Best Games Like Minecraft Top Sandbox & Crafting Games like Minecraft

Minecraft is described as 'Venture into endless 3D worlds where creativity meets exploration and survival. Craft, build, and explore to your heart’s content against ongoing challenges' and is a leading Sandbox Game in the games category. There are more than 100 games similar to Minecraft for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, Linux and Steam apps. The best Minecraft alternative is Luanti (formerly Minetest), which is both free and Open Source. Other Minecraft like games are SurvivalCraft, Creativerse: The Definitive Edition, Terasology and VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2).

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  1. Luanti (formerly Minetest) icon

    Luanti (formerly Minetest)

     260 likes

    Luanti is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner, Minecraft, and the like.

    64 Luanti (formerly Minetest) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
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    Luanti (formerly Minetest) vs Minecraft Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    gabethepiggy
    2

    Hardware friendly/Works well on low-end machines

    mega-rut
    Positive
    0

    Everyone likes Minetest but it is not compatible with Minecraft. I recently googled Minecraft web client and found mcraft fun which is also open source, worked insanely well in my case, and I wish there were more projects like this. Like compatible with Minecraft in any way: make some migrations tools or anything, please! But still a very interesting project with a large community though!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Lasertie
    Positive
    0

    I like Minetest because it's open source

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 27 comments
    • Luanti (formerly Minetest) is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
    • Luanti (formerly Minetest) is LightweightMinecraft is not according to our users
  2. SurvivalCraft icon

    SurvivalCraft

     60 likes

    You are marooned on the shores of an infinite blocky world. Explore, mine resources, craft tools and weapons, hunt and make traps. Build a shelter to survive nights and share your worlds online. Possibilities are infinite in this sandbox survival and construction game.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    Survivalcraft
     
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    SurvivalCraft vs Minecraft Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    9

    SurvivalCraft has a unique feature where you can download and upload adventure maps with ease without needing to pay or use an external application. in general, it's pretty fun to play. However, minecraft is a bit more fun!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    i think it is because it is free

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Smith Li
    Positive
    1

    All types of these games are amazing.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 4 comments
    • SurvivalCraft is Freemium and ProprietaryMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Creativerse: The Definitive Edition icon

    Creativerse: The Definitive Edition

     25 likes

    Creativerse: The Definitive Edition is a sandbox adventure game set in a beautiful yet treacherous world shrouded in mystery. Adventure solo or bring your friends, unearth secrets, and tame the land together!

    61 Creativerse: The Definitive Edition alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    Creativerse: The Definitive Edition screenshot 1
     
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    Creativerse: The Definitive Edition vs Minecraft Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    3

    The graphics are better than minecraft, the paint feature gives more options when building. There's blocks that aren't just cubes, and the blueprint functionality makes it easy to build towns or cities using community made builds.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    It is good and very similar to monecraft

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    really fun and beautiful graphics

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 5 comments
    • Creativerse: The Definitive Edition is Paid and ProprietaryMinecraft is also Paid and Proprietary
  5. Terasology icon

    Terasology

     31 likes

    Terasology (started under the name Blockmania) is an open source project started by Benjamin “begla” Glatzel to research procedural terrain generation and efficient rendering techniques in Java using the LWJGL.

    60 Terasology alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Terasology vs Minecraft Comments
    Mino Developer
    Positive
    0

    It has awesome graphics, but not a very easy interface. Question: How do I play in creative mode?

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It has the BEST graphics EVER

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    I want to play terasology and i think it is the best alternative

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Terasology is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
  6. VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) icon

    VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2)

     25 likes

    Survive, farm, build, explore, play with friends, and do much more. Inspired by Minecraft, pushing beyond.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Minetest
    Minetest looks almost exactly like Minecraft.
     
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    VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) vs Minecraft Comments
    tuxayo
    Positive
    5

    Experience very similar. Many Minecraft features are there.

    maurosoft391
    Negative
    1

    is buggy and the world is too small

    • VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Veloren icon

    Veloren

     49 likes

    Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust. It is inspired by games such as Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Veloren screenshot 1
     
  9. LEGO Worlds icon

    LEGO Worlds

     33 likes

    Galaxy of procedural worlds made entirely from LEGO bricks.

    38 LEGO Worlds alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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    LEGO Worlds vs Minecraft Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    4

    A great alternative which uses lego bricks instead of traditional blocks.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    TiQuel Johnson
    Positive
    -1

    it is like crazycraft but lego

    • LEGO Worlds is Paid and ProprietaryMinecraft is also Paid and Proprietary
  10. The Blockheads icon

    The Blockheads

     18 likes

    Night is falling and your blockhead is freezing. You haven't yet made shelter and your campfire has gone out. All you have is a spade, some wood and a few sticks. You have only minutes before exhaustion hits. Do you create a bed, dig a cave or refuel your fire?

    What wil.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    The Blockheads vs Minecraft Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    5

    Has the same voxel feel but with different features and a 2D side view, and it even has servers, sadly has no mods

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • The Blockheads is Free and ProprietaryMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
  11. Voxelands icon

    Voxelands

     21 likes

    The Fun-Focused Free Software Voxel World Game. Voxelands is a sandbox construction game based on Minetest.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Voxelands screenshot 1
     
  12. Vintage Story icon

    Vintage Story

     12 likes

    Vintage Story is a game about innovation and exploration. It thrusts the player into a carefully-generated semi-autonomous world and challenges them to survive and overcome the natural and unknown threats of their new home.

    19 Vintage Story alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Vintage Story vs Minecraft Comments
    Sleeves Anon
    0

    Absolutely a better game than minecraft in my opinion, but the reality is most audiences who still like minecraft will not like this. It's much more realistic, detailed, and hence more effort is required to play. Also, by default it has much harder survival mechanics, like food preservation and temperature.

    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Minecraft may have a lot of features, but Vintage Story has a more realistic feel to it. From the videos I have watched, I can tell I will be picking up this masterpiece of a game.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    grawolfquinn
    Positive
    1

    An amazing, fun game with great modding support and a ton of good gameplay features.

    • Vintage Story is Paid and ProprietaryMinecraft is also Paid and Proprietary
  13. MCRAFT.FUN icon

    MCRAFT.FUN

     5 likes

    Free, online, compatible and open source Minecraft web client with ability to connect to Java servers and load or create single player worlds to play offline.

    38 MCRAFT.FUN alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Minecraft
    Singleplayer 1.10.2 world opened from zip
     
  14. eaglercraft icon

    eaglercraft

     2 likes

    Minecraft is a game about breaking and placing blocks. At first, people built structures to protect against nocturnal monsters, but as the game grew players worked together to create wonderful, imaginative things.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    eaglercraft screenshot 1
     
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