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, Open world, Survival
Early Access: PC → 8 March 2022; Game released: PC → 27 August 2024
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
94/100
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
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 of the Scorched...
Online, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Construction, Farm Simulator, Crafting
Game released: PC → 23 April 2025
Steam:
93/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Simulation, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Construction, Sandbox, Open world
Early Access: PC → 18 November 2021; Game released: PC → 4 March 2022
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
72/100
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer sandbox with role-playing elements and a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place on the ancient eastern...
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
Steam:
45/100
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...
Strategy, MMO, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Tactics, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 27 July 2017; Game released: PC → 28 September 2022
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
80/100
Multiplayer tactical real-time strategy. The events take place during the Second World War, where you will have to unite in squads with hundreds of other players...
Action, Survival, Online, Shooter, Third-person view, Crafting, Exploration, Sandbox, Construction, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Zombies, MMO
Early Access: PC → 12 August 2022; Game released: PC → 15 June 2023
Players:
6.2/10
Steam:
48/100
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...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Science fiction, Space, Construction, Crafting, Procedural generation, Online
Early Access: PC → 7 November 2022; Game released: PC → 2 June 2026
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
80/100
A space simulation game focused on the exploration of a procedurally generated universe. Traveling between asteroids and planets, you will create your own network...
Adventure, Action, Arcade, Role-playing game, Sandbox, Third-person view, Open world, Survival, Casual game
Game released: PC → 1 August 2022
Players:
3.2/10
Steam:
71/100
KAOS SurVival is an action-adventure RPG with sandbox elements and a third-person view. It is an open world survival game where the player can explore and find...
Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Construction, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 27 April 2022; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
91/100
Prehistoric Kingdom is an exciting management strategy with simulation elements, where you have to create an amazing zoo for prehistoric animals. You will have vast...
Online, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, MMO, First-person view, Indie, Sandbox, Open world
Game released: PC → 25 January 2022; Early Access: PC → 23 November 2021
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
59/100
Mortal Online 2 is a continuation of the multiplayer action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to explore a huge...
Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Platformer, First-person view, Sandbox, Free game, Exploration, Construction, Casual game, Strategy
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...
Survival, Sandbox, Third-person view, Crafting, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Dungeons, Open world, Slasher, Arcade
Early Access: PC → 17 December 2022; Game released: PC → 27 September 2024
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
79/100
An open world game in which you need to save the world of the Dwarves from being enslaved by the villain, Lord Archaeon. To defeat evil, you need to upgrade your...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Exploration, Construction
Frozen: PC → 27 April 2022
Anticipation Rating:
9.3/10
An adventure sandbox where familiar "cubic" aesthetics are combined with a modern voxel engine and a bright fantasy setting. The world here lives and breathes...
Sandbox, Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Simulation, Open world, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 4 November 2022
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Harvestella is an open-world action-adventure RPG with sandbox and simulation elements. Our protagonist awakens in the midst of the Quietus, a catastrophe that...
Strategy, In real time, Sandbox, Science fiction, City Building, Space, Construction, Business / Management
Early Access: PC → 31 January 2022; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
77/100
An urban sandbox about the cosmic expansion of humanity within the solar system. Players explore planets and satellites, taking into account their particular...