Top Sandbox Games


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81. Dishonored 2

Platform: PlayStation 4
US Release Year: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Action/Adventure, Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Arkane Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Synopsis: The supernatural assassin's return in the highly-anticipated followup to the 2012 game-
of-the-year original. Take control of either Emily Kaldwin or Corvo Attano a pair of
assassins with their own personal style, abilities and weapons. Action, stealth, mobility
and brutal combat - utilize everything at your disposal to get the job done. Fully-voiced
characters give more depth while the Void Engine provides a step forward in rendering
technology. Each kill, each decisions will shape the game and story - it's up to you to
decide how things will end.

82. No More Heroes

Platform: Wii
US Release Year: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox, Beat ‘Em Up)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture
Publisher: Ubisoft, Marvelous Entertainment
Synopsis: Travis Touchdown is a loser. So he decides to change his fortune by becoming a professional assassin. Help Travis make it to #1 in the Assassins' League by killing people with a fluorescent light bulb.

83. The Saboteur

Platform: PlayStation 3
US Release Year: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Pandemic Studios
Publisher: Electronic Arts

84. Slime Rancher

Platform: PC (Steam)
US Release Year: 2017
Overall Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Action/Adventure, Sandbox), Strategy (Simulation)
ESRB Rating: E
Developer: Monomi Park
Publisher: Monomi Park
Synopsis: Beatrix Lebeau is a plucky, young rancher who has staked her claim a thousand light years from Earth in order to become a world-class slime rancher. With a vacpack on her back, a can-do attitude and way too many slimes to count, she will amass a fortune in slimes - if she doesn't get buried under an avalanche of jiggling masses.

85. inFAMOUS 2

Platform: PlayStation 3
US Release Year: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Sucker Punch Productions
Publisher: Sony
Synopsis: Following the events in Empire City, the conduit Cole MacGrath faces off against The Beast. Unable to stop him, he travels to New Marais with his friend Zeke and NSA agent Lucy Kuo to harness a new power developed by Dr. Sebastian Wolfe that will make him strong enough to take down The Beast. Shortly after arriving, Dr. Wolfe and his researched are destroyed by Joseph Bertrand and his anti-conduit mercenaries. As MacGrath navigates a new city, he will have to take on Bertrand, and more creatures, before The Beast makes its way to New Marais.

86. No Man's Sky

Platform: PC (Steam)
US Release Year: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.8 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. The galaxy awaits - what are you waiting for?

87. Mafia III

Platform: PlayStation 4
US Release Year: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: M
Developer: Hangar 13
Publisher: 2K
Synopsis: 1968, New Orleans, Lincoln Clay has returned from Vietnam. He now knows a truth -
family isn't who you're born to, it's who you will die for. After the Italian Mafia destroyed the
black mob he called famiy, all Lincoln wants to do is start over - but his old life keeps
calling and as the mob and corrupt city officials alike creep back into his life, Lincoln will
start a new family - but it won't be without consequences.

88. 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.

89. 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

90. 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.

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