Free Games Like Minecraft (Series) Similar Sandbox & Crafting Games like Minecraft (Series)

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 Veloren, VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2), Terasology and eaglercraft.

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

    69 Luanti (formerly Minetest) alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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  2. Veloren icon
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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.

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

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    • Minetest
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  4. Terasology icon
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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.

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  5. eaglercraft icon
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    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.

    45 eaglercraft alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  6. MCRAFT.FUN icon
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    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.

    51 MCRAFT.FUN alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Minecraft
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  7. Minetest Game icon
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    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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Minetest
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  8. Polytoria icon
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    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.

    15 Polytoria alternatives

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    • Online
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  9. Wurm Online icon
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    Wurm Online is an independent, ground breaking MMO that allows players to dig, flatten, raise and shape the land and create the frontier world they live in.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Steam
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  10. Mini World is a 3D free-to-play sandbox game about adventure, exploration, and creating your dream worlds. There is no grinding or leveling up. No IAP gate that locks features from free to play players. Everyone can enjoy the game’s full features with great freedom

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
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  11. NodeCore icon
     6 likes

    Original voxel game about emergent mechanics and exploration.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Minetest
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  12. Unturned icon
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    Unturned is a sandbox game in the emerging multiplayer apocalypse survival genre. Rather than focusing on being an MMO it provides players with easy systems to sit down and survive the zombie infestation with their friends.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Steam
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