23 Best Sandbox RPG Games on Steam

Endless Sky is a 2D Role-playing, Adventure, Sci-fi, Sandbox, Space Trading, and Single-player Exploration video game created and published by Michael Zahniser for multiple platforms. It mainly focuses on space trading and combat elements and offers the superb gameplay inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. You as the protagonist must work your way up from a cargo ship, wimpy shuttle, or a fighter, to customize and upgrade the flagship to progress through the game. The game rewards you with money for each completed levels, and you can use to unlock further content. Earn as much money as possible by carrying passengers or cargo, bounty hunting, escorting convoys, or plundering the enemy ships. It takes place in the large galaxy consists of hundreds of start system, planets and several alien species with unique technology. The game becomes tough to play, as you advance to score enough points. During the gameplay, you can interact with non-player characters, encounter alien species and take down them to advance through the story. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant graphics, Endless Sky is the brilliant game to play and enjoy.

Wild Terra Online combines the MMORPG, Hunting, Crafting, and Sandbox elements developed by Juvty Worlds Ltd. The game takes place in the fantasy-based world and offers multiple characters from which the player can select his or her one of them to start his quest. During the gameplay, the player has to manipulate the open-ended medieval-themed world, deal with hunger, dangers, and starvation. The ultimate task is to gather resources, hunt wild animals from an isometric perspective while building shelters. Using crafting element, the player can create multiple tools, weapons, and equipment and can use them to hunt deer, rabbit, and other animals while avoiding the attack. As the player progresses, the game becomes tough to play and unlock additional content. The player can interact with other players or non-player characters to progress through the game and get access to secret areas with rare animals and resources. Destructible Building, PvP Arena, Deep Crafting System, NPCs, etc. are core features of the game.

VoidExpanse is an Action-Adventure, Role-playing, Space Exploration, Sci-fi themed, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created and published by AtomicTorch Studio for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the huge world and mixes the Action Role-playing, and Science-fiction element set in deep space. The player takes on the role of the spaceship pilot with a task to manipulate the large galaxy, encounter planets, space stations, space pirates and several alien species as well as friends. During the gameplay, the player needs to mine asteroids for valuables, collect resources, trade to upgrade his ship, and effort to complete the requirements of story-based missions offered by one of different faction each with its unique agendas, characters, and skill trees. It offers Sandbox feature, enabling the player build, craft, trade, explore, deploy, battle and trade his way to earn experience points. VoidExpanse offers prominent features such as Open Exploration, Upgrade your Ship, Real-time Combat System, Multiple Factions, Character Customization, Trading System, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

8BitMMO is a Free-to-play MMORPG video game created by Archive Entertainment for Windows. The game takes place in the sandbox environment and lets the player create his world by unleashing his creativity. Explore the landscape from a top-down perspective and interact with other players from across the world. Manage the resources and compete against players in PvP mode. In the game, the player builds anything that he imagines like a house, town, dungeon, voxelart, and more. He can assume the role of the protagonist, who is a mayor or leader and can start his own city to invite his fellows. There are a variety of management tools that the player uses during the gameplay. Using crafting feature, the player can create different weapons, items, and tools. Navigate the sandbox world freely, interact with objects and environment and score the points to unlock additional content. Engage himself in the construction sandbox gameplay experience and fight evil lawyer cats to progress. 8BitMMO is the best game to play.

Planet Explorers is an Open World Action-Adventure, Indie, RPG video game that takes place on a distant planet. This voxel based Sandbox video game allows you to use the unique crafting system of the game and build and destroy whatever you want, explore the procedurally generated game world, collect items, and fight off the enemies with your specially designed and sophisticated weapons. You can use different vehicles to travel to places and create new objects wherever you want in an open world environment. Planet Explorers provides you with five main game modes Story Mode, Adventure Mode, Build Mode, Co-OP and Versus and allows you to play and enjoy this cool game to the limits. Other great features include! Over 70 different enemy types, 20 plus NPCs, Ability to dig, build, plat, etc. a lot of upgrades etc.

3079 is a futuristic Open-World Action-Adventure, RPG and Sandbox Style video game by PhrOOt’s Software. The game offers an action packed First person perspective and allows you to explore a ridiculously huge game world, craft different items like weapons, buildings, farms, etc. go on epic Quests and fight against the equally advanced enemies. 3079 features extremely challenging puzzles, Multiplayer gaming mode, First person Shooting elements, procedurally generated world and randomly generated quests, challenging AIs, superbly immersive game-play, great visuals and a lot more wonderful things to discover.

