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...
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...
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...
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...
Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Science fiction, City Building, Space, Survival, Adventure
Game released: PC → 31 December 2025
Steam:
20/100
A space simulation game about building and resource management. Your main goal is to prepare an expedition to another planet. To do this, you need to...
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...
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...
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...
Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, Combat robots, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Game canceled: PC → 18 December 2025
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
An online action game about survival among mechanical animals in the spirit of Horizon Zero Dawn. The events of the game take place after a...
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...
Simulation, Action, Sandbox, Adventure, Exploration, Third-person view, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Open world, Science fiction, Construction
Early Access: PC → 27 January 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027
Steam:
93/100
Training simulator, whose events develop in outer space. In the game, it is necessary to design, build and serve spaceships. As you pass, you can...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Roguelike, City Building, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction
Early Access: PC → 24 October 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
10/10
Steam:
87/100
After a long hunt, the hero returns home to find his lands in ruins. From the ashes, he must rebuild his settlement, fortify the walls, and gather an...
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...
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:
48/100
The main action takes place in the cursed city of Svetlograd and its surroundings in the Carpathian Mountains. Players explore a vast open world...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Sandbox, Dungeons, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting, Isometric, Survival
Early Access: PC → 25 August 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
77/100
The player explores a procedurally generated fantasy world where they found themselves after a shipwreck. There are a variety of skills that are not...
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...
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:
49/100
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...
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...
Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Open world, Construction, Casual game
Game released: PC → 23 September 2025
Steam:
73/100
The player manages a business that demolishes various buildings. As reputation increases, more complex objects are unlocked. You can use different...
Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Free game, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 25 February 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
41/100
A multiplayer game in medieval setting, in which gamers explore the spacious world where there are PVP and PVE zones. It is necessary to extract...