access: PC → 23 October 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 84/100

Hurricane VR action, fully focused on spectacular shootouts and hand-to-hand combat using advanced physics. A variety of firearms and melee weapons are available in...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: PC → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

Cepheus Protocol

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Survival, Sandbox, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 15 May 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

Cepheus Protocol is a tactical real-time strategy game with first-person shooter elements. The Pangu virus has been released in San Francisco, turning thousands of...

Avorion

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Exploration, Construction

Game released: PC → 9 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 89/100

This cooperative space sandbox follows an expedition across a galaxy divided by a cataclysm. A ring of torn hyperspace fabric blocks access to its center, where the...

DEEEER Simulator

Simulation, Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Shooter, Exploration, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 21 January 2020; Game released: PC → 25 November 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 94/100

DEEEER Simulator is a simulator of a deer, but not an ordinary one, but one capable of flying on dragons and doing many other unusual things. Deer can install...

Dreamlive

Action, Sandbox, Simulation, First-person view

Game released: PC → 21 February 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Dreamlive is a sandbox with a lot of freedom in creating various in-game objects. The game features photorealistic graphics and sophisticated physics. For example...

Kill It With Fire

Arcade, First-person view, Action, Simulation, Comedy, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 13 August 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Kill It With Fire is an action game in which the player destroys spiders in a house. For your purposes, you can use various weapons, fire, objects and environmental...

My Diggy Dog 2

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 11 August 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 87/100

My Diggy Dog 2 is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer about a brave archaeologist dog who helps his owner find his wife. Once upon a time, adventurers in...

Tinkertown

Adventure, Indie, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Sandbox, Online, Open world, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 3 December 2020; Game released: PC → 22 June 2023

Steam: 64/100

A cooperative sandbox with elements of crafting, survival and a top-down view. The events of the game take place in a magical land, where only imagination limits...

Amazing Cultivation Simulator

Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Mysticism / Supernatural, Role-playing game, Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 25 November 2020; Early Access: PC → 11 January 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Amazing Cultivation Simulator is a sect management simulator based on Chinese mythology and inspired by well-known projects such as Dwarf Fortress and...

Songs of Syx

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, City Building

Early Access: PC → 22 September 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

The player develops a small village and tries to turn it into a thriving metropolis. It is necessary to build various buildings, gather resources, and create...

Ostranauts

Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Simulation, Sandbox, Survival

Early Access: PC → 10 September 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Ostranauts is a sci-fi survival simulator with management elements and a side view. In the game you have to survive aboard a spaceship in a solar system where...

MMORPG Tycoon 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Simulation, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Sandbox, City Building, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 6 January 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 85/100

MMORPG Tycoon 2 is an incredible sandbox with a first-person view, in which you take control of a full-size world and fill it with monsters, cities, NPCs and quest...

From the Depths

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Construction, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: PC → 6 November 2020

Steam: 90/100

A vehicle-building sandbox with strategy and simulation elements, From the Depths lets players assemble war machines from blocks and command them in battles across...

Junkyard Simulator

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Open world, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 13 October 2021; Early Access: PC → 13 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 62/100

Junkyard Simulator is a unique first-person simulator in which you manage a real scrap metal yard. You can completely customize your workspace, purchase different...

Landlord's Super

Simulation, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Construction, Open world, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 30 April 2020; Game released: PC → 25 May 2023

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

An unusual simulator where the main character “builds and drinks, drinks and builds.” The game takes place in Britain in the 80s. In the game you will not only...

Totally Reliable Delivery Service

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 April 2021; Beta testing: PC → 24 June 2019

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Totally Reliable Delivery Service — a fun third-person action game about a "reliable" delivery service that is actually not reliable at all. The main idea is to go...

shapez

Strategy, Construction, Top-down view, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: PC → 7 June 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 96/100

The player creates a factory that should automatically produce geometric shapes. The shape of the figures becomes more complex over time, so production chains will...

Mainframe Defenders

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Exploration, Sandbox, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 25 February 2020

Players: 4.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Mainframe Defenders is a turn-based roguelike tactics game focused on interesting items and customization. The game resembles a hybrid of XCOM: Enemy Unknown...

No School No Rules

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 9 November 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7/10

Steam: 63/100

No School No Rules is an action-adventure game with a third-person view and elements of a schoolchild simulator. In the game you have to go to the harshest school...

Son of Aral

Free game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Sandbox, Survival, Open world, Strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 23 July 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

A free-to-play sandbox with tower defense elements, in which the player must destroy hostile turrets to be able to escape from the island. The game has minimalistic...

80's OVERDRIVE

Racing, Indie, Arcade, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Sandbox, Old school

Game released: PC → 19 November 2020

Steam: 76/100

80's OVERDRIVE is an indie racing arcade game with a third-person view in the cyberpunk genre. This is a game that will take you back in time, when the world was...

Levelhead

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Combat robots, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Early Access: PC → 18 April 2019; Game released: PC → 30 April 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Levelhead is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to control the GR-18 delivery robot through various levels with...

Bomber Dudes

Action, Arcade, Top-down view, Sandbox, Online, Casual game

Early Access: PC → 4 December 2020

Steam: 74/100

Bomber Dudes — arcade action with a top view and online capabilities. This is a classic Bomberman style game where you can bomb zombies and your friends. You...

Sink Again

Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Action, Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Dungeons, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: PC → 17 December 2020; Early Access: PC → 23 October 2020

Steam: 66/100

Sink Again is a pirate adventure with turn-based combat, RPG elements and plenty of humor. In it you can gather your brave team and explore the Caribbean islands in...

Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Indie, God Simulator, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 2 April 2020; Game released: PC → 20 August 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 78/100

Destructive Physics — Destruction Simulator is a full-fledged destruction simulator with a first-person view. In the game you can slow down time, cause an...

Offroad Mania

Simulation, Puzzle, Indie, Racing, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 10 February 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Offroad Mania is an exciting racing simulator with a third -person view based on real physics. The game contains more than 120 different levels where you have to...

Project Existence Testing Environment

Free game, Simulation, MMO, Online, Arcade, Third-person view, Crafting, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: PC → 30 October 2020; The project is closed: PC → 20 June 2023

Steam: 53/100

A free multiplayer life simulator with sandbox elements, where you can do whatever you want: build the house of your dreams, or isolate yourself from everyone with...

Ben 10: Power Trip

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Open world, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 9 October 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Ben 10: Power Trip is a vibrant third-person action game based on the Ben 10 animated series. In the story, Ben and his family are enjoying a European vacation, but...

Solar Panic: Utter Distress

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Comedy, Casual game, Exploration, Sandbox, Action

Game released: PC → 28 January 2020

Players: 3.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Solar Panic: Utter Distress — a free adventure comedy game with a first-person view and an open world in the spirit of Postal, where the main character is Darwood...

CSC | Space MMO

Futurism (Future), MMO, Action, Flight Simulator, Shooter, Third-person view, Space, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 3 September 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 61/100

CSC | Space MMO is a free-to-play space sandbox in which you can freely explore an open world that includes more than 40 star systems. The game belongs to the MMO...

Jelly Brawl

Online, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Top-down view, Sandbox, Mini-game / browser-based, Platformer

Game released: PC → 27 October 2020

Steam: 75/100

Jelly Brawl is a top-down cooperative indie action game. This is a game with simple controls that are easy to learn. Without quick reactions and timely taps, it's...

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