Top 10 Sandbox Games with the Best Shooting Gameplay in 2024

Ahem, okay. You’re here probably thinking — which games allow total chaos with shooting, but also let me pretend Im a tactical master, a cowboy with no map, or maybe even a confused dude shooting pies in some random dessert arena? If that’s your type of thing, well. welcome to the sandbox. And maybe to a PS4 with occasional rb6 crashes when match starts ps4 issues. But, who cares if it crashes at launch but the rest of it kicks ***.

The Appeal of Sandbox + Shooting Mix

Lots of games out there are just run and gun and done — boring. What's fresh in 2024 are the games that give u a big world, no handholding, and more weapons than u know what to do with. Think open map exploration while sniping from high places. Think looting, crafting, maybe even accidentally blowing up your own cover (we've been there). This genre? it ain’t for folks with short patience or itchy trigger fingers — you gotta plan, you gotta learn.

• Freedom to build or break
• No respawn limits (unless the game wants u dead permanently)
• Pure freedom of choice on what gun to use and how
• Miscellaneous objectives: shoot a pie, rescue a robot, blow a car into orbit, etc.

Red Battle Zone — Why It Might Not Even Load

Honorable Mention goes to Red Battle Zone. Aka the one with all that hype but if your PS4's running hotter than your morning oatmeal? it crashes — like right at the start menu click (hello, anyone else seeing that “rb6 crashes when match starts ps4 error"?). But still, when it works, its blend of RPG and tactical shooting is next-level smooth.

Some highlights:

If it runs right, u got:

1. Squad co-op for up to 5
2. Camo paint jobs you unlock with actual sneaking skills
3. Civilians that’ll turn rogue if shot — which sounds funny until you’ve turned a school into a battlefield trying to escape
4. Also — if you ever asked — "Does eggs go in sweet potato pie?" — in this game? you’ll actually test it (with grenades as tools, ofc. don't eat that pie afterwards.)

ShadowTactics Online — Stealth + Guns in One Messy Blend

This one took time from a stealth game and said, why the hell not add sniping at night and call it modern warfare — it just worked. The new "Online Covert Ops Mode" allows squad play but still feels isolated, silent, deadly — and somehow still a full open field to mess with enemies without detection.

"ShadowTactics online is the game where silence kills the most." — One Reddit dude who probably still got ghosted by the AI in the tutorial.

Beta Breakdown: Grenadepool Is Wild

Grenadepool’s in beta as of 2024, and its already getting weird. Its a sport-based gun arena where you score points by landing kills with grenade arc-trajectory shots. Or something like that. Here’s the kicker — it plays like a minigame but its set on this wide map, meaning u can be sneaky and tactical too. Or stupid — options for everyone. And the crashes?

Lag issues exist. Like a bad Wi-Fi signal at your cousin's wedding. Still — when it doesn't lag, you’re in a playground made for chaos.

VoltHole’s Unique Combat Style (If the Crash Gets Fixed, of Course)

VoltHole? That’s your electric, fast-paced FPS sandbox. Think run-jump-shoot-slide-zoom-fire in a single sequence — and somehow you're allowed to do all this in the same level. If the latest patch doesn’t break something else — you got movement freedom like few others have dared to deliver.

• Unique feature #433: You can set weapons to explode after a delay.
• Squad voice chat is optional. Because u either like your buddies yelling or u mute ‘em mid-match — either is acceptable here.

If you still see that "rb6 crashes when match starts" glitch while playing a game not RB6 — that means you're hallucinating from fatigue.

Pie-Shooting Theory & The Role of Culinary Accuracy In Open Gameplay

Alright so here’s something u probably didn't see on other game blogs: the inclusion of pies in sandbox gameplay. Because why not. If eggs are even involved, well that opens the can of worms wider than u expected, pal.

So here’s what we found out during in-game testing (not that we recommend pie shooting in the middle of fire battles):

Does eggs go in sweet potato pie?

