These recommendations are based on shared sandbox mechanics, not just genre labels.
BitCraft Online
PlayableFantasy • PC
A community sandbox focused on skilling, building, crafting, farming, trading, exploration, cities and empires in a single editable wilderness.
TerraformingBuildingPlayer CitiesCraftingFarmingTradingPlayer Economy
Sigma World: Foundation
In TestingSci-Fi • PC / TBD
The current Sigma World project and successor to Sigma World Online. The official Russian site provides a downloadable Foundation build and links to the legacy project; the premium-account system is still marked as under development.
TerraformingBuildingCraftingPlayer EconomyPersistent World
Stars Reach
In TestingFantasy • PC
An in-development science-fiction sandbox MMO focused on player-shaped planets, terrain manipulation, building, resource simulation, crafting, social systems and persistent worlds.
TerraformingBuildingCraftingPlayer EconomyPersistent WorldSci-Fi
Xsyon
PlayableFantasy • PC
A post-apocalyptic sandbox MMORPG built around tribes, construction, survival systems, trading, world interaction and player-created communities.
TerraformingBuildingTribesCraftingTradingSurvivalPlayer Economy
A Tale in the Desert
PlayableFantasy • Windows / Linux / macOS
A non-combat social sandbox MMORPG set in ancient Egypt, built around crafting, agriculture, construction, research, lawmaking, tests and large-scale community projects rather than monster combat.
CraftingBuildingFarmingPlayer EconomyPoliticsLawmakingResearch
Haven & Hearth
PlayableFantasy • PC / Steam / standalone
A hardcore survival-crafting sandbox MMORPG centered on settlement building, farming, hunting, industry, exploration, trade, crime and emergent player politics in periodically regenerated worlds.
TerraformingBuildingHousingPlayer VillagesRealmsSiegesCrafting
Mortal Online 2
PlayableFantasy • PC
A persistent fantasy sandbox MMORPG where players gather resources, craft goods, trade, build houses and fortifications, form guilds, and fight in first-person full-loot PvP.
Full LootOpen PvPHousingBuildingPlayer VillagesCraftingPlayer Economy
Pax Dei
PlayableFantasy • PC
A medieval social sandbox MMO where thousands of players explore, build, craft, trade and form communities.
BuildingHousingCraftingPlayer EconomyGuildsPvPPvE
Rogalia
PlayableFantasy • Windows / Steam
A craft-heavy sandbox MMORPG with terraforming, construction, farming, breeding and a player economy.
TerraformingBuildingHousingCraftingFarmingAnimal BreedingPlayer Economy
Star Sonata 2
PlayableFantasy • PC
A persistent space MMO combining arcade ship combat with RPG progression, player-built stations, colonies, resource extraction, robotic trade routes and empire creation.
BuildingColoniesPlayer EconomyCraftingTradingEmpire BuildingSpace
Wild Terra 2
PlayableFantasy • Windows / Steam
A medieval sandbox MMORPG centered on survival, crafting, construction, farming, animal breeding, exploration, economy and PvP/PvE servers in a world heavily shaped by its players.
BuildingHousingCraftingFarmingAnimal BreedingPlayer EconomyPvP
Abyss Online
UncertainFantasy • Windows / Steam
A classless open-world PvP MMORPG with gathering, crafting, a player-driven economy and early open-world building. Steam still sells the game, but its Early Access information is stale, so the current development pace is flagged as uncertain.
ClasslessOpen WorldPlayer EconomyTradingCraftingBuildingPvP
Albion Online
PlayableFantasy • PC / macOS / Linux / Mobile
A cross-platform sandbox MMORPG built around crafting, trade, territory warfare, a player-driven economy, classless equipment-based progression, and risk-based PvP.
Full LootOpen PvPCraftingPlayer EconomyTradingTerritory ControlClassless
Anvil Empires
In TestingFantasy • PC / Steam
A massively multiplayer medieval war sandbox where thousands of players build shared settlements, maintain logistics, raid, siege and fight for conquest across a persistent world.
BuildingPlayer SettlementsCraftingLogisticsSiegesLarge-scale PvPTerritory Control
Ashen Empires
PlayableFantasy • Windows / Steam
A classic classless sandbox MMORPG with free-form skill development, player-driven crafting and markets, sailing, housing, guild halls, factions and separate PvP/PvE servers.
ClasslessPlayer EconomyTradingCraftingHousingGuild HallsNaval Combat