Best Free Games Like Minecraft for SteamTop Sandbox & Crafting Games like Minecraft

Minecraft is not available for Steam but there are some alternatives with similar functionality. The best free Steam alternative is Wurm Online. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Minecraft and seven of them are free and available for Steam so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Steam alternatives to Minecraft are Unturned, Brutal Nature, RealmCraft and STALCRAFT: X.

filter to find the best alternatives

Minecraft alternatives are mainly Sandbox Games, but if you're looking for Survival Games or Crafting Games you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Multiplayer, Free, Online, Windows, Windows + Free, Open Source and Linux. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Minecraft.
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Minecraft alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Wurm Online icon
     11 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
     
  2. Unturned icon
     16 likes

    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.

    21 Unturned alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
     
    |
    4
    Unturned vs Minecraft Comments
    Sleeves Anon
    Negative
    0

    Not really similar to minecraft. This is a zombie shooter with basic looting, leveling, and building mechanics.

    student twenty
    Negative
    0

    Unturned is a cheap-looking kinda crap Zombie survival game. It's not even close to Minecraft, and I don't understand why anyone would think it was.

    Oktay Mercan
    Positive
    -2

    With weapons and little bit hard. no more mod and no more server.Almost only single and last version have problem co-op.

    3 of 4 comments
    • Unturned is Freemium and ProprietaryMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Brutal Nature icon
     3 likes

    Brutal Nature is a multiplayer 3d survival PC game where everything in the game can be crafted and destroyed. Survive, crafting, building structures...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  4. RealmCraft icon
     2 likes

    RealmCraft is a sandbox construction game with 3D procedurally generated infinity world. Create and break apart various kinds of blocks, explore the environment, gather resources, craft weapons, build shelter and take part in combat with dangerous opponents.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Oculus Experiences
    • Apple TV
    • Kindle Fire
    • Steam
    • itch.io
    • Oculus Rift
     
  5. STALCRAFT: X is the largest online game set in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Explore an open world filled with mutants and anomalies alone or with friends — unforgettable experiences are guaranteed!

    4 STALCRAFT: X alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  6. Muck icon
     3 likes

    Trapped in the muck on an island, alone or with your friends, try to survive as long as possible by using the resources you find around the island.

    84 Muck alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
7 of 7 Minecraft alternatives