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Terraria
Paid • Proprietary
Crafting Game
Sandbox Game
Exploration Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
iPad
Kindle Fire
Steam
GOG.com
69 alternatives to Terraria
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. The world is your canvas and the ground itself is your paint.
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Terraria Features
1. ModdableTerraria can be modified through the installation of external mods.
2. MultiplayerTerraria offers a game mode for more than one player.
3. Single playerTerraria has one or more single player game modes.
Crafting
Unique Classes
Building game
Procedurally generated
Exploration
Side Scrolling
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OpenClonk
Free • Open Source
Exploration Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
5 alternatives to OpenClonk
OpenClonk is a free multiplayer action game where you control clonks, small but witty and nimble humanoid beings. The game is mainly about mining, settling and fast-paced melees. OpenClonk is not just a game but also a versatile 2D game engine that allows the creation of...
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OpenClonk Features
Building game
Side Scrolling
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Subnautica
Paid • Proprietary
Exploration Game
Mac
Windows
OSVR
HTC Vive
Oculus Rift
5 alternatives to Subnautica
Subnautica is an open world underwater adventure game where you're thrust into an alien world submersed underwater. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - All while trying to survive.
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Subnautica Features
1. Single playerSubnautica has one or more single player game modes.
Virtual Reality
Oculus Rift support
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Metro (Series)
Paid • Proprietary
Role-playing Game
Survival Game
Horror Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
Epic Games Store
Steam
Playstation
Xbox
40 alternatives to Metro
Metro 2033 is a survival horror first-person shooter video game, based on the novel Metro 2033 by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. Metro 2033 was developed by 4A Games in Ukraine, and was released on Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in March 2010.
Represent entire series of Metro games including Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, Metro Redux, Metro Exodus.
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Metro Features
1. Single playerMetro has one or more single player game modes.
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Endless Sky
Free • Open Source
Exploration Game
Sandbox Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
16 alternatives to Endless Sky
Explore other star systems. Earn money by trading, carrying passengers, or completing missions. Use your earnings to buy a better ship or to upgrade the weapons and engines on your current one. Blow up pirates. Take sides in a civil war.
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Endless Sky Features
1. Single playerEndless Sky has one or more single player game modes.
Quests
Trading
Sandbox
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X (Series)
Paid • Proprietary
Open World Game
Exploration Game
Sandbox Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
Steam
GOG.com
14 alternatives to X
X is a science fiction space trading and combat simulator series created by German developer Egosoft. The series is set in the X-Universe where several races populate a number of worlds connected by jumpgates.
Represent entire series of X games including X: Beyond the Frontier, X²: The Threat, X³: Reunion, X³: Terran Conflict, X Rebirth, X4: Foundations.
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X Features
1. Single playerX has one or more single player game modes.
Base building
Sci-fi
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Sky: Children of the Light
Freemium • Proprietary
Exploration Game
Open World Game
iPhone
iPad
Android
Android Tablet
Nintendo Switch
8 alternatives to Sky: Children of the Light
Sky: Children of Light is an enchanting 3D open-world adventure and exploration game. In Sky, you arrive as the Children of the Light, spreading hope through the desolate kingdom to return fallen Stars to their constellations.
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Sky: Children of the Light Features
1. MultiplayerSky: Children of the Light offers a game mode for more than one player.
Exploration
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Oolite
Free • Open Source
Exploration Game
Simulation Games
Mac
Windows
Linux
18 alternatives to Oolite
Oolite is a space sim game, inspired by Elite. Among Oolite's several similarities to its inspirational source, the gaming experience is enhanced by the context set in Elite's original manual, and the accompanying novella, The Dark Wheel.
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Oolite Features
First person view
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The Outer Worlds
Paid • Proprietary
Role-playing Game
Adventure Game
Action RPG Game
Windows
Epic Games Store
Playstation
Xbox
Steam
Nintendo Switch
23 alternatives to The Outer Worlds
Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon colony.
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The Outer Worlds Features
1. Single playerThe Outer Worlds has one or more single player game modes.
Sci-fi
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Don't Starve
Paid • Proprietary
Survival Game
Exploration Game
Open World Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
iPad
Steam
15 alternatives to Don't Starve
Play as Wilson, an intrepid Gentleman Scientist who has been trapped by a demon and transported to a mysterious wilderness world. Wilson must learn to exploit his environment and its inhabitants if he ever hopes to escape and find his way back home.
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Don't Starve Features
Crafting
Minecraft
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Journey (Game)
Paid • Proprietary
Adventure Game
Exploration Game
Windows
iPhone
iPad
Epic Games Store
Playstation
10 alternatives to Journey (Game)
Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets. Play alone or in the company of a fellow traveler and explore its vast world together.

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Syberia (Series)
Paid • Proprietary
Adventure Game
Exploration Game
Role-playing Game
Windows
Steam
28 alternatives to Syberia
Syberia is a 2002 computer adventure game designed by Benoît Sokal, developed by Microïds, and published through The Adventure Company. It follows Kate Walker, the protagonist, as she attempts to wrap up a sale on behalf of her law firm and travels across Eastern...
Represent entire series of Syberia games.
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Syberia Features
1. Single playerSyberia has one or more single player game modes.
Side Scrolling
Steampunk
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The Blockheads
Free • Proprietary
Crafting Game
Sandbox Game
Exploration Game
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
47 alternatives to The Blockheads
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.
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The Blockheads Features
Blocks
Third person perspective
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Epic Inventor
Free • Open Source
Crafting Game
Exploration Game
Action Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
33 alternatives to Epic Inventor
I have said a few times that Epic Inventor was inspired by Terraria. There are obvious similarities you can see right away in the various screenshots I’ve posted. Certainly our desire to create a game was inspired by it as well. We love that game. We played it a lot.
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Epic Inventor Features
1. PortableEpic Inventor can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Building game
Side Scrolling
Discontinued
In October 2013, development stopped the sourcecode is available on Github. In May 2016 developer is thinking about revisit the project
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Space Pirates and Zombies
Paid • Proprietary
Exploration Game
Open World Game
Adventure Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
Steam
9 alternatives to Space Pirates and Zombies
At its core, Space Pirates and Zombies is an action based, skill oriented, top down space combat game. It’s similar to the ones we knew and loved in years past, but now using full physics simulation and modern graphics for those oh so pretty explosions.

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OpenClonk Features

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Subnautica Features

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Metro (Series)

Metro Features

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Endless Sky Features

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X (Series)

X Features

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Sky: Children of the Light Features

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Oolite Features

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The Outer Worlds Features

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Don't Starve Features

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Syberia (Series)

Syberia Features

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The Blockheads Features

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Epic Inventor Features

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