Update 5 December 2023: Goat Simulator 3 added at rank #9.

Here are our 10 Best Sandbox Games for Xbox One: 1

Cloud Gardens (2020)

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95

Review score

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows

A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas

• sandbox
• relaxing
• post-apocalyptic
• nature
• puzzle
• meditative
• experimental
• procedural
• simulation
• atmospheric
• building
• challenge-less
• goal-free

Good match + 307 Bad match - 505

2

Teardown (2020)

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83

Review score

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Xbox Series X IOS iPhone Xbox One

Dive into Teardown, where you'll mastermind the perfect heist in a world where walls crumble at your touch. Experience the thrill of strategy and destruction as you creatively navigate through fully destructible environments. Feel the rush of adrenaline as you outsmart security systems and escape with the loot. Unleash your inner vandal and strategist in this chaotic, yet meticulously crafted world of mayhem!

What we like:

• Fully destructible environments
• Strategic heist planning
• Extensive mod support
• Multiple solutions for each challenge
• Stunning voxel graphics with ray tracing

What could be improved:

• Need multiplayer mode!
• Some unrealistic demolition physics

• heist
• sandbox
• voxel
• physics
• destruction
• driving
• puzzle
• truck
• vehicle

Good match + 67 Bad match - 84

3

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (2021)

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95

Review score

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Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows

Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.

• sandbox
• physics
• funny
• simulation
• war
• fantasy
• realistic
• wargame
• memes
• historical
• comedy
• strategy
• family-friendly
• colourful
• 3d

Good match + 17 Bad match

4

The Escapists 2 (2017)

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94

Review score

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

The Escapists 2 is a thrilling prison escape game that will put your creativity to the test. As a prisoner, you must sneak your way out of some of the toughest prisons in existence by creating intricate plans and crafting clever weapons. You can even team up with friends to escape together! With a diverse range of levels, crafting items and interactive combat, you'll be hooked in no time.

What we like:

• Multiplayer adds value to the gameplay
• Exciting new combat system
• Fun mechanic of knocking out guards and swapping outfits
• Opportunity to use creative strategies to escape
• Includes a Prison Map Editor

What could be improved:

• Repetitive prisons
• Goofy escape routes feel unimportant
• Co-op only levels make single player feel limited

• crafting
• sandbox
• simulation
• cooperative
• strategy
• pixel
• online
• multiplayer
• difficult
• retro
• crime

Good match + 137 Bad match - 105

5

Space Engineers (2019)

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86

Review score

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Android PC Windows Xbox One

Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction, exploration and survival in space and on planets. Players build space ships, space stations, planetary outposts of various sizes and uses, pilot ships and travel through space to explore planets and gather resources to survive.

• sandbox
• volumetric
• survival
• block
• physics
• construction
• space
• open-world
• realistic
• grid
• crafting
• building
• military

Good match + 208 Bad match - 316

6

Besiege (2020)

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91

Review score

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PC Windows Android Xbox Series X Xbox One Linux Mac OS

Besiege is a physics based building game in which you construct medieval siege engines. Battle your way through a 54 level singleplayer campaign, unleash chaos with your friends in multiplayer, create your own worlds with the level editor, customize your game with mods through the workshop.

• sandbox
• building
• physics
• medieval
• destruction
• lego
• science
• vehicle
• funny
• humor
• editor
• level
• gilliam
• relaxing
• strategy

Good match + 151 Bad match - 130

7

Trailmakers (2019)

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96

Review score

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PC Windows Xbox One

Trailmakers lets you explore the adventure of building creative vehicles that can be unleashed into the open world. Simulate the driving capabilities of your favorite vehicle: from helicopters to racing cars, combat jets, robots, hovercrafts and many more. The limit is your imagination.

• sandbox
• vehicle
• building
• jet
• submarine
• moddable
• racing
• destruction
• multiplayer
• tanks
• open-world
• space
• physics
• flight
• exploration

Good match + 70 Bad match - 102

8

Supraland (2019)

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95

Review score

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Xbox One PC Windows

Supraland is a first-person adventure puzzle game that is a unique blend of genres, with a sandbox setting full of creativity and versatility. You'll explore a vast interconnected world filled with challenging puzzles that are both new and original. Try the demo to see if this game is for you, and if you like it, your progress will continue into the full version!

What we like:

• Unique and challenging puzzles
• Rewarding exploration
• Fun mix of action, puzzles, humor, and silliness
• Nostalgic appeal for older gamers

What could be improved:

• Easy to miss crucial item
• Jumping puzzles in first-person games
• Confusing level design

• puzzle
• sandbox
• metroidvania
• first-person
• exploration
• platform
• adventure
• combat
• open-world

Good match + 156 Bad match - 295

9

Goat Simulator 3 (2023)

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71

Review score

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4

Goat Simulator 3 is an all-new, totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience that puts you back in the hooves of no one's favourite female protagonist. You can invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.

• sandbox
• open-world
• physics
• cooperative
• split-screen
• parody
• multiplayer
• online
• recreation
• four-player
• character
• exploration

Good match + 1 Bad match

10

TerraTech (2018)

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90

Review score

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

TerraTech is the perfect game for creative kids who love to build their own vehicles and explore a randomly generated world. Construct powerful machines, bases, and weapons to defend against rival miners, gather resources, and improve your standing with the Mining Corporations. Explore treacherous mountain ranges, luscious grasslands, and huge deserts while building and creating your own unique style. The gameplay is fun and intuitive, and the simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware.

What we like:

• Fun and intuitive gameplay
• Creative freedom with lots of room for your own style
• Enticing game with interesting mechanics
• Simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware
• Provides a unique and addictive experience

What could be improved:

• Feels empty with repetitive fetch quests
• Lack of big updates
• Multiplayer needs a lot of work

• sandbox
• building
• crafting
• open-world
• construction
• vehicle
• survival
• robots
• physics
• early-access
• exploration
• funny-looking
• online
• vehicles

Good match + 185 Bad match - 268

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