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:
7.7/10
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 the settlement of...
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...
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...
Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Construction, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 27 April 2022; Game in development: PC → 2026
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...
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...
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:
71/100
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 vast galaxies...
Simulation, Strategy, Construction, Business / Management, Sandbox, Zombies, Post-apocalyptic, City Building
Early Access: PC → 7 December 2022; Game released: PC → 27 May 2025
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
65/100
The world has been completely taken over by zombies. For many years, scientists have been trying to find a vaccine to reverse the processes of zombieification. In...
Strategy, Indie, City Building, Business / Management, Sandbox, Simulation, Procedural generation, Construction
Game released: PC → 13 July 2022
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
89/100
Urbek City Builder is a city-building simulator with an isometric camera view and procedural generation. In Urbeck you can build a city of your own design. Manage...
Business / Management, First-person view, Simulation, Action, Indie, Educational game (Education), Construction, Sandbox
Game released: PC → 9 June 2022
Players:
6.3/10
Steam:
72/100
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 this, you will have...
Action, Warships / Submarines, Cooperative (co-op), Third-person view, Simulation, Open world, Sandbox, Construction, Crafting, Exploration
Early Access: PC → 29 April 2022; Game released: PC → 10 March 2023
Steam:
70/100
An exciting sandbox about ships and sea adventures. Features include realistic physics simulation and ocean simulation. The game will allow you to unleash your...