Top Sandbox Games


The Top Sandbox Games List is calculated by overall video game ratings and members' "Top Sandbox List". Lists are calculated daily.

101. Fable

Platform: Xbox
US Release Year: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox), Strategy (Simulation), Role Playing (RPG) (Elements)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Big Blue Box
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Synopsis: On the world of Albion and orphan is taken in and raised by the Heroes Guild after his village is destroyed by bandits. After becoming an adult, the hero sets off to find out what happened to his family. Whether he chooses to be righteous or evil will affect his looks and the way people react to him in the open-world RPG.

102. Assassin's Creed

Platform: PlayStation 3
US Release Year: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Stealth, Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft

103. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

Platform: PlayStation 3
US Release Year: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox, Third-Person Shooter)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Rockstar Games
Publisher: Rockstar Games

104. Fallout: New Vegas

Platform: Xbox 360
US Release Year: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (First-Person Shooter, Sandbox), Role Playing (RPG) (Elements)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks

105. No Man's Sky

Platform: PlayStation 4
US Release Year: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Hello Games
Publisher: Hello Games
Synopsis: Take part in one of the most epic games of exploration and adventure in No Man's Sky.
Starting in the outer rim of a vast solar system, you will start your journey across the
cosmos. The game features of 18 quadrillion unique planets - each of which you can
explore. Take part in ship-to-ship battles, explore planets for resources and encounter
strange (and often dangerous) creatures, join a faction or fights against one, trade for
to upgrade your ship and avoid pirates - all this and more awaits you on a journey
across the cosmos. You can even name discoveries you find - and it will forever be
linked to your PSN ID. The galaxy awaits - what are you waiting for?

106. Steambot Chronicles

Platform: PlayStation 2
US Release Year: 2006
Overall Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Action/Adventure, Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Irem
Publisher: Atlus

107. Bully: Scholarship Edition

Platform: Xbox 360
US Release Year: 2008
Overall Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox, Action/Adventure)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Rockstar Games, Mad Doc Software
Publisher: Rockstar Games

108. Fallout 3

Platform: PC (Steam)
US Release Year: 2008
Overall Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox, First-Person Shooter), Role Playing (RPG) (Elements)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Game Studios

109. Fallout: New Vegas

Platform: PC (Steam)
US Release Year: 2010
Overall Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox, First-Person Shooter), Role Playing (RPG) (Elements)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher: Bethesda Game Studios

110. Saints Row: The Third

Platform: PlayStation 3
US Release Year: 2011
Overall Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Volition
Publisher: THQ
Synopsis: The Saints find themselves victim to their own success: with energy drinks, tee-shirts and bobbleheads appearing everywhere, they may be at the top, but that just means they have that much further to fall. When the Syndicate takes over their turf, the Saints will have to come together and earn back the respect, and their city, from a new breed of gangsters.

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