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:
9.3/10
Steam:
96/100
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
Steam:
86/100
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
Steam:
85/100
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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Open world, Farm Simulator, Simulation
Early Access: PC → 5 August 2024; Game released: PC → 5 August 2026
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
89/100
The game takes place in the picturesque village of Mystria. In this cozy and magical place, the player farms, growing a variety of crops, takes care of animals and...
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...
Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting, Online
Early Access: PC → 20 June 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
79/100
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...
First-person view, Indie, Detective, Adventure, Sandbox, Stealth, Action, Open world, Cyberpunk, Procedural generation
Early Access: PC → 24 April 2023; Game released: PC → 26 September 2024
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
68/100
The game takes place in an alternative 1980s, where it is not the police who solve crimes, but private corporations and mercenaries. Players take on the role of a...
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
Steam:
67/100
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...
Adventure, Role-playing game, Warships / Submarines, Simulation, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
Game released: PC → 15 February 2024
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
72/100
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...
Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Casual game, Open world, City Building
Early Access: PC → 28 August 2018; Game released: PC → 22 January 2024
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
79/100
A god simulator where you can create your own planets, civilizations and empires. During the course of the game, gamers will have to conduct technological and...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Comedy, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting, Historical
Early Access: PC → 26 July 2024; Game released: PC → 3 April 2026
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
89/100
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
Steam:
84/100
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...
Isometric, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting, Casual game, Farm Simulator, Role-playing game
Early Access: PC → 8 August 2023; Game released: PC → 13 November 2024
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
83/100
The game takes place in a destroyed and flooded post-apocalyptic city. The main character builds a shelter on the roof of a skyscraper. You can explore nearby...
Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator, City Building
Early Access: PC → 5 December 2024; Game released: PC → 18 March 2026
Players:
10/10
Steam:
55/100
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...
First-person view, Sandbox, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Farm Simulator, Construction
Early Access: PC → 19 March 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
82/100
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...
Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Role-playing game, Farm Simulator, Crafting, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 7 April 2023; Game released: PC → 1 August 2024
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
77/100
An action-adventure RPG with farm simulator elements, where the action takes place in a bright and fairy-tale town called Prairie. This place is populated by...
Action, Survival, Simulation, Construction, Crafting, Open world, Sandbox, Third-person view, Fantasy, Exploration, Online
Early Access: PC → 15 August 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
7/10
Steam:
77/100
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...
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
Steam:
64/100
An open world survival simulator that takes players to beautiful tropical islands. The game takes place in the Pacific Ocean. Players explore procedurally generated...
Fantasy, Medieval era, Open world, Simulation, Role-playing game, Exploration, Sandbox, Crafting, Farm Simulator
Game released: PC → 6 November 2024
Players:
8/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
66/100
A life simulator with a living open world, a huge number of random events and skill leveling. The world consists of six diverse regions and three large cities. In...
Sandbox, Adventure, Top-down view, Construction, Open world, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Crafting, Exploration, Strategy, In real time, Procedural generation
Early Access: PC → 24 April 2024; Game released: PC → 27 May 2025
Steam:
82/100
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...
Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), City Building, Survival, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 14 July 2021; Game released: PC → 9 May 2024
Players:
9.9/10
Steam:
73/100
A town -planning simulator in a world where cities soar in the sky, fleeing the nightmares of post -apocalypse. As you pass, it is necessary not only to develop a...
Crafting, Survival, Third-person view, Simulation, Open world, Cooperative (co-op), Sandbox, Construction, Science fiction, Space
Game released: PC → 24 June 2024
Players:
9/10
A free prologue in which one of the planets is available for exploration. The main character must prepare a new home for people. To do this, you will have to mine...
