Sandbox for Xbox 360 — top best games in the Sandbox genre

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Xbox 360 → 9 May 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploring a practically endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

GTA 5

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: Xbox 360 → 1 October 2013

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 92/100

A legendary sequel to the popular Grand Theft Auto series. The game is set in Los Santos, a city beloved by fans since Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. For the first...

Terraria

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Survival, Online

Game released: Xbox 360 → 27 March 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...

Gears of War

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 29 December 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Gears of War is an action game with a third-person view in a fantastic post-apocalyptic setting. The game's plot revolves around Delta Force soldiers defending...

Just Cause 2

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Helicopters, Open world, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 28 December 2010

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This open-world action adventure takes place on the tropical island of Panau in Southeast Asia. Agent Rico Rodriguez undertakes missions to destabilize the island...

Crysis

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 October 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Set in 2020, this futuristic first-person shooter follows a standoff between the United States and North Korea in the South China Sea. After North Korean forces...

Prison Architect

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 28 June 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Prison Architect is a top-down real-time management strategy game. Players will have to build and develop a real prison. Moreover, it will be necessary to organize...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 20 October 2010

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Super Meat Boy is a hardcore 2D side-scrolling platformer. You have to help the meat cube save his beloved, who was kidnapped by the evil scientist Dr. Fitus. The...

Saints Row 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Open world, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 November 2009

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Saints Row 2 is a third-person gangster action game set in a large open world. The story takes place in the fictional town of Stillwater. The main character escapes...

Serious Sam 3: BFE

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: Xbox 360 → 17 October 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Set in a future Egypt amid crumbling cities and ancient temples, this first-person shooter is a prequel to Serious Sam: The First Encounter, following Earth’s final...

The Sims 3

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 November 2010

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A life simulation set in an open world, where the player creates characters and guides their daily lives, relationships, and ambitions. Appearance and personality...

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks, Tactics, Open world

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 October 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a tactical shooter with a first-person view, the events of which will tell about the military conflict on one of the islands...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 August 2008

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...

Crash Time 2

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 27 November 2008

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 63/100

Crash Time 2 is a continuation of the exciting racing simulator, where you have to get used to the role of a traffic policeman. The game has many different goals...

Unreal Tournament 3

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Online

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 June 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A futuristic first-person shooter built around arena battles against other players online or computer-controlled opponents. Combat combines a range of weapons and...

Disney Infinity

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Beat them all

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Disney Infinity is a third-person arcade game in the style of defeating them all. In this game you will go through a large number of exciting adventures together...

Tropico 4

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Sandbox, City Building, Simulation

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 October 2011

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Tropico 4 is a continuation of the banana republic dictator simulator. You will take on the role of the newly elected El Presidente. The main task is to make candy...

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 23 June 2010

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This third-person action platformer sends Duke Nukem to New York City in pursuit of the villain Mech Morphix. Duke fights across skyscraper rooftops and through...

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08

Golf, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 26 September 2007

Metacritic: 75/100

A professional golf sports game featuring the FedExCup championship format and competitions against PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players. Shot Confidence tracks...

A-TrainHX

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox, Trains

Game released: Xbox 360 → 7 March 2008

A-TrainHX is a first-person simulator with elements of strategy, business simulator, sandbox and railway simulator from the developers of Artdink Corporation...

Duke Nukem 3D (1996)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 September 2008

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This first-person science-fiction shooter follows Duke as he fights a deadly alien invasion of futuristic Los Angeles. Its 28 levels span city streets, an orbiting...

Guitar Hero: Metallica

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 22 May 2009

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

This music rhythm game centers on Metallica’s work and the musicians who influenced the band. Players perform songs on guitar, drums, or vocals, following the parts...

WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009

Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox, Wrestling

Game released: Xbox 360 → 9 November 2008

Metacritic: 74/100

This wrestling sports game focuses on WWE matches and tag-team bouts. In tag-team gameplay, players build momentum and attributes, perform double-team attacks and...

Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 30 August 2015

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition is the third edition of the popular arcade sandbox, the central theme of which is Star Wars. You will find many familiar characters from...

Tropico 3

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Sandbox, Simulation, City Building

Game released: Xbox 360 → 16 February 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A city-building strategy game about ruling a tropical island during the Cold War. The player takes the role of El Presidente and chooses whether to govern as a...

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (2008)

Action, Flight Simulator, Platformer, Third-person view, Helicopters, Puzzle, Sports game, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 November 2008

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts — It's been 8 years since Banjo-Tooie. Since then, only a skull has remained of the old witch Gruntilda, the main antagonist, and...

From Dust

Strategy, In real time, First-person view, God Simulator, Simulation, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 27 July 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A real-time strategy and god game about a tribe struggling to survive in a world continually reshaped by nature. Across a mysterious archipelago, the player helps...

Far Cry: Instincts - Predator

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Collection, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 1 March 2011

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Far Cry: Instincts — Predator — an improved edition of the first-person shooter Far Cry: Instincts — Evolution. The game features improved...

The Sims 3: Pets

Simulation, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 October 2011

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Sims 3: Pets is an addition to the real-time life management simulator Sims 3. For the first time in the history of the series, you can not only get pets, but...

Dustforce

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 25 April 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dustforce — the gameplay is based on acrobatic stunts. Playing as one of four cleaning heroes, the player tries to clear the dirt from the level as quickly as...

Guitar Hero: World Tour

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 15 December 2008

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

A music game about performing rock songs combines guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. Players can choose a single instrument or play as part of a band, while the...

Birds of Steel

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 September 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Birds of Steel — the gameplay is a further development of another game developed by Gaijin Entertainment — IL-2 Sturmovik: Winged Predators. Unlike the...

Eets

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 25 April 2007

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle platformer combines character movement with physics-based challenges. The player helps Eets overcome obstacles by using objects and interactions in the...

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010

Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox, Wrestling

Game released: Xbox 360 → 23 October 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 — the game introduced new or completely changed creative modes, which complemented the modes from previous games in the series...

Saints Row 4 Inauguration Station

Third-person view, Sandbox, Adventure, Action, Free game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 August 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 73/100

This character editor lets players create and modify characters for Saints Row IV. Finished characters can be uploaded for use in Saints Row IV, and characters from...

Flock!

Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox 360 → 8 April 2009

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Flock! is a sandbox puzzle game in which players pilot a UFO across colorful pastoral landscapes, herding animals toward a collection ship. The herd must reach its...

Tom Clancy's EndWar (2008)

Strategy, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Sandbox, Tactics

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 November 2008

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Set during a futuristic World War III, this military strategy game puts the player in command of an army fighting for one of three factions: the U.S.-led Joint...

N+ (2008)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 20 February 2008

Metacritic: 81/100

N+ is an arcade platformer set in a futuristic world where a ninja tries to survive among robots that inadvertently kill everything around them. Players run and...

Blocks That Matter

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Platformer, Casual game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 12 May 2011

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This platform puzzle game follows a tiny robot called Tetrobot, the last hope of indie developers Alexey and Markus. The robot drills blocks made of different...

WWE Legends of WrestleMania

Fighting, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox, Wrestling

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 March 2009

Metacritic: 71/100

WWE Legends of WrestleMania — A new grapple-based combo system is introduced. To differentiate itself from the SmackDown series, Legends of WrestleMania...

Sandbox

Best Games in the Sandbox genre for Xbox 360