Starbound is an amazingly addictive Action-Adventure, RPG and Indie video game developed by Chucklefish Games. Starbounds fixes you up into the character of the protagonist who flies from his planet and crashes on another. The game takes you to an amazing 2D procedurally generated game world and allows you to explore, craft different items such as weapons, armors, and other objects, fight against the enemies and enjoy being part of a wonderful world. Starbound lets you craft different weapons and tools for survival and allows you to fight against the enemies using different types of skills and tactics. As the universe around you is kind of infinite, you’ll experience an amazing and quite addictive endless game-play along with great visual details and story of the game. With a number of challenging game levels, puzzles, quests, and missions, sandbox type layout, super cool 3D visuals and an immersive game-play, Starbound is a wonderful game to play.

Rising World is a Voxel based Sandbox, Action-Adventure, Indie and RPG video game that takes you to an amazing world of procedurally generated and fully destructible environments. Co-op mode of the game allows you to play this cool game with your friends and have an amazingly addictive game-play experience. Your duty in the game is to explore, gather resources, craft basic tools to dig and store the resources fight off the enemies, survive and build massive cities or huge castles etc. You can get help from your friends and build the whole game world together if you want. With random game worlds, modifiable gaming environments, over 200 different materials to build, great environmental physics and so cool upgrades this game is quite fun to play and enjoy.

StarMade is another marvel and a super cool addition to the Sandbox genre. This brilliant Action-Adventure, RPG, Indie video game takes you to an amazing space themed game world and allows you to explore the whole universe, create or craft ships, weapons, shields to defy the enemy attacks, go planet to planet, collect resources, engage in epic battles with enemy and survive and save your crew members. Ship customization, encounters with space pirates and ability to build the whole space stations etc. are the coolest parts of this wonderful game. With amazing quests, a huge world to explore, lot of collectibles, Economy driven game-play, great visuals and a lot of other exciting things, StarMade is a great alternative to Starbound.

A Valley Without Wind 2 is a marvelous piece of art, as compared to a lot of other titles of this specific genre. The game offers beautiful Action-Adventure, Strategy, RPG, Exploration, Crafting, Building and Platform aesthetics just like Starbound and lets you enjoy being part of a world where you can do almost everything you want. A Valley Without Wind 2 lets you be a Mage who in search of some important info, infiltrates the inner most circle of Demonaica. Your task is to be the Mage, acquire the info, unlock the thrilling power of Immortality and finally defeat the Demonaica to save the world around you and the populace. With 2 brilliant main modes, varying difficulty levels, turn-based strategic game-play, wonderful quests, missions, brutal enemies and lot of other great things, A Valley Without Wind 2 is a super cool game to play and enjoy.

Trove is a Sandbox MMORPG video game developed by Trion Worlds. With a Minecraft and Cube World inspired game-play and visuals, Trove is one of the best game of this specific genre. The game lets you select player character from a number of classes, select skills and go to the Arena called Hub to access the Portals and reach to other worlds to fight against the opponents, go to amazing quests, interact with NPCs and other online players, defeat the bosses and enjoy being part of a wonderful world. Trove allows you to select any character from any available character classes, use their special abilities to explore the world, to craft buildings, weapons and loads of other cool items and go against a number of different types of enemies to enjoy the game. Trove lets you explore a massive game world, filed with all kinds of wonders, different types of enemies etc. and it lets you have some of the most coolest Power Ups and upgrades to enhance your abilities and keep on playing the game until you get tired. Trove offers a brilliant Sandbox gameplay similar to the biggest names of the genre such as Minecraft, Cube World and others and offers a truly amazing MMORPG experience ever. Do give it a try, you’ll definitely love this game.

Terraria 2 is an Action-Adventure, Survival, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Re-Logic and published by 505 Games. The game combines the elements of Side-scroll, Sandbox, crafting, exploration, and combat. You assume the role of the protagonist, and your primary goal is to manipulate the 2D randomly generated the world. You can start the game with three primary tools such as a sword for combat, a pickaxe for mining and an axe for woodcutting. Explore the world, collect resources, craft useful items and fulfill challenging tasks to progress through the game. It becomes difficult, as you advanced. There are a variety of items available, and you can find them only in certain areas of the map, stored in rare and common containers. Craft new items, and use different items to take down enemies. Slimes, Demon eyes, Zombies, Region-specific Enemies, etc. are prominent foes in the game. Score the highest points and use them to unlock further content in the game. With brilliant mechanics, addictive gameplay and superb visuals, Terraria 2 is an excellent game to play and enjoy.

