Sandbox
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Best Games in the Sandbox genre of 2025 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...
Action, Shooter, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting, Trains
Early Access: PC → 9 May 2023; Game released: PC → 7 November 2025
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
71/100
A cooperative survival action game in which the player becomes a member of the crew of an interdimensional train. The hero sets off to explore a mysterious world...
Role-playing game, Warships / Submarines, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Procedural generation
Game released: PC → 22 May 2025
Steam:
79/100
An open-world adventure RPG about sea voyages, trade, and life as a captain. The game builds on the ideas of the original Windward from 2015. As a young captain...
Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Casual game, Dungeons, Crafting, Procedural generation, Exploration, Horror
Game released: PC → 7 February 2025
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
90/100
The main character bought a house and now digs a hole in his garden. In the process, different values come across, for example, silver and even bags with money...
Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Sandbox, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, City Building, Comedy, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction
Early Access: PC → 28 April 2025; Game released: PC → 19 April 2026
Steam:
82/100
A voxel sandbox where players build huge castles in a war-torn ancient world and defend them from hordes of enemies that threaten the entire kingdom. One of the...
Action, Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Online
Game released: PC → 23 October 2025
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
82/100
The sequel continues the atmosphere of meditative cleaning, where, with the help of a mechanical washing, you can save the world of dirt and return Muckingma to its...
Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation, Online
Early Access: PC → 12 December 2019; Game released: PC → 16 October 2025
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
94/100
A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled with various...
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...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Free game, Exploration, Open world, Simulation
Game released: PC → 23 December 2025
Steam:
44/100
Adventure action game with an open world, controllable vehicles, and a single-player mode. The game is inspired by classic urban crime games, where players are...
Simulation, Online, First-person view, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), City Building, Construction, Crafting, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 27 September 2023; Game released: PC → 2 April 2025
Steam:
56/100
A building game with support for 4-player co-op mode. Gamers turn into designers and builders of the most beautiful virtual houses. The possibilities are varied...
Adventure, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox, First-person view, Action, Space, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC → 14 May 2025
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
75/100
A colorful open-world sandbox in which the player confronts a galactic infection called the Red Darkness, which threatens the entire galaxy. As you progress, you...
Survival, City Building, Side view, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Construction, Strategy
Early Access: PC → 6 November 2023; Game released: PC → 1 May 2025
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
87/100
The player controls a city inhabited by mice. Each resident of Ratopia has their own skills and characteristics — they need to organize suitable jobs for the...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Open world, Simulation, City Building
Early Access: PC → 6 November 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
93/100
Mice head to uninhabited islands to escape the cat empire. Space is limited, but resources and opportunities for automated production abound. Successful development...
Adventure, Action, Survival, Crafting, Medieval era, Simulation, Open world, Sandbox, Role-playing game, Strategy
Game released: PC → 23 April 2025
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
50/100
The game takes place on an island where the gamer controls a Viking settlement. To do this, you need to build objects, craft items, hunt, raid and not forget about...
Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Survival horror
Game released: PC → 8 October 2025
Players:
5.6/10
Steam:
50/100
The main action takes place in the cursed city of Svetlograd and its surroundings in the Carpathian Mountains. Players explore a vast open world, encounter mythical...
Shooter, Online, First-person view, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 11 October 2023; Game released: PC → 30 October 2025
Players:
6.3/10
Steam:
66/100
The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by mutant zombies and gangs. In another reality, the world has been conquered by a tyrannical empire, but...
Adventure, Action, Simulation, Space, Construction, Sandbox, Crafting, Third-person view, Casual game, Exploration, Farm Simulator
Game released: PC → 25 January 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
78/100
The player in the role of an employee of the space corporation must collect resources throughout the galaxy in order to supply his native planet. A catastrophic...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Crafting, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Early Access: PC → 22 June 2023; Game released: PC → 14 April 2025
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
67/100
The game takes place on Earth destroyed by an environmental disaster. To survive and understand what happened, the hero collects resources, fights dangers, searches...