The Best Sandbox Games

Update, : sand: box added at rank #23.
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Cloud Gardens (2020)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows

A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas

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  • sandbox
  • relaxing
  • post-apocalyptic
  • nature
  • puzzle
  • meditative
  • experimental
  • procedural
  • simulation
  • atmospheric
  • building
  • challenge-less
  • goal-free

2

Teardown (2020)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows

Prepare the perfect heist in this simulated and fully destructible voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or explosives to create shortcuts. Stack objects to reach higher. Use the environment to your advantage in the most creative way you can think of.

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  • heist
  • sandbox
  • physics
  • voxel
  • destruction
  • truck
  • puzzle

3

Besiege (2020)

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PC Windows Android Xbox Series X Xbox One Linux Mac OS

Besiege is a physics based building game in which you construct medieval siege engines. Battle your way through a 54 level singleplayer campaign, unleash chaos with your friends in multiplayer, create your own worlds with the level editor, customize your game with mods through the workshop.


  • sandbox
  • building
  • physics
  • medieval
  • destruction
  • lego
  • science
  • vehicle
  • funny
  • humor
  • editor
  • level
  • gilliam
  • relaxing
  • strategy

4

Kenshi (2018)

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PC Windows Android

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.


  • sandbox
  • rpg
  • survival
  • open-world
  • squad
  • free-roaming
  • real-time
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • decent
  • simulation
  • strategy
  • open-ended
  • building
  • crafting

5

TerraTech (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

TerraTech is the perfect game for creative kids who love to build their own vehicles and explore a randomly generated world. Construct powerful machines, bases, and weapons to defend against rival miners, gather resources, and improve your standing with the Mining Corporations. Explore treacherous mountain ranges, luscious grasslands, and huge deserts while building and creating your own unique style. The gameplay is fun and intuitive, and the simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware.


Pros:
  • Fun and intuitive gameplay
  • Creative freedom with lots of room for your own style
  • Enticing game with interesting mechanics
  • Simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware
  • Provides a unique and addictive experience
Cons:
  • Feels empty with repetitive fetch quests
  • Lack of big updates
  • Multiplayer needs a lot of work

  • sandbox
  • building
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • construction
  • vehicle
  • survival
  • robots
  • physics
  • early-access
  • exploration
  • funny-looking
  • online
  • vehicles

6

Just Die Already (2021)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

Just Die Already is an old people mayhem sandbox game created by the designers of Goat Simulator. You are old and angry and you've just been kicked out of your retirement home. How will you survive in a world that wants you to Just Die Already?


  • sandbox
  • open-world
  • physics
  • cooperative
  • funny
  • gore
  • comedy

7

Trailmakers (2019)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

Trailmakers lets you explore the adventure of building creative vehicles that can be unleashed into the open world. Simulate the driving capabilities of your favorite vehicle: from helicopters to racing cars, combat jets, robots, hovercrafts and many more. The limit is your imagination.


  • sandbox
  • jet
  • submarine
  • vehicle
  • moddable
  • building
  • destruction
  • racing
  • tanks
  • space
  • physics
  • driving
  • flight
  • exploration
  • open-world

8

Grow: Song of The Evertree (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Grow: Song of the Evertree is an awe-inducing experience firmly planted between an adventure game and a sweet casual farm game. The game is beautiful with opportunities to explore the world around you and keep it casual with the gameplay, whilst feeding you the story. You get to customize your character and go on a journey to save the Evertree and nurture the world back to health from the Withering. You even get your very own sweet dragon companion!


Pros:
  • Beautiful art style & music
  • Customizable character
  • Relaxed gameplay
  • Dragon companion
  • Non-binary characters supported
  • No punishment or rush for doing things wrong
Cons:
  • Slow going
  • Not strictly accessible in terms of customization options

  • farming
  • city-building
  • simulation
  • wholesome
  • exploration
  • sandbox
  • open-world
  • relaxing
  • cute
  • agriculture
  • management
  • colourful
  • life
  • world-crafting
  • adventure

9

Astroneer (2019)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Android

Astroneer is a sandbox adventure game that allows players to explore, build, and craft in an expansive outer space setting. There are six different planets to explore, with a wide variety of resources to discover and use. Players can create their own goals or just enjoy the relaxing atmosphere of exploration.


Pros:
  • Easy-to-use crafting system
  • Stunning visuals
  • Enjoyable co-op experience
  • Relaxing atmosphere
  • No need for constant status checking
Cons:
  • Occasional bugs and glitches
  • Grinding can be tedious

  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • sandbox
  • space
  • exploration
  • cooperative
  • base-building

10

Tropico 6 (2019)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Linux IOS iPhone

Tropico 6 is a city-building game that offers an engaging mix of elements such as ruling your own island dictatorship, sandbox mode with customizable goals, missions, and easy controller support. You can be a big picture person and make decisions that impact the entire island or get into the minute details of urban planning.


Pros:
  • Engaging mix of elements
  • Sandbox mode with customizable goals
  • Missions
  • Easy controller support:No need for mouse and keyboard or touchscreen
Cons:
  • Minor performance issues

  • city-building
  • simulation
  • economy
  • political
  • sandbox
  • management
  • strategy
  • construction
  • military
  • politics

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