Colony Survival is a Sandbox, Base-building, Open World and Multiplayer video game created by Pipliz. It takes place in the dynamic 3D world full of monsters and colonists who are finding their way in the land. It offers the similar gameplay to Minecraft and lets the player explore the land, use a variety of blocks to build shelters, houses, bridges and more. The player starts the game with a small colony consists of a couple of berry farmers, a copper miner and the slingers. The ultimate task of the player is to expand his colony and unlock expansive metals like iron, steel and bronze. As the game advances, the player can include or hire flax and wheat farmers, bakers, tailors, and more to his colony. The main gameplay focuses on RTS (Real-time Strategy) element and offers the brilliant gameplay. Colony Survival offers prominent features such as Detailed Graphics, Advanced Tools, Block-based World, Base-building Gameplay, and more. Check it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Paint the Town Red mixes the First-person Shooter, Sandbox, Action and Voxel-based elements developed and published by South East Games for multiple platforms. The game offers a chaotic first-person melee combat gameplay takes place in various locations and time periods. In the game, you can punch, stab and slice the voxel-based enemies to advance through the plot. During the gameplay, you have to use your wits, speed, skills and anything you can get in the epic battles, old west saloon rumbles, disco brawls, and more. It has both Online and Co-op Multiplayer modes, enabling you to compete against your friends and beat ‘em up enough to become the master. Using a level editor, you can create unique levels and can share with your friends as the challenge. You can explore the sandbox environment from a first-person perspective, use weapons and items to beat characters and experience the fighting gameplay. Paint the Town Red includes core features such as Arena Mode, Destructible Enemies, Level Editor, Sandbox Level, Boss Enemies, Unique Rewards, and more.

Block’hood is the mix of City Building, Sandbox, Strategy, and Isometric Simulation elements developed by Plethora-Project LLC and published by Devolver Digital for multiple platforms. The game comes with Single-player mode and offers the Sandbox environment where the setting of the game takes place. There are more than 200 building blocks available, and the player must use combine and arrange them to create the beautiful neighbourhood and find out the impactions of the design. The game embarks the player on a storyline of ecology and understanding as the further resources are required to unlock new configurations, blocks, and combinations to create the fantastic colony. Throughout the design procedure, the player will need to avoid the decay of his beautiful city blocks by creating each unit. It has multiple unique modes such as Sandbox, Story Mode, and Challenge mode. Block’hood includes core features such as Envision your Neighborhood, Generate Resources, Avoid Decay, Unique Modes, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Crea is a great Action-Adventure, indie, RPG Sandbox and Rogue-like video game by Siege Games. The game allows you to explore multiple gigantic game worlds, craft different and unique items such as weapons, armors, objects etc. and fight against the gruesome monsters to survive. The combats in the game are randomly generated and the game worlds are all based up on fantasy themes. You are free to build and destroy whatever you want using the crafting system of the game. Character progression, unique skills, action filled combats, a lot of unique monsters, boss battles, a lot of upgrades, NPCs etc. are among the best features of the cool game. Crea offers fantastic storyline, epic Combat rich gameplay and beautiful 3D visuals to enjoy. Do give it a try if you haven’t yet played this game. You’ll definitely enjoy it.

The Long Dark is a new Sandbox-Style Action-Adventure, Survival and Exploration-based video game that takes you to a Frozen World. The world around you gets devastated after a huge Geomagnetic event happens and the environment changes rapidly. Left in the wilderness, your task is to survive the chilling cold and all the threats Mother Nature throws at you. The game lets you think and find the ways to survive, explore the land, gather up the resources, create and craft different items with all the available materials, make shelter for yourself and keep yourself well fed by trapping the animals and drinking plenty of water. With an always changing environment and weather, loads of native creatures such as deer, rabbits, snakes, Wolves, Bears birds etc. you must know how to interact with them and how to survive the attacks. To save yourself from the unforgiving environment, you must know how to make cloths, harvest the wood to keep the fire burning, harvest different medicinal plants to make antibiotics and stuff etc. The Long Dark offers an amazing simulation like game-play, stunning visuals and lots of things to discover and Survive.

RPG MO is a Sandbox Styled MMO-RPG video game created by Marxnet. The game provides with a highly inspired and similar game-play to Swords Art Online and RuneScape and provides with options such as building and decorating your own houses in a huge game world and raising, petting and breeding animals etc. This simple yet addictive and engaging video game lets you fight against some epic monsters, enemy bosses and level yourself up to a more advances tier. Multiplayer gaming mode allows you to invite your friends to the game world, engage yourself into the most epic activities, combats, PvP and PvE events and enjoy the ultimate fun. With a whole amazing variety of Unique Skills, Epic Quests, Dungeons to Explore, a lot of fun Mini games, different kinds of enemies, Great Crafting system that helps you craft Weapons, Spells, Pets, Food, etc. and an addictive game-play, this game is quite fun to play and enjoy.

