Best Open Source Games Like Minecraft Top Sandbox & Crafting Games like Minecraft

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

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Venture into endless 3D worlds where creativity meets exploration and survival. Craft, build, and explore to your heart’s content against ongoing challenges.

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Minecraft alternatives page was last updated Oct 2, 2024
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  1. NodeCore icon
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    NodeCore

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    Original voxel game about emergent mechanics and exploration.

    16 NodeCore alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open 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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  2. Manic Digger icon
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    Manic Digger

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Manic Digger Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Blocks
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    Discontinued

    The latest version is from 2015.

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  4. Freeminer icon
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    Freeminer

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    Freeminer is an open source sandbox game inspired by Minecraft.

    39 Freeminer alternatives
    A new day dawns

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD

    Freeminer Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Portable
    3.  Building game
    Freeminer main menu
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    Rain in Freeminer
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    MineDroid

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    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

    • Free • Open 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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    Infiniminer

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

    42 Infiniminer alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Infiniminer Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Blocks
    3.  Building game
    Infiniminer screenshot 1
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    Discontinued

    last updated in 2009

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    WolkenWelten

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    Multiplayer Voxel Survival in C99, includes a badly written implementation of LISP.

    12 WolkenWelten alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Raspberry Pi

    WolkenWelten Features

    1.  Sandbox
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    Novetus

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    Tired of the roblox tyranny and greed? The Novetus community game is the solution! Novetus was made to improve on RBXLegacy, with the addition of new features that enhance the launcher for mod development, player customization, and overall usability.

    48 Novetus alternatives
    Character Body Customization

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • Roblox
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    Top Novetus Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Moddable
    3.  Built-in editor
    4.  User generated
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Local multiplayer
    7.  Multiple Account support
    8.  Single player
    9.  3D Buildings
    10.  Mobile friendly
    11.  Options trading
    12.  Sandbox
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    • Novetus is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Minecraft.

    • Novetus is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
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