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 50 games similar to Minecraft for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android 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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    Luanti is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner, Minecraft, and the like.

    61 Luanti (formerly Minetest) alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Moddable
    3.  Community-based
    4.  Exploration
    5.  Multiple languages
    6.  Lua mods
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  No Coding Required
    9.  Endless gameplay
    10.  Portable
    11.  Single player
    12.  Ad-free

    Luanti (formerly Minetest) VS Minecraft

     
    Comments about Luanti (formerly Minetest) as an Alternative to Minecraft
    Comment summary: Luanti (formerly Minetest) is frequently praised for being open source, with strong modding capabilities and an active community. It is often considered a leading open-source alternative to Minecraft, offering better moddability, code performance, and compatibility with low-end hardware. However, some users note it is not compatible with Minecraft and highlight it as a game engine rather than a complete game, suggesting improvements in underlying design are needed.
    Top Positive Comment
    cocofifix
    Sep 2, 2021
    2

    Great performance and very easy to use in a local network.

    Most Recent Comment
    mega-rut
    Positive May 22, 2024
    1

    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!

    Lasertie
    Positive Mar 29, 2024
    0

    I like Minetest because it's open source

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    • Almost everyone thinks Luanti (formerly Minetest) is a great Minecraft alternative.

    • Luanti (formerly Minetest) is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Minecraft.

    • Luanti (formerly Minetest) is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Minecraft.

    • 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
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    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.

    43 SurvivalCraft alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire

    Top SurvivalCraft Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Moddable
    3.  Portable
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Player vs Player
    6.  Endless gameplay
    7.  Online co-op
    8.  Support for scripting
    9.  Multiplayer
    10.  Achievements Supported
    11.  Ad-free
    12.  Player vs Enviroment

    SurvivalCraft VS Minecraft

     
    Comments about SurvivalCraft as an Alternative to Minecraft
    Most Recent Comment
    Guest
    Positive Jul 18, 2018
    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!

    Smith Li
    Positive Jul 31, 2022
    1

    All types of these games are amazing.

    Guest
    Positive Nov 21, 2019
    0

    i think it is because it is free

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    • Most users think SurvivalCraft is a great Minecraft alternative.

    • SurvivalCraft is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Minecraft.

    • SurvivalCraft is Freemium and ProprietaryMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
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    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!

    63 Creativerse: The Definitive Edition alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam

    Creativerse: The Definitive Edition Features

    1.  Blueprints
    2.  Photographic filters
    3.  Sandbox
    4.  Windows XP Compatibility
    5. Android icon  Android Sync

    Creativerse: The Definitive Edition VS Minecraft

     
    Comments about Creativerse: The Definitive Edition as an Alternative to Minecraft
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    Jul 26, 2020
    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.

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    Guest
    Positive Jun 15, 2020
    -1

    It is good and very similar to monecraft

    Guest
    Positive Jun 14, 2020
    2

    really fun and beautiful graphics

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    • Most users think Creativerse: The Definitive Edition is a great Minecraft alternative.

    • Creativerse: The Definitive Edition is the most popular commercial alternative to Minecraft.

    • Creativerse: The Definitive Edition is Paid and ProprietaryMinecraft is also Paid and Proprietary
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    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.

    62 Terasology alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Terasology Features

    1.  Moddable
    2.  Player vs Player
    3.  Single player
    4.  Multiplayer
    5.  Building blocks
    6.  Modular System

    Terasology VS Minecraft

     
    Comments about Terasology as an Alternative to Minecraft
    Most Recent Comment
    Mino Developer
    Positive Apr 12, 2023
    0

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

    Guest
    Positive Nov 16, 2020
    0

    It has the BEST graphics EVER

    Guest
    Positive Feb 20, 2016
    0

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

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    • Most users think Terasology is a great Minecraft alternative.

    • Terasology is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
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    Survive, farm, build, explore, play with friends, and do much more. Inspired by Minecraft, pushing beyond.

    53 VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Minetest

    VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Procedurally generated
    3.  Single player
    4.  Sandbox
    5.  Moddable
    6.  Multiplayer
    7.  Endless gameplay
    8.  Player vs Enviroment
    9.  Blocks
    10.  Mods
    11.  Building game

    VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) VS Minecraft

     
    Comments about VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) as an Alternative to Minecraft
    tuxayo
    Positive Aug 12, 2019
    5

    Experience very similar. Many Minecraft features are there.

    maurosoft391
    Negative Mar 12, 2022
    1

    is buggy and the world is too small

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    • Most users think VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) is a great Minecraft alternative.

    • VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
  6. LEGO Worlds icon
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    Galaxy of procedural worlds made entirely from LEGO bricks.

    40 LEGO Worlds alternatives

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    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox

    LEGO Worlds Features

    1. Braintree icon  Braintree Integration
    2.  Building game

    LEGO Worlds VS Minecraft

     
    Comments about LEGO Worlds as an Alternative to Minecraft
    Guest
    Positive Jan 21, 2017
    4

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

    TiQuel Johnson
    Positive Mar 31, 2019
    -1

    it is like crazycraft but lego

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    • Most users think LEGO Worlds is a great Minecraft alternative.

    • LEGO Worlds is Paid and ProprietaryMinecraft is also Paid and Proprietary
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    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.

    21 Veloren alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top Veloren Features

    1.  Open World Game
    2.  DRM Free
    3.  Voxel-based geometry
    4.  Linux-games-native
    5.  Multiplayer
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Endless gameplay
    8.  Single player
    9.  Moddable
    10.  Player vs Player
    11.  Online co-op
    12.  Support for scripting

    Veloren VS Minecraft

     
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