Best Free Games Like Minecraft Top Sandbox & Crafting Games like Minecraft

The best free alternative to Minecraft is Luanti (formerly Minetest), which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Minecraft and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Minecraft are SurvivalCraft, Terasology, Veloren and VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2).

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  1. Luanti (formerly Minetest) icon

    Luanti (formerly Minetest)

     264 likes

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

    66 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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  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.

    44 SurvivalCraft alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    Survivalcraft
     
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  4. Terasology icon

    Terasology

     33 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.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Veloren icon

    Veloren

     53 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.

    22 Veloren alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) icon

    VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2)

     26 likes

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

    54 VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Minetest
    Minetest looks almost exactly like Minecraft.
     
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  7. 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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  10. MCRAFT.FUN icon

    MCRAFT.FUN

     7 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.

    39 MCRAFT.FUN alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    eaglercraft

     4 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.

    42 eaglercraft alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    eaglercraft screenshot 1
     
  12. Polytoria icon

    Polytoria

     9 likes

    Polytoria is a free-to-play platform and website similar to Roblox. You can create levels, play levels, talk in a forum, customize your avatar and do many more activities.

    13 Polytoria alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flatpak
    Polytoria screenshot 1
     
  13. Minetest Game icon

    Minetest Game

     8 likes

    A basic game for Luanti (formerly Minetest) developed by the Minetest team, often referred to as "Vanilla Minetest". It includes mods for basic tools, nodes, & an API for player visuals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Minetest
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  14. ClassiCube icon

    ClassiCube

     11 likes

    An alternative to the Java web game "Minecraft Classic" that was listed on the official Minecraft site but taken down in 2016-2017.

    12 ClassiCube alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Haiku
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