Best games
Best sandbox games
The 250 best sandbox games, ranked from 33,316 critic and player ratings.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 33,316 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 2
51
Dead Rising 2: CASE ZERO
87
/100
52
A
World of Goo
87
/100
53
Kerbal Space Program
87
/100
54
Star Citizen
87
/100
55
Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition
86
/100
56
Oxygen Not Included
86
/100
57
Animal Crossing: Wild World
86
/100
58
Core Keeper
86
/100
59
skate.
86
/100
60
S
Factorio
86
/100
61
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
85
/100
62
A
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
85
/100
63
B
Cities: Skylines
85
/100
64
The Sims
85
/100
65
inFamous
85
/100
66
Crackdown
85
/100
67
Europa Universalis IV
85
/100
68
SimCity 4
85
/100
69
Super Mario 64 DS
85
/100
70
Dragon Quest Builders 2
85
/100
71
Starfield
85
/100
72
S
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
85
/100
73
Saints Row: The Third
84
/100
74
Skate 3
84
/100
75
S
Minecraft: Java Edition
84
/100
76
Saints Row IV
84
/100
77
D
Fallout 4
84
/100
78
D
Fallout: New Vegas
84
/100
79
S
Just Cause 2
84
/100
80
Skate 2
84
/100
81
S
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
84
/100
82
Hearts of Iron IV
84
/100
83
B
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
84
/100
84
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
84
/100
85
S
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
83
/100
86
The Sims 3
83
/100
87
S
Minecraft
83
/100
88
D
Don't Starve Together
83
/100
89
Fable: The Lost Chapters
83
/100
90
Prison Architect
83
/100
91
Hitman 3
83
/100
92
Gravity Rush
83
/100
93
Planet Coaster
83
/100
94
Universe Sandbox
83
/100
95
Anno 2070
83
/100
96
RollerCoaster Tycoon
83
/100
97
Sid Meier's Pirates!
83
/100
98
A
Fortnite
83
/100
99
Dead Rising
82
/100
100
D
Project Zomboid
82
/100
Dead Rising 2: CASE ZERO
87
/100
52
A
World of Goo
87
/100
53
Kerbal Space Program
87
/100
54
Star Citizen
87
/100
55
Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition
86
/100
56
Oxygen Not Included
86
/100
57
Animal Crossing: Wild World
86
/100
58
Core Keeper
86
/100
59
skate.
86
/100
60
S
Factorio
86
/100
61
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
85
/100
62
A
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
85
/100
63
B
Cities: Skylines
85
/100
64
The Sims
85
/100
65
inFamous
85
/100
66
Crackdown
85
/100
67
Europa Universalis IV
85
/100
68
SimCity 4
85
/100
69
Super Mario 64 DS
85
/100
70
Dragon Quest Builders 2
85
/100
71
Starfield
85
/100
72
S
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
85
/100
73
Saints Row: The Third
84
/100
74
Skate 3
84
/100
75
S
Minecraft: Java Edition
84
/100
76
Saints Row IV
84
/100
77
D
Fallout 4
84
/100
78
D
Fallout: New Vegas
84
/100
79
S
Just Cause 2
84
/100
80
Skate 2
84
/100
81
S
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
84
/100
82
Hearts of Iron IV
84
/100
83
B
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
84
/100
84
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
84
/100
85
S
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
83
/100
86
The Sims 3
83
/100
87
S
Minecraft
83
/100
88
D
Don't Starve Together
83
/100
89
Fable: The Lost Chapters
83
/100
90
Prison Architect
83
/100
91
Hitman 3
83
/100
92
Gravity Rush
83
/100
93
Planet Coaster
83
/100
94
Universe Sandbox
83
/100
95
Anno 2070
83
/100
96
RollerCoaster Tycoon
83
/100
97
Sid Meier's Pirates!
83
/100
98
A
Fortnite
83
/100
99
Dead Rising
82
/100
100
D
Project Zomboid
82
/100