Minecraft (Series) Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Minecraft is Luanti (formerly Minetest), which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Veloren, VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2), Vintage Story and Terasology. You're spoiled for choice with Sandbox Games like Minecraft: we list more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Android, Linux and iPhone.

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  1. 8-Bit MMO icon
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    An 8bit-style 2D massively multiplayer game! It's a giant construction sandbox -- you can build a home or a castle in a persistent streaming world. Found and manage your own city. Fight evil Lawyercats and engage in player vs player battle.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  2. Block Miner icon
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    This is a MineCraft based online multiplayer mining game. Mine, craft and build with you're friends!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. Lamecraft icon
     4 likes

    Minecraft clone for Playstation Portable (PSP).

    74 Lamecraft alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Playstation
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  4. Lunacraft icon
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    A game where you are on the moon and you must survive. There is crafting and many other strange things in this game.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  5. MineColony icon
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    MineColony is a sandbox game you have always dreamed of. Sink in procedurally generated world, harvest resources and build colony of your dreams. If you miss the good old days when pixels ruled the gaming world then MineColony is for YOU!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  6. Tricky Maze Game: Find the key and the exit in winding hallways. Electric fields and other traps lurk and demand your full attention. Includes a level editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Avoyd icon
     1 like

    Avoyd Voxel Editor and Renderer Create, import, export and render large voxel worlds 3D art and rendering tool for voxel artists, map builders and game developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    GPU path traced pyramid with base in water. Voxel model created and rendered in Avoyd. Inspired by carved cities by Antoine Lendrevie.
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  8. MAGE icon
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    MAGE stands for MAKE A GAME EXPERIENCE

    The goal for MAGE is to make it as easy as possible for people to create their own 3D universes, adventures and stories. PLAY WHILE YOU CREATE!.

    95 MAGE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Say hello to the creative shooter. Create your battleground, destroy it, then create it again. It's construction, combat and creativity.

    It's like war, only better.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. Paper Minecraft is a building game for you to experience everything from quarrying stone and wood to making tools to building buildings. Before starting the game, you can choose a character and a play mode (survival, creative or peace game mode).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Scratch
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  11. Pora Ora HQ icon
     3 likes

    Desktop game world where kids can customise their home, explore worlds, collect and care for their Pora Pals, & play educational games.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  12. Cubyz icon
     1 like

    Cubyz is written in Zig, a rather small language with some cool features and a focus on readability.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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