The Best Sandbox Games for PC Windows - Page 3

Update : Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator added at rank #29.
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Terraria (2011)

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Review score
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PC Windows Playstation 3 Xbox 360 Android Linux stadia Nintendo Switch Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile vita IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Nintendo 3DS wii u

Terraria is an addictive, systems-heavy, 2D sandbox-survival game that offers exploration, crafting, and combat, where you must defeat enemies and gather resources to build increasingly powerful weapons, armor and housing for NPCs. With pixelated visuals, great controls, and sound, Terraria provides hours of entertainment and is a must-have for Minecraft fans looking for something different in this genre.


What we like:
  • Addictive gameplay
  • Pixelated 2D sprites that are beautifully designed
  • Complex systems-heavy gameplay
  • The game has a purpose to serve with the housing of NPCs
  • Great and responsive controls
What could be improved:
  • The game has too many shortcuts and menus, which may overwhelm new players
  • Not a lot of screen space on small touch-screen devices

  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • survival
  • boss
  • inventory
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • adventure
  • multiplayer
  • open-world
  • platform
  • exploration
  • zombies
  • cooperative
  • online

22

Tropico 6 (2019)

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90
Review score
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IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

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.


What we like:
  • Engaging mix of elements
  • Sandbox mode with customizable goals
  • Missions
  • Easy controller support:No need for mouse and keyboard or touchscreen
What could be improved:
  • Minor performance issues

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

23

DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game (2021)

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79
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Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Put simply, DEEEER Simulator is a “Slow-Life Town Destruction Game”. You can spend your days enjoying a nice, relaxed frolic here and there together with the other animals around town, or you can choose to relieve some stress and absolutely destroy the town and everything in it.


  • sandbox
  • horses
  • parody
  • physics
  • destruction
  • memes
  • surreal
  • run
  • simulation
  • third-person
  • funny
  • comedy
  • cute
  • gun
  • exploration

24

Blade (2018)

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94
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early access PC Windows ps2 vita

Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy sandbox with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.


  • vr
  • sandbox
  • physics
  • swordplay
  • fight
  • moddable
  • fantasy
  • mod-friendly
  • visual-novel
  • magic
  • medieval
  • simulation
  • spin-off
  • gore
  • combat

25

Kill It With Fire (2020)

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95
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PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Android Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Unleash your inner exterminator in Kill It With Fire! You'll be on a hilarious, chaotic mission to eradicate spiders using an arsenal of over-the-top weapons. With hidden upgrades and state-of-the-art tracking technology, this game will keep you on your toes. Can you uncover the secret ending?


What we like:
  • Absurdly entertaining spider-killing action
  • Variety of destructive weapons
  • Hidden upgrades and challenges add depth
  • Effective foreshadowing adds to the narrative
  • Replay value with new equipment
What could be improved:
  • Hidden object gameplay can be repetitive
  • Slow gameplay loop

  • destruction
  • comedy
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • sandbox
  • family-friendly
  • first-person
  • horror
  • physics
  • party
  • funny
  • survival-horror
  • colourful
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter

26

Animal Revolt Battle Simulator (2020)

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94
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Nintendo Switch PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

The ultimate physics-based, sandbox battle simulator where you can create funny battles between all sorts of ragdoll creatures! You can also make your own monsters with the unit creator or even join the battles yourself in the first-person mode!

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  • moddable
  • blood
  • dinosaurs
  • wargame
  • memes
  • sandbox
  • funny
  • physics
  • war
  • editor
  • 3d
  • tactical
  • level
  • simulation
  • strategy

27

eaaae (2024)

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95
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PC Windows

You encountered a storm at sea and unexpectedly arrived at this small island. On this island, you can start a new life through activities like planting, construction, fishing, and more. Experience the storyline with various NPCs as you join the team to build and develop the small island!

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  • rogue-like
  • sandbox
  • 3d
  • rpg
  • perma-death
  • dating-sim
  • party
  • character
  • choices
  • flight
  • 2d
  • space
  • farming
  • agriculture
  • survival

28

Starbound (2016)

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85
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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Starbound is a 2D space-based exploration and crafting sandbox game that offers endless possibilities. With a multitude of different planets to visit, you can mine, gather resources, manage your inventory, buy and sell items, farm crops, steal from others, and craft objects. There are three different modes to choose from, and you can play alone or with a friend through Steam for a cooperative experience. The game has a large variety of weapons, and nearly everything in it can be upgraded. Although combat is the weakest element of the game and there could be more customization options for your ship, Starbound is still highly enjoyable, with countless ways to keep yourself engaged for hours or even days.


What we like:
  • Infinite potential
  • Community mods add to the game
  • Aesthetically pleasing
  • Building and farming mechanics are fun
  • Terrarium-like exploration
What could be improved:
  • Stuttering and punishment system can be frustrating
  • Combat mechanics need refining

  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • survival
  • exploration
  • dungeon
  • space
  • open-world
  • boss
  • cooperative
  • 2d

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Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 j Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch

Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.

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  • simulation
  • relaxing
  • cozy
  • sandbox
  • farming
  • nature
  • grid
  • cute
  • family-friendly
  • cultivation
  • colourful
  • 3d
  • watercolour
  • stylized
  • agriculture

30

Fun with Ragdolls (2019)

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Mac OS IOS iPhone PC Windows

Choose from a collection of Cannons, Black Holes, giant Fans, Ragdolls (obviously), Mines, Lasers, Cars, Jump Pads, Telepads, glass, destructible Pillars, Lasers, and more! Attackers, Defenders, Seekers (hide & seek), Followers, Explorers, and more! You can use items and adjust their properties to make mazes, stunt courses, mini-games, art, at this point I'm sure you get the idea.

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  • sandbox
  • physics
  • building
  • funny
  • mech
  • simulation
  • family-friendly
  • resource
  • 3d
  • waves
  • real-time
  • endless
  • trains
  • workshop

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