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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 50 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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Minecraft alternatives page was last updated Oct 2, 2024
  1. Voxelands icon
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    The Fun-Focused Free Software Voxel World Game. Voxelands is a sandbox construction game based on Minetest.

    67 Voxelands alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Voxelands Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Infinite World
    4.  Free to play
    5.  Windows XP Compatibility
    Discontinued

    Official website no longer exists and last commit is from a March 2018. See https://gitlab.com/voxelands/voxelands/commits/next

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  2. ClassiCube icon
     10 likes

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

    9 ClassiCube alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    ClassiCube Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Free to play
    4.  Web-Based
    5.  Online co-op
    6.  Player vs Player
    7.  Moddable
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    Comments about ClassiCube as an Alternative to Minecraft
     
       
    Guest

    its not minecraft bruh belive me

    Negative commentAug 17, 2024
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    Guest

    It has fun servers, and I found it when I was searching for a similar game for Chromebook.

    Positive commentMay 5, 2020
    1
    Guest

    Free "Creative Mode" (though outdated).

    Positive commentNov 6, 2018
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    • Almost everyone thinks ClassiCube is a great Minecraft alternative.

    • ClassiCube is the most popular Web-based alternative to Minecraft.

    • ClassiCube is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Manic Digger icon
     13 likes

    Manic Digger is an open-source implementation of block-building games, like the famous game Minecraft.

    36 Manic Digger alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Manic Digger Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Blocks
    Discontinued

    The latest version is from 2015.

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  4. MineDroid icon
     10 likes

    MineDroid is a viewer / concept design for Minecraft that supports using your own 1.3 beta levels, temporarily building and destroying blocks, sensor steering, crouch jump, ghost mode / fly mode. more features to come, you can get the source and help out...

    34 MineDroid alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Minecraft

    MineDroid Features

    1.  Minecraft
    2.  Blocks
    3.  Building game
    Discontinued

    Last version and commit was in 2011.

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  5. NodeCore icon
     5 likes

    Original voxel game about emergent mechanics and exploration.

    16 NodeCore alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Minetest

    NodeCore Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Sandbox
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Mods
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  6. Minetest Game icon
     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.

    18 Minetest Game alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Minetest
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    Comments about Minetest Game as an Alternative to Minecraft
     
    maurosoft391

    Take too much time to load a world. The loading time is too slow

    Negative commentFeb 25, 2023
    1
    RemovedUser

    Minetest Game is not really a game but more of a modding base for Minetest.

    CommentFeb 17, 2024
    0
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    • Minetest Game is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Infiniminer icon
     11 likes

    Infiniminer is a multiplayer block mining game with several different player classes to choose from.

    43 Infiniminer alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Infiniminer Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Blocks
    3.  Building game
    Discontinued

    last updated in 2009

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