Top Sandbox Games
60+ sandbox games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Simulation, Open World, Indie.
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- #1 People Playground98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 311,986 reviews2019Developer: mestiezPublisher: Studio MinusPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.0hMean: 54.4h≥1hr: 85%
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
- #2 Terraria98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011Developer: Re-LogicPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 33.5hMean: 150.1h≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
- #3 Garry's Mod98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,237,980 reviews2006Developer: Facepunch StudiosPublisher: ValvePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 25.5hMean: 286.6h≥1hr: 94%
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
- #4 Rust98% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363,157 reviews2018Developer: Facepunch StudiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 52.5hMean: 421.6h≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
- #5 Project Zomboid93% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013Developer: The Indie StonePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 15.0hMean: 83.6h≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
- #6 BeamNG.drive92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 395,129 reviews2015Developer: BeamNGPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.2hMean: 94.3h≥1hr: 87%
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
- #7 Kenshi91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 112,221 reviews2018Developer: Lo-Fi GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.8hMean: 71.1h≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
- #8 Human Fall Flat91% matchVery Positive95% of 224,340 reviews2016Developer: No Brakes GamesPublisher: Curve GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 5.9hMean: 22.3h≥1hr: 91%
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
- #9 Factorio90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 229,554 reviews2020Developer: Wube Software LTD.Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 44.9hMean: 190.4h≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
- #10 Cities: Skylines90% matchVery Positive93% of 288,732 reviews2015Developer: Colossal OrderPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 10.0hMean: 65.4h≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
- #11 Kerbal Space Program90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 141,003 reviews2015Developer: SquadPublisher: Private DivisionPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.4hMean: 65.8h≥1hr: 84%
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
- #12 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord90% matchVery Positive88% of 290,096 reviews2022Developer: TaleWorlds EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 62.3hMean: 154.1h≥1hr: 96%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
- #13 Unturned89% matchVery Positive91% of 562,983 reviews2017Developer: Smartly Dressed GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.2hMean: 72.1h≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
- #14 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 149,906 reviews2021Developer: LandfallPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.2hMean: 19.9h≥1hr: 79%
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
- #15 Stellaris87% matchVery Positive86% of 194,059 reviews2016Developer: Paradox Development StudioPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 19.4hMean: 143.5h≥1hr: 89%
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
- #16 Satisfactory87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 270,461 reviews2024Developer: Coffee Stain StudiosPublisher: Coffee Stain PublishingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 32.6hMean: 110.0h≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
- #17 No Man's Sky87% matchVery Positive85% of 406,987 reviews2016Developer: Hello GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 20.2hMean: 70.4h≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
- #18 Black Desert87% matchMostly Positive74% of 92,944 reviews2017Developer: Pearl AbyssPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.0hMean: 181.7h≥1hr: 75%
Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!
- #19 Starbound86% matchVery Positive90% of 122,999 reviews2016Developer: ChucklefishPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 17.1hMean: 64.2h≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
- #20 Mount & Blade: Warband86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 170,920 reviews2010Developer: TaleWorlds EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 18.5hMean: 120.7h≥1hr: 92%
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
- #21 RimWorld83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 239,676 reviews2018Developer: Ludeon StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 59.8hMean: 262.8h≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
- #22 Scrap Mechanic83% matchVery Positive92% of 117,481 reviews2016Developer: Axolot GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.2hMean: 58.2h≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
- #23 WorldBox - God Simulator82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 54,299 reviews2021Developer: Maxim KarpenkoPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 9.1hMean: 29.3h≥1hr: 92%
WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!
- #24 Teardown81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 130,525 reviews2022Developer: Tuxedo LabsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.9hMean: 28.7h≥1hr: 89%
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.
- #25 Brick Rigs81% matchVery Positive95% of 57,227 reviews2023Developer: Fluppisoft GmbHPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 10.2hMean: 77.6h≥1hr: 88%
Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!
- #26 Don't Starve82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,640 reviews2013Developer: Klei EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.2hMean: 28.2h≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
- #27 POSTAL 281% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 133,374 reviews2012Developer: Running With ScissorsPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 4.2hMean: 16.9h≥1hr: 86%
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
- #28 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal81% matchMixed54% of 226,468 reviews2023Developer: 鬼谷工作室Platforms: WindowsMedian: 30.8hMean: 72.9h≥1hr: 96%
Tale of Immortal is an open-world sandbox based on Chinese mythology and cultivation. You will grow to become immortal, conquer the beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Season, make your choices carefully and grasp your own destiny.
- #29 Cities: Skylines II81% matchMixed54% of 88,593 reviews2023Developer: Iceflake StudiosPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 23.5hMean: 73.7h≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
- #30 The Sims™ 480% matchVery Positive87% of 194,786 reviews2020Developer: MaxisPublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.4hMean: 53.0h≥1hr: 79%
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
- #31 The Scroll Of Taiwu80% matchMostly Positive70% of 62,298 reviews2018Developer: ConchShip GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.2hMean: 56.6h≥1hr: 88%
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
- #32 CarX Drift Racing Online79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 88,391 reviews2017Developer: CarX Technologies, LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.4hMean: 60.7h≥1hr: 90%
CarX Drift Racing Online is your chance to immerse yourself in the real world of drifting. Get together with friends, tune your car and burn some tires!
