The Best Survival sandbox Games for PC Windows - Page 3

Update : Castle Craft added at rank #34.
Here are our 10 Best Survival sandbox Games for PC Windows, position 21 to 30:
21

Dig or Die (2018)

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

In Dig or Die, you are stranded on a hostile planet and must build strong defenses to survive massive attacks each night. Explore, craft, and build intricate structures in a science-fiction world with realistic physics and even a water cycle to manage. With no hunger needs to worry about, the game is all about surviving the night attacks and ultimately building a rocket ship to escape the planet. Experience fast and fun laser gun fights in a procedurally generated environment and a global real-time simulation.

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What we like:
  • Interesting gameplay mechanics
  • Good difficulty balance
  • Replayability with randomly generated maps and several game modes
  • Unique gameplay ideas and concepts
  • Physics-based gameplay with liquid and structural physics
What could be improved:
  • Jetpack mechanics are dull
  • Jumping is not perfect
  • Limited monster variety and no melee combat or interesting weapons
  • Physics simulation with buildings can be weird
  • Exploration and material gathering can get tedious

  • crafting
  • survival
  • sandbox
  • terraria
  • open-world
  • physics
  • 2d
  • building
  • tower-defense
  • base-building

22

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

23

Creativerse (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS

A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.

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  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • voxel
  • survival
  • open-world
  • building
  • cooperative
  • exploration
  • multiplayer
  • family-friendly
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • block

24

Aloft (2025)

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early access PC Windows

Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.

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  • crafting
  • open-world
  • survival
  • building
  • sailing
  • sandbox
  • cooperative
  • colourful
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • naval
  • agriculture
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • farming

25

Sky (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

SKY is a new way of looking at urban planning strategies. Change voxel landscapes at your discretion, develop technologies, build environmentally friendly cities of the future, and withstand any blows from the elements.


  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • voxel
  • city-building
  • automation
  • open-world
  • multiplayer
  • survival
  • sky
  • procedural
  • pve
  • pvp
  • action-adventure
  • immersive
  • management

26

Survive on Raft (2022)

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Android Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

Survive on Raft is a survival sandbox simulator on the raft which throw you into an epic adventure in the middle of the ocean!


  • survival
  • crafting
  • farming
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • inventory
  • resource-management
  • management
  • sandbox
  • building
  • underwater
  • character
  • pvp
  • multiplayer

27

RimWorld (2018)

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Mac OS Xbox One PC Windows Linux

RimWorld is a life simulator and management game set in a remote planet in the distant future. It features a unique character generation system to create complex personalities with flaws, drives and needs, as well as a story generator that creates unexpected scenarios for players to face.


What we like:
  • Unique character generation system
  • Story generator creates unpredictable scenarios
  • Tons of mods for everything
  • Includes interaction bubbles to show interactions as they happen
What could be improved:
  • Unintuitive UI
  • Busy work tasks can be tedious

  • colony
  • simulation
  • survival
  • base-building
  • farming
  • pirates
  • sci-fi
  • sandbox
  • management

28

Drake Hollow (2020)

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Xbox One PC Windows

Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?

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

29

Terminus: Zombie Survivors (2021)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

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  • turn-based
  • survival
  • crafting
  • zombies
  • open-world
  • rogue-like
  • sandbox
  • strategy
  • post-apocalyptic
  • gore
  • pixel
  • horror

30

Smalland: Survive the Wilds (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Dive into Smalland: Survive the Wilds, where your survival skills are put to the test in an expansive, mysterious world. Ride insects, build shelters with friends, and unravel ancient secrets. Arm yourself with unique gear and face the wild's colossal inhabitants. Can you thrive among the giants of nature?

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What we like:
  • Customizable controls
  • Enjoyable resource gathering
  • Exceptional base building
  • Captivating atmosphere and visuals
What could be improved:
  • Motion sickness issues
  • Potential for inventory loss and movement glitches

  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • base-building
  • building
  • sandbox
  • city-building
  • character

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