The Best Sandbox Games - Page 5

Update : Space Engineers 2 added at rank #48.
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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!


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

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

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Paper Beast (2020)

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Dive into the enchanting universe of Paper Beast, a whimsical journey that blends adventure, exploration, and puzzles. As the first human in this strange ecosystem, you'll team up with intriguing creatures to solve engaging puzzles. Control the environment, change the course of rivers, and unleash tornadoes in a surreal sandbox mode. Revel in the stunning visuals and captivating soundtrack as you navigate this dreamlike world created by Eric Chahi.


What we like:
  • Unleashes your imagination with beautiful art direction and gameplay
  • Offers a unique VR experience with amazing visuals
  • Engages you with captivating puzzles and sandbox mode
  • Expands the universe with intriguing creatures and environments
  • Delivers stunning performance
What could be improved:
  • May feel too guided at times
  • Puzzles may not be challenging enough for some players

  • sandbox
  • puzzle
  • surreal
  • simulated
  • physics
  • beautiful
  • nature
  • simulation
  • abstract
  • vr
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • controller-support
  • adventure

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House Flipper 2 (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Android Xbox Series X Playstation 5

It's time to dust off your hammer - House Flipper is back in a brand-new fashion! Buy and renovate run-down houses! Or maybe you want to build new ones? Now you can! Start as a rookie Flipper and make a fortune by helping out the community of the charming town of Pinnacove.


  • simulation
  • relaxing
  • sandbox
  • illustration
  • design
  • building
  • destruction
  • first-person
  • immersive
  • education
  • base-building

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Naheulbeuk's Dungeon Master (2023)

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A dungeon in danger ! Build, manage, and defend your tower in the satirical heroic fantasy universe of Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. From a shaky establishment to an infamous lair!


  • management
  • dungeon
  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • building
  • medieval
  • simulation
  • replay-value
  • narration
  • comedy
  • fantasy
  • cartoony
  • resource-management
  • funny
  • family-friendly

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Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator (2024)

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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

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Keplerth (2022)

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early access PC Windows

Keplerth is a 2D survival game set on an alien planet. You have the ability to craft weapons and tools like clubs, axes, and torches from the resources you find in order to survive. You'll also need to buy armor and supplies from other residents of the planet. There is also a storyline with a robot helper who needs your help to save his friend Danny, who was taken away by the Meco people.


What we like:
  • Crafting weapons
  • Buying armor and supplies from other characters
  • Deep story line with robot helper
  • Ability to modify your character's genes and improve stats
What could be improved:
  • Graphics are more simplistic than other titles in this genre
  • Lack of direction at times
  • Confusing inventory system until you understand it

  • survival
  • sandbox
  • building
  • open-world
  • sci-fi
  • farming
  • exploration
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • 2d
  • sprite-work
  • base-building
  • multiplayer
  • adventure
  • casual

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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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Space Engineers 2 (2025)

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early access PC Windows

The ultimate space sandbox, reimagined. Unleash your creativity with powerful building tools, explore the mysterious Almagest system, and uncover its captivating story. Join the Early Access and shape the future of space engineering!

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  • sandbox
  • space
  • simulation
  • choices
  • exploration
  • realistic
  • action-adventure
  • open-world
  • 3d
  • futuristic
  • third-person
  • survival
  • relaxing
  • sci-fi
  • first-person

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Pets Hotel (2023)

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Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X j Playstation 5

Welcome to Pets Hotel, a place where you can start the business you always dreamed of! Pets Hotel gives you a unique opportunity to build, design, and run a place where pets can feel at home. Cats, dogs, turtles, and many other animals are waiting for you to take care of them!

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  • dog
  • sandbox
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • education
  • cute
  • nature
  • basic
  • business
  • sim-lite
  • 3d
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • funny
  • empire

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Squirrel with a Gun (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Squirrel, meet gun. As the neighborhood’s most obnoxious rodent, develop a knack (and a love?) for crime and mayhem in pursuit of golden acorns in this nutty sandbox shooter and puzzle platformer. Fight tooth, claw, and gun to escape a secret underground facility and defeat the Agents.

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  • platform
  • sandbox
  • 3d
  • tps
  • collectathon
  • america
  • action-adventure
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • cute
  • simulation
  • exploration
  • boss-fight
  • memes
  • puzzle

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