We had to test this question while waiting between patches for Red Battle. The result was — eggs make the pie taste richer. And in a sandbox scenario, where u might carry food for looong treks into no-man's-land? nutrition matters. Also if you shoot it mid-explosion you get this cool yellow misty blast of yolk and spices which somehow makes a perfect cover.

Bonus: Eggs also can explode with certain grenades. That’s in-game, obviously — you're not expected to buy cartons of eggs for a real-life experiment. Don't do that please. Unless you do... I’ll support it but from far away.

In summary:

• Eggs in sweet pie — adds consistency and better blast radius visuals
• Sweet pie as cover tool — works, but only mid-match if enemies panic on sight of pastry
• Real pies don't fly like they do in VoltHole, unless u are dreaming and eating Cheetos at same time

FrostShot Arena – Where the Sandbox Turns Into A Glacial Playground

You want a sandbox? This one is frozen. Snow. Slippy surfaces. Gunplay here requires you know how your character skids on ice while mid-spray-fire. You either adapt — or die sliding in one direction like a penguin on Red Bull (no not the caffeinated stuff. the bull part)

FrostArena players claim its the best thing to come out of Scandinavia — unless you ask Iceland, and even then... Iceland agrees. Kind of.

Mindfire CyberZone’s Glitch Love Life

Some people love this. It has a ton of promise. Cyberpunk aesthetic with real tactical choices during missions. If u get in — u can hack a sentry turret in mid-combat. That’s not just cool gameplay. It's cheating. Which the sandbox allows.

Guns. Gear. Greatness.

The beauty here lies in variety — but also, in freedom. No other genre gives you this level of freedom to go off-road (even literally), experiment with guns, and redefine your playstyle every round.

If you can live with occasional crashes. Or better, patch around the issues. Or better — if you can ignore that annoying pop-up message that says:

The Crashing Reality Of 2024 (and how we ignore it)

Yes — some of the top contenders suffer from the classic "rb6 match crashes ps4" glitch. Or similar ones that crash your session when match starts. But here’s my take — games are still great. They just need a restart, a patch and maybe even a gentle whisper for the console.

The trick? Let others suffer the bugs and crashes, while u wait for the patches. Then jump in — and enjoy all the polished greatness the world forgot during the early days of the game’s launch.

In short? Wait if possible.

• Crash reports: Read Reddit threads before launching, not after your save file disappears.
• Backups? Not sure any games actually do it.
• But gameplay — if stable: gold, pure gold

Best Picks Summary & Recommendations (Including Stability Notes)

• FrostShot Arena - Best all-round if your console handles 2024 well.
• VoltHole - Amazing mechanics and mobility if patch 2.0.4 hits without drama
• BunkerRaid (2024 Revival) - If u like base defenses, squad strategies and explosions
• GearFire - Despite the glitchy state. Still one of the best story modes. But beware match-crash issues on PS4 — it's still a thing

What Lies in the Future?

More guns. More chaos. And even better tech in 2025. If games stop crashing, and the sandbox gets wider — imagine shooting a cannon from atop a flying pig. Literally. Because in the next gen games, anything could go and it probably will — with better optimization too.

"2025 sandbox titles? Expect the impossible. With bullets."

In Conclusion (Even if the Article Already Ended like thrice)

The best games for sandbox + shooting in 2024? Yeah — we listed some. But also yeah — some of ‘em still have glitches. Like that weird “rb6 starts, crash" thing but with random letters. If your console is up-to-date and patient enough (also if u love eggs in your pie recipes?), then 2024 might just be the best year to play and not think about how the devs should maybe fix this whole crash nonsense before hype drops again

So. Load ‘em, break ‘em, play again. But don’t let crashes ruin the fun. And maybe — if you ever wondered “does eggs go in sweet potato pie"— the game developers of this universe are asking you that in game, too. Or, maybe we’ve finally lost it. But it tastes worth it either way.