Best games
Best sandbox games
The 250 best sandbox games, ranked from 33,327 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 33,327 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 3
101
Untitled Goose Game
82
/100
102
A
FINAL FANTASY XV
82
/100
103
Crazy Taxi (1999)
82
/100
104
Spore
82
/100
105
ISLANDERS
82
/100
106
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
82
/100
107
Grand Theft Auto Online
82
/100
108
Elite: Dangerous
82
/100
109
Tabletop Simulator
82
/100
110
A
Assassin's Creed Revelations
82
/100
111
Watch Dogs 2
81
/100
112
A
Assassin's Creed III
81
/100
113
Saints Row 2
81
/100
114
A
Terraria
81
/100
115
Sleeping Dogs
81
/100
116
A
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
81
/100
117
Starbound
81
/100
118
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
81
/100
119
Planet Zoo
81
/100
120
No More Heroes
81
/100
121
Midnight Club 2
81
/100
122
Assassin's Creed
81
/100
123
Borderlands 2
81
/100
124
Dead Rising 2
81
/100
125
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
81
/100
126
Noita
80
/100
127
Dyson Sphere Program
80
/100
128
B
Hitman: Blood Money
80
/100
129
Assassin’s Creed III
80
/100
130
A
Far Cry 4
80
/100
131
C
inFAMOUS Second Son
80
/100
132
Assassin's Creed Revelations
80
/100
133
Plague Inc: Evolved
80
/100
134
Grand Theft Auto
80
/100
135
D
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
80
/100
136
Game Dev Tycoon
80
/100
137
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
80
/100
138
Teardown
80
/100
139
Townscaper
80
/100
140
Proteus
80
/100
141
Raft
80
/100
142
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
80
/100
143
ArcheAge
80
/100
144
Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
80
/100
145
Tom Clancy's The Division
80
/100
146
LittleBigPlanet 3
79
/100
147
Trackmania Turbo
79
/100
148
State of Decay
79
/100
149
Tropico 3
79
/100
150
Crayon Physics Deluxe
79
/100
Untitled Goose Game
82
/100
102
A
FINAL FANTASY XV
82
/100
103
Crazy Taxi (1999)
82
/100
104
Spore
82
/100
105
ISLANDERS
82
/100
106
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
82
/100
107
Grand Theft Auto Online
82
/100
108
Elite: Dangerous
82
/100
109
Tabletop Simulator
82
/100
110
A
Assassin's Creed Revelations
82
/100
111
Watch Dogs 2
81
/100
112
A
Assassin's Creed III
81
/100
113
Saints Row 2
81
/100
114
A
Terraria
81
/100
115
Sleeping Dogs
81
/100
116
A
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
81
/100
117
Starbound
81
/100
118
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
81
/100
119
Planet Zoo
81
/100
120
No More Heroes
81
/100
121
Midnight Club 2
81
/100
122
Assassin's Creed
81
/100
123
Borderlands 2
81
/100
124
Dead Rising 2
81
/100
125
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
81
/100
126
Noita
80
/100
127
Dyson Sphere Program
80
/100
128
B
Hitman: Blood Money
80
/100
129
Assassin’s Creed III
80
/100
130
A
Far Cry 4
80
/100
131
C
inFAMOUS Second Son
80
/100
132
Assassin's Creed Revelations
80
/100
133
Plague Inc: Evolved
80
/100
134
Grand Theft Auto
80
/100
135
D
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
80
/100
136
Game Dev Tycoon
80
/100
137
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
80
/100
138
Teardown
80
/100
139
Townscaper
80
/100
140
Proteus
80
/100
141
Raft
80
/100
142
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
80
/100
143
ArcheAge
80
/100
144
Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
80
/100
145
Tom Clancy's The Division
80
/100
146
LittleBigPlanet 3
79
/100
147
Trackmania Turbo
79
/100
148
State of Decay
79
/100
149
Tropico 3
79
/100
150
Crayon Physics Deluxe
79
/100