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:
9.4/10
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...
Action, Shooter, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 9 May 2023; Game released: PC → 7 November 2025
Players:
7.4/10
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...
Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Casual game, Dungeons, Crafting, Procedural generation
Game released: PC → 7 February 2025
Players:
7.8/10
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...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Crafting, Indie
Early Access: PC → 22 June 2023; Game released: PC → 14 April 2025
Players:
7.9/10
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...
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
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:
6.4/10
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...
Online, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Construction, Farm Simulator
Game released: PC → 23 April 2025
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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Sandbox, Dungeons, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 25 August 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
6.6/10
The player explores a procedurally generated fantasy world where they found themselves after a shipwreck. There are a variety of skills that are not tied to...
Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation
Early Access: PC → 12 December 2019; Game released: PC → 16 October 2025
Players:
6.8/10
A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled with various...
Adventure, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox, First-person view, Action, Space, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting
Game released: PC → 14 May 2025
Players:
8.2/10
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...
Action, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Comedy, Open world, Construction
Game released: PC → 22 August 2025
Players:
8.7/10
A crazy water park management simulator where your imagination is your only limit. As you progress, you can build slides of unimaginable shapes, design pools...
Shooter, Sandbox, First-person view, Open world, Exploration, Crafting, Cooperative (co-op), Survival
Early Access: PC → 11 March 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026
Vokselnaya sandbox with a cooperative, where it is necessary to explore wild lands, survive and fight with mutants. In the game, you can build, craft, cook food and...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Action, Isometric, Indie, Open world, Survival, Exploration, Crafting, Sandbox, Construction
Game released: PC → 10 April 2025
Players:
9.3/10
A continuation of Crashlands, in which the main character ends up on another planet due to a mysterious explosion. The game features curious creatures, friendly...
