The Best Sandbox Games

Update : Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator added at rank #30.
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Teardown (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Dive into Teardown, where you'll mastermind the perfect heist in a world where walls crumble at your touch. Experience the thrill of strategy and destruction as you creatively navigate through fully destructible environments. Feel the rush of adrenaline as you outsmart security systems and escape with the loot. Unleash your inner vandal and strategist in this chaotic, yet meticulously crafted world of mayhem!

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What we like:
  • Fully destructible environments
  • Strategic heist planning
  • Extensive mod support
  • Multiple solutions for each challenge
  • Stunning voxel graphics with ray tracing
What could be improved:
  • Need multiplayer mode!
  • Some unrealistic demolition physics

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

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Goat Simulator 3 (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Android Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Pilgor's baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new (at least on Steam), totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.


  • sandbox
  • open-world
  • physics
  • cooperative
  • parody
  • multiplayer
  • split-screen
  • comedy
  • online
  • skateboard
  • simulation
  • goat
  • local

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Space Engineers (2019)

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Xbox One Android Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction, exploration and survival in space and on planets. Players build space ships, space stations, planetary outposts of various sizes and uses, pilot ships and travel through space to explore planets and gather resources to survive.


  • sandbox
  • volumetric
  • survival
  • block
  • physics
  • space
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • construction
  • building
  • realistic
  • grid

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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

5

The Escapists 2 (2017)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

The Escapists 2 is a thrilling prison escape game that will put your creativity to the test. As a prisoner, you must sneak your way out of some of the toughest prisons in existence by creating intricate plans and crafting clever weapons. You can even team up with friends to escape together! With a diverse range of levels, crafting items and interactive combat, you'll be hooked in no time.


What we like:
  • Multiplayer adds value to the gameplay
  • Exciting new combat system
  • Fun mechanic of knocking out guards and swapping outfits
  • Opportunity to use creative strategies to escape
  • Includes a Prison Map Editor
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive prisons
  • Goofy escape routes feel unimportant
  • Co-op only levels make single player feel limited

  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • simulation
  • cooperative
  • strategy
  • pixel
  • online
  • multiplayer
  • difficult
  • retro
  • crime

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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

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Trailmakers (2019)

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

8

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (2019)

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Mac OS IOS iPhone Android Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows

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.


  • sandbox
  • physics
  • simulation
  • funny
  • fantasy
  • war
  • wargame
  • realistic
  • memes
  • historical
  • comedy
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • strategy
  • 3d

9

Supraland (2019)

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Xbox One PC Windows

Supraland is a first-person adventure puzzle game that is a unique blend of genres, with a sandbox setting full of creativity and versatility. You'll explore a vast interconnected world filled with challenging puzzles that are both new and original. Try the demo to see if this game is for you, and if you like it, your progress will continue into the full version!


What we like:
  • Unique and challenging puzzles
  • Rewarding exploration
  • Fun mix of action, puzzles, humor, and silliness
  • Nostalgic appeal for older gamers
What could be improved:
  • Easy to miss crucial item
  • Jumping puzzles in first-person games
  • Confusing level design

  • puzzle
  • sandbox
  • metroidvania
  • first-person
  • exploration
  • platform
  • adventure
  • combat
  • open-world

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Wizard With a Gun (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

Dive into 'Wizard with a Gun', an enchanting survival adventure where you craft bullets, battle beasts, and bend time! Team up with friends or brave it alone in a world where your magical firepower is your lifeline. Customize your wizard and tower, uncover secrets, and master the art of gunomancy in this bewitching, chaotic realm.

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What we like:
  • Stunning art style
  • Engaging crafting and customization
  • Co-op gameplay enhances fun
  • Unique time-travel gameplay mechanic
  • Captivating story with deep lore
What could be improved:
  • Potential grind for gear
  • Some clunky inventory management

  • survival
  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • cooperative
  • rogue-like
  • isometric
  • twin-stick
  • set
  • boss
  • shooter
  • magical
  • tower
  • exploration
  • online
  • resource

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