- #1 Just Cause™ 3
97% matchVery Positive84% of 126,130 reviews2015
Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable.
Why similar: Destruction 35.5%, Open World 20.3%, Third-Person Shooter 15.8%, Sandbox 5.5%, Physics 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a massive open world with a heavy emphasis on explosive destruction and creative traversal mechanics.
- #2 Teardown
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 126,822 reviews2022
Dev: Tuxedo Labs
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.
Why similar: Destruction 61.3%, Physics 15.9%, Sandbox 11.4%, Multiplayer 5.7%, Action 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the most advanced voxel-based destruction engine on the market, allowing you to dismantle entire buildings piece by piece.
- #3 Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition
96% matchVery Positive90% of 7,677 reviews2009
Dev: VolitionPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force.
Why similar: Destruction 33.1%, Mars 20% ★, Open World 14.1%, Third-Person Shooter 8.4%, Physics 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: The original 2009 release provides the same core destruction-focused gameplay and Martian setting as the remaster.
- #4 Just Cause 4 Reloaded
95% matchMixed62% of 31,627 reviews2018
Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Rogue agent Rico Rodriguez journeys to Solis, a huge South American world home of conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Strap into your wingsuit, equip your fully customizable grappling hook, and get ready to bring the thunder!
Why similar: Destruction 37.5%, Open World 19.8%, Third-Person Shooter 15.6%, Physics 7.2%, Sandbox 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the series' signature destruction mechanics with dynamic weather systems and enhanced physics tools.
- #5 Wreckfest
94% matchVery Positive88% of 39,799 reviews2018
Dev: BugbearPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.
Why similar: Destruction 71%, Physics 13.2%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Action 2.7%, Sandbox 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly realistic physics-based damage model that makes vehicular collisions feel impactful and destructive.
- #6 BeamNG.drive
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 384,707 reviews2015
Dev: BeamNG
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 91.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Why similar: Destruction 50%, Open World 15.7%, Physics 14.9%, Sandbox 9.2%, Multiplayer 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for soft-body physics simulation, offering unparalleled realism in how vehicles and objects deform upon impact.
- #7 Generation Zero®
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 41,588 reviews2019
Dev: Systemic Reaction™Pub: Avalanche Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.
Why similar: Open World 33.8%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Sandbox 16.7%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Shooter 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on guerrilla-style tactical combat against superior robotic forces in a large, open-world environment.
- #8 Red Faction®: Armageddon™
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,953 reviews2011
Dev: VolitionPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Red Faction: Armageddon Path to War includes 4 new missions, 2 unlockable items and 10 new achievements!
Why similar: Destruction 40.5%, Mars 22% ★, Third-Person Shooter 14%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Third Person 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the Red Faction legacy with a focus on sci-fi combat and physics-based environmental destruction.
- #9 Sunset Overdrive
91% matchVery Positive90% of 14,004 reviews2018
Dev: Insomniac GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 36.1%, Open World 34.3%, Action 6.1%, Third Person 5.3%, Great Soundtrack 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A high-energy open-world shooter that emphasizes mobility and chaotic, over-the-top combat.
- #10 Prototype 2
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 15,600 reviews2012
Dev: Radical EntertainmentPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Become the ultimate shape-shifting weapon!
Why similar: Open World 46.3%, Third Person 11.1%, Gore 9.5%, Action 8.7%, Sandbox 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Refines the open-world destruction mechanics of its predecessor with more fluid movement and combat abilities.
- #11 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
90% matchVery Positive94% of 11,300 reviews2019
Dev: SANDLOTPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 42.9%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Action 12.3%, Shooter 9.1%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers massive-scale destruction and chaotic combat against overwhelming alien swarms.
- #12 Prototype™
89% matchVery Positive80% of 13,675 reviews2009
Dev: Radical EntertainmentPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.
Why similar: Open World 46.4%, Third Person 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Action 9%, Gore 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world action game that grants you immense power to cause widespread urban destruction and chaos.
- #13 Saints Row: The Third
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 69,305 reviews2011
Dev: VolitionPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!
Why similar: Open World 36.9%, Third-Person Shooter 28.5%, Sandbox 8.7%, Third Person 6.2%, Action 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a sandbox open world filled with over-the-top action and destructive weaponry.
