Top Sandbox Games


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91. Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Platform: PlayStation 4
US Release Year: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Action/Adventure, Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Monolith Productions
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive
Synopsis: As the shadow of darkness spreads across Middle-earth, once again Talion and
Celebrimbor - two parts of a whole, must come together and try to stop the Dark Lord
Sauron and his Ringwraith hordes from spreading. If they cannot get a hold of the Ring
of Power, perhaps they can forge their own to take control of his legions - but will the
power be too strong to control? And can they mitigate its influence? A deeper Nemesis
systems awaits - with more enemy types, more cunning strategy and knowing that
even the lowliest soldier can one day rise to become your most powerful adversary.

92. Hogwarts Legacy

Platform: PC (Steam)
US Release Year: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox), Role Playing (RPG)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Portkey Games, Avalanche Software
Publisher: Warner Bros.

93. Bully

Platform: PlayStation 2
US Release Year: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Rockstar Games
Publisher: Rockstar Games

94. Fallout 4

Platform: PlayStation 4
US Release Year: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox, First-Person Shooter), Role Playing (RPG) (Elements)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Synopsis: Bethesda reinvents the open-world survival genre again with their most ambitious effort yet in Fallout 4. As the lone survivor of Vault 111, you emerge to a world devastated by nuclear war. You will visit familiar areas in and around the Boston area, but this Wasteland is much different - where raiders and creatures present challenges. But you will survive - and in Fallout 4 - you will create. From food to weapons to entire communities - it is up to you to shape the Wasteland. Support of destroy factions, use VATS (a new, dynamic Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System) to take down enemies and take advantage of the new ability tree to shape your character the way you want - and, for the first time, you can play a female survivor.

95. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Platform: Nintendo DS / DSi
US Release Year: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Rockstar Games
Publisher: Rockstar Games

96. Dead Rising 2

Platform: PlayStation 3
US Release Year: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Survival Horror, Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Blue Castle Games
Publisher: Capcom
Synopsis: Chuck Greene is in Fortune City for one reason: to win the Terror Is Reality zombie-killing game show and earn money to treat his zombie-bit daughter with Zombrex. When an outbreak overruns the flashy resort city, he must decide who to save, stave off the horde of undead and humans-gone-crazy, prevent his daughter from becoming a zombie and discover who is behind the whole thing. With fully customizable weapons at his disposal, and many more to find, Chuck will need all the help he can get to survive.

97. Minecraft

Platform: Xbox 360
US Release Year: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: E10+
Developer: 4J Studios, Mojang AB
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Synopsis: A game limited only by your imagination as you take control of an avatar to create and destroy various blocks in a 3D environment. Whether you create structures or works of amazing artistic design is up to you as you share your creations across multiplayer servers across many game modes.

98. 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.

99. 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

100. 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?

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