Best Games in the Sandbox genre of 2022 for PC
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...
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
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...
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...
Survival, First-person view, Shooter, Construction, Crafting, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Simulation
Early Access: PC → 25 August 2022; Game released: PC → 5 June 2023
Players:
7.7/10
A survival simulator in which a large group of people are marooned on a desert island where they try to survive. There are no rules, but there are advantages for...
Simulation, Strategy, Indie, Top-down view, Business / Management, Sandbox, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game
Game released: PC → 14 July 2022
Players:
8.6/10
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 the settlement of...
Action, Warships / Submarines, Cooperative (co-op), Third-person view, Simulation, Open world, Sandbox, Construction
Early Access: PC → 29 April 2022; Game released: PC → 10 March 2023
An exciting sandbox about ships and sea adventures. Features include realistic physics simulation and ocean simulation. The game will allow you to unleash your...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Science fiction, Space, Construction, Crafting, Procedural generation
Early Access: PC → 7 November 2022; Game released: PC → 2 June 2026
Players:
5.6/10
A space simulation game focused on the exploration of a procedurally generated universe. Traveling between asteroids and planets, you will create your own network...
Action, Survival, Online, Shooter, Third-person view, Crafting, Exploration, Sandbox, Construction, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 12 August 2022; Game released: PC → 15 June 2023
Players:
6.2/10
The game takes place on an island that is filled with various dangers such as traps, wild animals, infected and survivors who are ready to kill for the opportunity...
Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 22 November 2022; Game in development: PC → 2026
Rawbots is a fantastic open-world sandbox with a third-person view in which you have to create a variety of types of robots, from vehicles to bridges, traps and...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Simulation, God Simulator, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PC → 13 September 2022
Deadwater Saloon is a fun management simulator with an isometric camera view in a Wild West setting. In the game you will play the role of a saloon owner in a...
Virtual Reality (VR), Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Science fiction, Sandbox, Exploration, Comedy
Game released: PC → 31 March 2022
Players:
10/10
Cosmonious High is an exciting adventure sandbox with a first-person view in a science fiction setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve...
Sandbox, Construction, Simulation, Online, Educational game (Education), MMO, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Exploration
Game released: PC → 8 July 2022
Occupy White Walls is an educational sandbox with an open world in the simulation genre, with elements of co-op and exploration. You can create a museum and curate...
Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Platformer, First-person view, Sandbox, Free game, Exploration, Construction
Game released: PC → 15 October 2022
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
59/100
LandBox is a free, exciting first-person sandbox where you can create your own world that you can share with other players. There are ten types of landscape block...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Free game, Tactics, Roguelike, Science fiction
Game released: PC → 10 October 2022
A free third-person adventure shooter with role-playing elements in a science fiction setting. The story tells about a traveler who moves between worlds using...