- #14 Destroy All Humans!
87% matchVery Positive92% of 11,296 reviews2020
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities.
Why similar: Destruction 32%, Open World 17.1%, Third-Person Shooter 16.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Action 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to use advanced alien weaponry to flatten cities and cause massive environmental destruction.
- #15 Just Cause 2
88% matchVery Positive91% of 51,289 reviews2010
Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.
Why similar: Open World 27.7%, Destruction 23.9%, Third-Person Shooter 16.4%, Sandbox 8.3%, Third Person 6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic open-world sandbox that pioneered the series' focus on grappling hooks and explosive liberation.
- #16 Mad Max
86% matchVery Positive92% of 88,243 reviews2015
Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 35.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.
Why similar: Open World 48.9%, Third-Person Shooter 15%, Third Person 10%, Action 7.4%, Sandbox 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a harsh desert wasteland setting with intense vehicular combat and base-clearing gameplay.
- #17 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
84% matchVery Positive89% of 21,702 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Why similar: Destruction 49.8%, Physics 16.3%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Sandbox 9.8%, Open World 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a sophisticated physics engine to simulate the careful, yet often explosive, deconstruction of massive spacecraft.
- #18 Red Faction
86% matchVery Positive86% of 2,916 reviews2009
Dev: VolitionPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
JOIN THE REVOLUTION! Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company. But all is not as it seems. A deadly plague is sweeping through the barracks, and miners suffer daily abuse at the hands of the Ultor guards.
Why similar: Destruction 40.3%, Mars 39.6% ★, Sci-fi 8.6%, Action 3.7%, Shooter 3%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that introduced the Geo-Mod engine, allowing for the first instances of destructible terrain in the series.
- #19 Far Cry® 5
84% matchVery Positive81% of 184,303 reviews2018
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 22.7 hrsMean: 47.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Discover the open world of Hope County, Montana, besieged by a fanatical doomsday cult. Dive into the action solo or two-player co-op in the story campaign, use a vast arsenal of weapons and allies, and free Hope County from Joseph Seed and his cult.
Why similar: Open World 55.5%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Shooter 14.1%, Action 7.1%, Co-op 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a large open world focused on liberating regions through guerrilla-style tactics and explosive combat.
- #20 Saints Row 2
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 21,287 reviews2009
Dev: VolitionPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row.
Why similar: Open World 38.1%, Third-Person Shooter 25.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Third Person 5.7%, Action 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a gritty, chaotic open-world experience with deep customization and destructive missions.
- #21 The Saboteur™
81% matchVery Positive92% of 2,381 reviews2024
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
This open-world action thriller takes you through the seedy streets of Paris as you seek to undermine the German authority and lead a rebellion. Fight across rooftops and through dangerous alleys, and operate a wide variety of vehicles as you navigate your terrain.
Why similar: Open World 54.1%, Third Person 22.4%, Action 14%, Singleplayer 6%, Adventure 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world game set in occupied France that tasks you with performing acts of sabotage and guerrilla warfare.
- #22 RAGE 2
82% matchMixed63% of 16,840 reviews2019
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.
Why similar: Open World 46.1%, Shooter 10.3%, Action 9.4%, Gore 9.2%, Sci-fi 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic shooter that blends intense gunplay with vehicular combat in a large, open world.
- #23 Homefront®: The Revolution
83% matchMixed61% of 16,848 reviews2016
Dev: Dambuster StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Homefront®: The Revolution is an open-world first person shooter where you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.
Why similar: Open World 50%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Shooter 13.9%, Action 10.8%, Co-op 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on guerrilla warfare in an occupied city, requiring you to dismantle enemy infrastructure piece by piece.
- #24 Vanquish
82% matchVery Positive89% of 7,662 reviews2017
Dev: PlatinumGamesPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 46.2%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Third Person 8.9%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced third-person shooter that emphasizes movement and high-intensity combat encounters.
- #25 Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
81% matchVery Positive88% of 77,420 reviews2013
Dev: Deep Silver VolitionPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Experience the insane antics of Saints Row IV. The Saints have gone from the Penthouse to the White House - but Earth has been invaded and it’s up to you to save it with an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, in the wildest open world game ever.
