As a child, playing in the sandbox meant being creative and using your imagination. The same can be said of these PC sandbox games, as they all let you explore and discover what awaits in a free-roaming environment. From survival free-roam games to building and creation games, these sandbox games on Steam span across all genres.
You can survive in the Mojave wastelands while you try to deliver your last package in Fallout: New Vegas. Board your space ship and discover endless worlds on which to build your settlements in the procedurally generated sandbox games No Man's Sky and Starbound. See what your brain can come up with because there's endless creativity when it comes to funny, creative sandbox games like Besiege and Garry's Mod.
What happens in the sandbox stays in the sandbox. At least, until someone clips that. Vote up all your favorite sandbox games on the PC, and vote down the ones you wouldn't recommend.
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16990Garry's Mod (commonly abbreviated as GMod) is a sandbox physics game created by Garry Newman... more on WikipediaGarry's Mod
Team Garry, Facepunch Studios LTD.
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194110Subnautica is an open world survival adventure game developed and published by Unknown Worlds... more on WikipediaSubnautica
Unknown Worlds Entertainment3
187113Terraria is an action-adventure sandbox indie video game series, developed by game studio... more on WikipediaTerraria
Re-Logic4
189130The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game... more on WikipediaThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Bethesda Game Studios5
13987Fallout: New Vegas is an action role-playing video game in the Fallout video game series. The... more on WikipediaFallout: New Vegas
Obsidian Entertainment6
172118Grand Theft Auto V is an open world, action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North... more on WikipediaGrand Theft Auto V
Rockstar North7
12788The Forest is a survival video game developed and published by Endnight Games. The game takes... more on WikipediaThe Forest
Endnight Games Ltd8
11382Ark: Survival Evolved (stylized as ΛRK) is a 2017 action-adventure survival video game... more on WikipediaARK: Survival Evolved
Studio Wildcard9
147115Fallout 4 is an action role-playing game set in an open world environment, gameplay is similar... more on WikipediaFallout 4
Bethesda Game Studios10
12090Kerbal Space Program is a space flight simulation video game developed and published by Squad... more on WikipediaKerbal Space Program
Squad11
9770Starbound is an indie game produced by the UK-based independent game studio Chucklefish Ltd.... more on WikipediaStarbound
Chucklefish Ltd12
10680Don't Starve is a 2013 action-adventure video game with survival and roguelike elements,... more on WikipediaDon't Starve
Klei Entertainment13
10788Factorio
Wube Software LTD.14
8771Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an open world action-adventure video game developed by... more on WikipediaGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Rockstar North15
9278Universe Sandbox is an interactive space and gravity simulator. Using Universe Sandbox, one... more on WikipediaUniverse Sandbox ²
Giant Army16
107947 Days to Die is a survival horror video game set in an open world developed by The Fun Pimps.... more on Wikipedia7 Days To Die
The Fun Pimps17
8775BeamNG.drive
BeamNG18
9888Just Cause 3 is an action-adventure video game developed by Avalanche Studios and published by... more on WikipediaJust Cause 3
Avalanche Studios19
9790Grand Theft Auto IV is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North... more on WikipediaGrand Theft Auto IV
Rockstar North20
7062Mount & Blade is a medieval action role-playing game for Microsoft Windows, developed by the... more on WikipediaMount And Blade
TaleWorlds21
6767Besiege
Spiderling Studios22
4850ARMA 3 is an open-world military tactical shooter video game developed by Czech studio Bohemia... more on WikipediaARMA 3
Bohemia Interactive23
5773Saints Row IV is a 2013 open world, action-adventure video game in the Saints Row series... more on WikipediaSaints Row IV
Volition24
100137No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie... more on WikipediaNo Man's Sky
Hello Games25
6195Hitman is an episodic stealth video game developed by IO Interactive and published by Square... more on WikipediaHITMAN
IO Interactive A/S
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