Neo Scavenger is another great Action-Adventure and Survival video game that leaves you right in the middle of a Wasteland and lets you survive in an unforgiving environment, find out who you really are and why are you here. The game totally lets you decide what to do with your life and where to go from here, how to start exploring the world, how to scavenge for all the necessary items and supplies and how to approach all the ones you encounter. In order to survive, you’ll have to keep yourself properly fed, and drink plenty of water because the dehydration element will challenge you again and again, lack of weapons and tool will force you to collect different materials and create useful items. You must know how to survive in an apocalyptic environment or else you’ll perish. With a marvelously unique setting, turn-based game-play, permadeath element presence, choices between sandbox or story modes, amazing crafting abilities and a totally realistic gaming experience, Neo Scavenger is one of the brilliant games of this genre ever created. Do try it out.

The Repopulation is a Sandbox-Style MMORPG set in a Sci-Fi environment. This masterpiece from Above and Beyond Technologies is one of the most played and well-accepted video game. The game is currently in its Late Alpha Phase and you can have it for Early Access on Steam. In The Repopulation, you can have a totally choice-based experience, go for traditional RPG elements or if you want you can engage yourself into Action-oriented game-play too. Exploration, Resource Collection, Crafting abilities, unique Weapons, Social Interaction and Sandbox Environment are among the most prominent features of this brilliant game. With a number of unique Skills, amazing PvP and PvE combat Events, epic boss encounters, Multi-Racial Character selection and Customization options, the ability to switch between Action-Oriented or RPG game-play types, unique economy system and loads of other cool features to discover, The Repopulation is one of the most played and well liked MMORPG game. Do give it a try, its quite amazing.

7 Days to Die is another great Open World, Voxel-based Sandbox-style, RPG Horror-Survival and FPS Simulation by The Fun pimps. The game takes place in a War torn world where after the Third World War, a World Wide devastation follows. Humanity is left with very less resources and means to survive. As the Survivor of the World wide destruction, you are tasked to get out of hiding, scavenge for supplies such as Food, Water, medicine and Weapons in order to survive. Because of the nuclear apocalypse, almost half of the humans are turned into deadly mutants, you must avoid encountering any one of them and if you are face to face with any, shoot them down in order to survive and to help save other survivors. Because of not any specific objective, your only task is to survive by exploration, crafting items, looting etc. Dayz, 7 Days to Die would definitely be a brilliant choice is you love playing games with Action, horror, Survival and Shooting elements. Do try it out.

Crashlands is an Impressive, Action-Adventure, Crafting, 2D, Role-playing, and Single-player video game created and published by Butterscotch Shenanigans. The game offers fast-paced gameplay and provides with the combination of Craft, Quest, Battle, Survival and Sandbox elements. In the game, you can take on the role of the female protagonist, who is a galactic trucker. According to the story, your latest shipment destroyed by an alien called Hewgodooko, who broken her ship into various pieces. The game takes you on an epic adventure where you must fight against aliens, tame craft, and destroy all things that you see. The game includes various challenging levels and allows you to complete them and earn skill points that you can use to get upgrades, items, and other stuff. In the game world, you have to make new friends, unearth the dark secrets, fight against deadly bosses, and others. Crashlands includes a lot of features such as Expansive Crafting System, Self-managing, RPG Style Character, Skill-based Combat, Team-able Creatures, Intuitive Base Building, Massive World and much more. With the exciting story, engaging and quite addictive gameplay, brilliant mechanics and superb visuals, Crashlands is the beautiful game to play and enjoy.

Craft the World is a marvelous Sandbox Construction, Management, and MMO and RTS Simulation by Black maple games. The Simulation actually lets you be an in charge of a whole big Dwarf Society that with time changes into a fully developed community. Your task is to explore the world around you, collect resources, battles against the monsters, craft different items like “weapons, vehicles, buildings” etc. and discover new technologies to equalize your worth and strengthen your defenses, Defeat your enemies in order to capture their lands and to loot their resources etc. With a number of complex game levels filled with pure awesomeness and fun, amazing amounts of resources, and sandbox aesthetics, wonderful visuals, immersive gameplay and a lot of other cool things, Craft the World is one of the best game to play. Do try it out.