Why similar: Open World 37.6%, Third-Person Shooter 25.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Third Person 6%, Action 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Adds superpowers to the open-world formula, allowing for even greater destruction and mobility.
- #26 Unreal Physics
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Jilted Generation Productions
Windows
Unreal Physics is a exploration of in-game physics like never before, this dynamic 3D sandbox features a mesmerizing collection of demos, showcasing stunning visuals and realistic simulations. It's a playground of endless possibilities where creativity meets the cutting edge of physics technology
Why similar: Destruction 45.1%, Third-Person Shooter 20.6%, Physics 15%, Sandbox 10.6%, Third Person 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox experience dedicated to showcasing advanced physics interactions and environmental destruction.
- #27 Control Ultimate Edition
79% matchVery Positive86% of 59,077 reviews2020
Dev: Remedy Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Winner of over 80 awards, Control is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 37%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Third Person 12.5%, Open World 11.4%, Action 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a highly reactive environment where telekinetic powers allow for satisfying, physics-based combat destruction.
- #28 RAGE
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 18,077 reviews2011
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!
Why similar: Open World 43.6%, Shooter 13.9%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Action 10.2%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi shooter that features significant vehicular combat and open-world exploration in a wasteland setting.
- #29 Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,193 reviews2021
Dev: Deep Silver VolitionPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Full Package, Remastered – With enhanced graphics, improved lighting, reworked environments, and visual effects, Steelport and The Third Street Saints have never looked so good.
Why similar: Destruction 35.5%, Third-Person Shooter 21.8%, Open World 17.9%, Sandbox 9.3%, Third Person 5.9%
- #30 Maximum Override
78% matchMixed68% of 311 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Maximum Override is a chaotic city destruction game where the machines come alive. Wreak havoc in a fully destructible randomly generated city with anything you can find.
Why similar: Destruction 83.6%, Sandbox 10.4%, Action 6%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic arcade-style game where you control vehicles to cause as much destruction as possible in a city.
- #31 Mars: War Logs
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,987 reviews2013
Dev: SpidersPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.
Why similar: Mars 63% ★, Sci-fi 17.1%, Third Person 9.2%, Action 5.7%, Open World 3%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG set on a harsh, colonized Mars that captures the sci-fi atmosphere of the Red Faction series.
- #32 Just Cause™ 3: Multiplayer Mod
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,687 reviews2017
Dev: nanos GbR
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Just Cause 3 Multiplayer mod is a free fan-created project bringing an explosive and highly-customizable multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World 30.4%, Third-Person Shooter 25.2%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Action 9.5%, Shooter 6.6%
- #33 POLARIS™
74% matchMixed58% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: POLARIS™ TeamPub: Variable State
Windows
Team up and take flight in this sci-fi co-op shooter with fully destructible environments. Soar through dynamic open levels using powerful abilities, master advanced weapons and vehicles, and lay waste to the armies of a hostile colonizing threat - defend your home worlds!
Why similar: Destruction 32.2%, Third-Person Shooter 18.1%, Open World 12.4%, Physics 10.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #34 Realistic Ragdoll Sandbox
73% matchVery Positive88% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: RelvasDev
Windows
Realistic Ragdoll Sandbox is an immersive game that stands out for its realistic ragdoll physics, which together with various creation and damage tools, provides the player with a mix of realism and fun.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 34.4%, Physics 24.5%, Sandbox 22.4%, Third Person 8.4%, Gore 3.5%
- #35 Burnout™ Paradise Remastered
75% matchMixed63% of 8,149 reviews2020
Dev: Stellar EntertainmentPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Burnout Paradise Remastered provides the ultimate driving playground for you and your friends to play online. This remaster includes all add-ons from the Year of Paradise, including the Big Surf Island update, meticulously recreated and ready to wreck in 4K.
Why similar: Destruction 52.6%, Open World 18.4%, Multiplayer 10%, Third Person 7.2%, Action 5.7%
- #36 Just Cause
77% matchMixed66% of 5,190 reviews2007
Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Your world...Your rules!