- #33 ASTRONEER78% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019Developer: System Era SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.5hMean: 44.2h≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
- #34 Planet Zoo78% matchVery Positive91% of 94,593 reviews2019Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.4hMean: 34.3h≥1hr: 84%
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
- #35 Albion Online78% matchMostly Positive79% of 91,532 reviews2018Developer: Sandbox Interactive GmbHPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.5hMean: 82.8h≥1hr: 73%
Albion Online is a fantasy sandbox MMORPG featuring a player-driven economy, classless combat system, and intense PvP battles. Explore a vast open world full of danger and opportunity. Grow your wealth, forge alliances, and leave your mark on the world of Albion.
- #36 Just Cause™ 378% matchVery Positive84% of 126,642 reviews2015Developer: Avalanche StudiosPublisher: Square EnixPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.8hMean: 33.6h≥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.
- #37 Ravenfield77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,757 reviews2017Developer: SteelRaven7Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 11.2hMean: 62.3h≥1hr: 89%
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
- #38 Goat Simulator77% matchVery Positive91% of 69,905 reviews2014Developer: Coffee Stain StudiosPublisher: Coffee Stain PublishingPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.1hMean: 14.8h≥1hr: 81%
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.
- #39 Planet Coaster77% matchVery Positive91% of 71,745 reviews2016Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.2hMean: 22.0h≥1hr: 77%
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
- #40 Jurassic World Evolution 277% matchVery Positive90% of 46,005 reviews2021Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.9hMean: 22.5h≥1hr: 83%
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.
- #41 House Flipper76% matchVery Positive94% of 108,943 reviews2018Developer: EmpyreanPublisher: Frozen DistrictPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 5.6hMean: 20.8h≥1hr: 82%
House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!
- #42 Prison Architect76% matchVery Positive89% of 73,349 reviews2015Developer: Introversion SoftwarePublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.0hMean: 30.2h≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
- #43 Just Cause 276% matchVery Positive91% of 51,340 reviews2010Developer: Avalanche StudiosPublisher: Square EnixPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 18.9h≥1hr: 70%
Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.
- #44 Jurassic World Evolution76% matchVery Positive87% of 55,028 reviews2018Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.3hMean: 28.3h≥1hr: 89%
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
- #45 Space Engineers75% matchVery Positive89% of 133,721 reviews2019Developer: Keen Software HousePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.0hMean: 96.0h≥1hr: 88%
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.
- #46 Trove75% matchMostly Positive80% of 92,685 reviews2015Developer: gamigo US Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 3.4hMean: 49.0h≥1hr: 69%
Grab your friends, hone your blades, and set off for an epic procedurally generated adventure in Trove! Battle the Shadow in realms filled with dungeons and items created by your fellow players. Whether hunting treasure or building realms of your own, it’s never been this good to be square!
- #47 Oxygen Not Included74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,434 reviews2019Developer: Klei EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.9hMean: 68.0h≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
- #48 Dyson Sphere Program74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,697 reviews2021Developer: Youthcat StudioPublisher: Gamirror GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.1hMean: 75.1h≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
- #49 Stormworks: Build and Rescue73% matchVery Positive90% of 58,404 reviews2020Developer: GeometaPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 17.3hMean: 112.7h≥1hr: 91%
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
- #50 Dwarf Fortress73% matchVery Positive95% of 31,055 reviews2022Developer: Bay 12 GamesPublisher: Kitfox GamesPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 5.5hMean: 38.6h≥1hr: 78%
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
- #51 SPORE™73% matchVery Positive93% of 71,309 reviews2008Developer: Maxis™Publisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.1hMean: 19.3h≥1hr: 86%
Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.
- #52 Slime Rancher73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 153,291 reviews2017Developer: Monomi ParkPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.9hMean: 21.6h≥1hr: 86%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
- #53 Blade and Sorcery72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 61,213 reviews2024Developer: WarpFrogPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.9hMean: 23.9h≥1hr: 84%
Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.
- #54 Don't Starve Together73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 531,653 reviews2016Developer: Klei EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.0hMean: 64.7h≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
- #55 Conan Exiles Enhanced73% matchMostly Positive79% of 115,037 reviews2018Developer: FuncomPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 17.1hMean: 111.9h≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
- #56 Noita72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 86,897 reviews2020Developer: Nolla GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.6hMean: 29.3h≥1hr: 77%
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
- #57 HITMAN World of Assassination72% matchVery Positive87% of 63,523 reviews2022Developer: IO Interactive A/SPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 6.8hMean: 40.3h≥1hr: 81%
Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.
- #58 skate.72% matchMixed69% of 85,213 reviews2025Developer: Full CirclePublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.5hMean: 11.5h≥1hr: 69%
Experience improved Flick-It controls, the rich physics based skateboarding gameplay that provides those “only in skate.™“ moments and off-board exploration for full freedom in the online multiplayer world of San Vansterdam.
- #59 Portal Knights72% matchVery Positive83% of 22,235 reviews2017Developer: Keen Games GmbHPublisher: 505 GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.6hMean: 21.2h≥1hr: 82%
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!


