Sandbox games give players more freedom over goals, progression, building, trade, conflict, or community activity than a strictly linear campaign. Some offer persistent shared worlds and economies, while others provide flexible systems inside smaller multiplayer servers.
The sandbox tag does not guarantee unrestricted building or full-loot PvP. Check each game page for the specific systems that make it open-ended, including crafting, housing, territory control, modding, custom servers, or player-run markets.
Hybrid games can also appear in the MMORPG, action, survival, or point-and-click categories when those exact tags are present in the database.
Township
Playrix Entertainment · 2013
Township is a unique blend of city building and farming!
Build your dream town! Harvest crops, process them at your facilities, and sell ...
Panzar
Troxit Service · 2013
PANZAR is a fantasy multiplayer third-person shooter. You get to choose from eight unique character classes, team-based PvP battles, exci...
ASTA Online
POLYGON GAMES · 2016
ASTA is an massive and fantastic MMORPG game. You can feel the essence of MMORPG through a variety of systems such as mounting, fishing, ...
Pokémon Go
Scopely Explore · 2016
Travel between the real world and the virtual world of Pokémon with Pokémon Go for iPhone and Android devices! With Pokémon Go, you'll di...
VRChat
VRChat Inc. · 2017
In VRChat there is something around every corner that will delight, thanks to the power of true user generated content. Jump into hundred...
Crossout
Targem Games · 2017
Crossout - the postapocalyptic MMO action game where you can create a unique design for an armoured vehicle from dozens of parts and then...
Slither.io
Steve Howse · 2016
Slither.io is a massively multiplayer browser game where players control a snake-like avatar, which consumes multicolored pellets from ot...
Tannenberg
M2H · 2019
Tannenberg takes the 1914-1918 WW1 Game Series to the Eastern Front. Warfare on the border of the Russian Empire is a tense battle for su...
War Selection
Glyph Worlds · 2019
This a pseudo-historical classic RTS with a Battle Royale mode, where game fraction is chosen on-the-go. Up to 62 players in one match fi...
The Four Kings Casino and Slots
Digital Leisure · 2015
The Four Kings Casino & Slots is a social MMO casino experience that features a broad range of popular casino games such as Texas hold'em...
WolfQuest
eduweb · 2016
LIVE THE LIFE OF A WILD WOLF! WolfQuest is a wildlife simulation game about wolf ecology. Playing as a two-year-old gray wolf in Yellowst...
Crowfall
ArtCraft Entertainment · 2021
Crowfall is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). The Worlds of Crowfall feature unique maps, rules, and victory con...
Pokémon Trading Card Game Online
Sleepy Giant Entertainment · 2011
Have fun learning and mastering the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online! Practice against the computer or go head to head with your friends ...
Dragonheir: Silent Gods
SGRA Studio · 2023
Authentic Dungeon Adventurous RPG Strategy Game
Dragonheir: Silent Gods is an open-world RPG that puts you in control of over 200 heroes...
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown
KT Racing · 2024
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is an open world driving and lifestyle experience. Grab your keys and live your life of luxury. Remember...
Rules of Survival
NetEase Games · 2017
Welcome to the brand new RULES OF SURVIVAL arena, where the deathmatch has now been raised to a thrilling epic scale! This is a Battle Ro...
Of Guards and Thieves
Subvert Games · 2014
Of Guards and Thieves is a multiplayer stealth game in which high-powered guards face off against fast and elusive thieves in a contest o...
DayZ
Bohemia Interactive · 2018
DayZ is a hardcore open-world survival game with only one rule: stay alive, no matter what. How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic w...
Verdun
M2H · 2015
Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in a realistic World War One setting, the game which started the 1914-1918 WW1 Game series. The m...
Defiance
Trion Worlds · 2013
Defiance is the first multi-platform massive online shooter video game that is also a ground-breaking entertainment experience, interconn...
World of Warplanes
Wargaming.net · 2013
World of Warplanes is a free-to-play flight combat massively multiplayer online (MMO) action game by Wargaming, set in the Golden Age of ...
Strife
S2 Games · 2015
Strife pits two teams of players against each other, both teams are based at opposite corners of the map in their respective bases. Bases...
Nether
Phosphor · 2014
Nether is a fast-paced survival game that forces you to make quick life-saving decisions in an unforgiving environment. In this post-apoc...
Shop Titans
Kabam Montreal, Inc. · 2019
Shop Titans is a simulation RPG game that consists of building your own shop within a fantasy kingdom. In it, you can craft and sell armo...