Why similar: Open World 39.1%, Third-Person Shooter 20.2%, Sandbox 9.7%, Third Person 8.6%, Action 7.7%
- #37 Deconstruction Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,366 reviews2025
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Deconstruction Simulator is the ultimate demolition simulator, offering you complete freedom of action and a wide array of contracts to complete. Get ready for spectacular destruction.
Why similar: Destruction 67.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Open World 9.2%, Physics 9%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #38 Voxel Project VR
71% matchVery Positive87% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: 180°
Windows
Voxel Project offers an immersive sandbox experience set in a fully destructible voxel environment. Explore a dynamic world teeming with vehicles, dynamic fire mechanics, enemy NPCs, voxel gore, weapon customization, and a bunch of additional features to discover.
Why similar: Destruction 54%, Physics 13.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Shooter 6.2%
- #39 Occupy Mars: The Game
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Mars 52.1% ★, Open World 19.3%, Sandbox 11%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Third Person 5.9%
- #40 Universe Sandbox
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Why similar: Destruction 46.1%, Physics 18.9%, Sandbox 16.6%, Open World 10.7%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #41 Outcast - Second Contact
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,003 reviews2017
Dev: Appeal StudiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Outcast – Second Contact is the complete remake of the cult title which sparked the open world, action-adventure genre. Take off on an exploration of Adelpha, an alien world as beautiful as it is dangerous, where your heroic journey places the fate of two worlds in your hands.
Why similar: Open World 37.1%, Sci-fi 19.8%, Third-Person Shooter 17.6%, Third Person 11.6%, Action 9.1%
- #42 The Technomancer
75% matchMixed68% of 2,979 reviews2016
Dev: SpidersPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Technomancer is a sci-fi RPG that offers players plenty of dynamic combat action based on 4 skill trees dedicated to 3 combat styles and the destructive electrical powers of the Technomancers.
Why similar: Mars 38% ★, Open World 24.3%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Third Person 9.8%, Action 5.5%
- #43 Instruments of Destruction
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,507 reviews2024
Dev: RadiangamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Crash through walls and tear down buildings in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based demolition. Pilot 130+ unique vehicles across scores of challenge-packed missions or design your own contraptions and wreck highly-interactive sandbox worlds.
Why similar: Destruction 54.8%, Third-Person Shooter 19.4%, Physics 15.7%, Shooter 5.4%, Action 3.4%
- #44 Red Faction II
76% matchMixed52% of 1,254 reviews2009
Dev: VolitionPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Twenty-second century Earth. Five years after the rebellion on Mars. For the last 15 years, Sopot, the corrupt dictator, has oppressed the people of the Commonwealth. His relentless pursuit of unification with the neighboring United Republic has left the country soaked in unnecessary bloodshed and poverty.
Why similar: Destruction 60.4%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Action 12.1%, Shooter 9%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #45 Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,060 reviews2022
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Crypto is back with a license to probe. The alien invader returns, groovier than ever. Experience the swinging ‘60s in all its chemical-induced glory and take revenge on the KGB for blowing up your mothership. You’ll have to form alliances with members of the very species you came to enslave.
Why similar: Destruction 35.2%, Third-Person Shooter 27%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Open World 11.4%, Third Person 6.3%
- #46 Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: KreizLand Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slowmotion, gravitation control, destructible terrain, blackhole and much more! Destroy a small (huuge) building, using different types of weapons (even custom). When you get tired of exploding prepared structures, you can always visit the map editor to build whatever you want.
Why similar: Destruction 55.6%, Physics 14.9%, Open World 13.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Multiplayer 2.7%
- #47 FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition
72% matchVery Positive90% of 7,437 reviews2008
Dev: Bugbear EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Ready for the aggressive, adrenaline-filled ride that leaves you breathless? FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition is all about destructive action. With carnage modes like the Deathmatch derby, Carnage Race and Head-on races are pure wreck-filled, adrenaline-pumping rides of maximum mayhem.
