Best Games in the Sandbox genre of 2024 for PC
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...
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 → 15 October 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...
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:
8.2/10
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...
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...
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:
7.7/10
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...
Adventure, Role-playing game, Warships / Submarines, Simulation, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
Game released: PC → 15 February 2024
Players:
8.2/10
Remake of the pirate RPG Sea Dogs: To Each His Own from 2012. The main character is the sea wolf Charles de Mor. He engages in seafaring with a numerous fleet of...
Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world
Game released: PC → 5 March 2024
Survival in an open world with a focus on base building, exploring the island, and gradually uncovering its story. Players need to gather resources, create tools...
Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator
Early Access: PC → 5 December 2024; Game released: PC → 18 March 2026
Players:
10/10
A co-op game for 1-6 people to manage a kingdom. As the city develops, more and more people will come for protection - they can be given tasks to automate...
Simulation, Online, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 2 May 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
8.7/10
An exciting sandbox about building a factory. The game takes place in an endless procedurally generated voxel world. Players extract resources, automate the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Comedy, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 26 July 2024; Game released: PC → 3 April 2026
Players:
8.7/10
An action RPG survival game inspired by Slavic myths and legends. In the game you can choose the path of a sorcerer or a hero, meet mythological characters like...
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...
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:
7.9/10
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...
Sandbox, Exploration, First-person view, Survival, Crafting, Open world, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure, Procedural generation
Early Access: PC → 23 September 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
6.2/10
An open world survival simulator that takes players to beautiful tropical islands. The game takes place in the Pacific Ocean. Players explore procedurally generated...
Adventure, Action, Exploration, Open world, Third-person view, Crafting, Survival, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op)
Early Access: PC → 19 November 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
1/10
Adventure sandbox with an open world. The main action takes place in a fantasy universe. It is home to the Shimu people, who are trying to retake their homeland...
Action, Survival, Simulation, Construction, Crafting, Open world, Sandbox, Third-person view, Fantasy
Early Access: PC → 15 August 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
7/10
The game takes place on ruined islands inspired by Greek myths. Discontent is brewing in the underworld, so the hand of Charon saved the hero from death and...
Strategy, Construction, City Building, Sandbox, Crafting, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Online
Early Access: PC → 18 July 2023; Game released: PC → 7 November 2024
Players:
9.6/10
The events of the game take place in an underground alien world, to which the main character goes to extract minerals and vital products. As he progresses, he...
First-person view, Sandbox, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Farm Simulator
Early Access: PC → 19 March 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
7.7/10
Sandbox with an open world and elements of a farm simulator. Players build their own home on a distant planet on the edge of the galaxy. The huge robot will help...
Sandbox, Adventure, Top-down view, Construction, Open world, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Crafting, Exploration, Strategy, In real time
Early Access: PC → 24 April 2024; Game released: PC → 27 May 2025
A colorful strategy in the automation genre. Players go to explore a fairy-tale world inhabited by hard-working creatures — sparks. With the help of these...