Why similar: Destruction 78.4%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Physics 7%, Great Soundtrack 3.6%, Action 2.3%
- #48 Serious Sam 4
70% matchVery Positive83% of 17,240 reviews2020
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
Why similar: Gore 14.8%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Shooter 13.4%, Third-Person Shooter 12.2%, Open World 12.1%
- #49 RAGDORE
66% matchVery Positive83% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: GreenGO
Windows
RAGDORE is a physics-driven sandbox where limbs fly, bones snap, and movement changes with every injury. Experiment with traps, crushers, trampolines, and more in colorful maps designed for creative destruction and dynamic ragdoll mayhem.
Why similar: Destruction 42.2%, Physics 18.5%, Sandbox 14.8%, Gore 11%, Violent 5%
- #50 Borderlands 3
68% matchVery Positive81% of 161,986 reviews2020
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: 2K
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 53.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.
Why similar: Open World 42.1%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Action 7.7%, Gore 6.3%
- #51 Space Engineers
68% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 95.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Open World 31.7%, Physics 25.3%, Sandbox 18.7%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Action 5.8%
- #52 LOST PLANET® 3
71% matchMixed63% of 3,850 reviews2013
Dev: Spark UnlimitedPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The extreme and unpredictable conditions that characterized the Lost Planet series return, harsher than ever before. Lost Planet 3 reveals new truths about the foreboding planet and the colonial history of E.D.N. III.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 36.9%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Open World 15.4%, Action 8.9%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #53 Overgrowth
69% matchVery Positive81% of 8,913 reviews2017
Dev: Wolfire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Feel like the star of a martial arts film in Overgrowth, as you jump, kick, throw, and slash your way to victory. Free the rabbits from their evil overlords in the main story, then play through the prequel story, and finally, try out nine years of mods developed by the community, or create your own!
Why similar: Open World 23.2%, Physics 22.6%, Sandbox 20.8%, Action 9.2%, Third Person 8.1%
- #54 Crysis Remastered
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 16,312 reviews2021
Dev: Crytek
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The classic first person shooter from Crytek is back with the action-packed gameplay, sandbox world, and thrilling epic battles you loved the first time around – now with remastered graphics optimized for a new generation of hardware.
Why similar: Sci-fi 28%, Sandbox 23.9%, Shooter 17.4%, Action 10.3%, Open World 7%
- #55 Pawperty Damage
66% matchVery Positive93% of 504 reviews2023
Dev: Dare Looks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Smash, kick, stomp and chomp your way through a fully destructible city! Go to town in this cathartic action sandbox, either alone or in split screen local multiplayer.
Why similar: Destruction 76.1%, Sandbox 10.8%, Action 4.9%, Third Person 3.5%, Multiplayer 3.5%
- #56 Fun with Ragdolls: The Game
67% matchVery Positive88% of 5,115 reviews2019
Dev: Jadon BarnesPub: Fun & Simple
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Become a ragdoll and create your own environments in Sandbox Mode, explore worlds created by others, or just flop around your destructible sets! Fun with Ragdolls®: The Game lets you enjoy everything you love about ragdolls!
Why similar: Physics 30.4%, Destruction 24.6%, Sandbox 22.9%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Open World 5.8%
- #57 GoreBox
64% matchVery Positive88% of 21,831 reviews2023
Dev: Felix FilipPub: F²Games
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
GoreBox is a chaotic physics-driven sandbox where creativity meets destruction. Use the Reality Crusher to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate anything. Customize, battle with friends, roleplay, or face devious creatures. In this world, your imagination rules—and chaos is your playground!
Why similar: Physics 32.4%, Sandbox 28.1%, Gore 14.5%, Shooter 11.9%, Violent 8.2%
- #58 Hard Reset Redux
69% matchVery Positive81% of 2,339 reviews2016
Dev: Flying Wild HogPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hard Reset Redux is an action-packed and hardcore single-player shooter which embraces the best qualities that the genre has it offer. It includes over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety, a challenging campaign and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting.
Why similar: Action 30.7%, Shooter 30.2%, Sci-fi 27.6%, Singleplayer 6.6%, Adventure 5.1%
- #59 Battlefield 4™
66% matchVery Positive85% of 78,062 reviews2020
Dev: DICEPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.
Why similar: Destruction 43.5%, Multiplayer 18.6%, Shooter 13.1%, Open World 8.4%, Action 5.6%