Minecraft AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Crafting Games

The best Crafting Game alternative to Minecraft is Luanti (formerly Minetest), which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Minecraft and many of them are Crafting Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Crafting Game alternatives to Minecraft are Terasology, Veloren, LEGO Worlds and VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2).

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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.

    66 Luanti (formerly Minetest) alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
     
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  2. Terasology icon
     32 likes

    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.

    61 Terasology alternatives

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  3. Veloren icon
     52 likes

    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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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. LEGO Worlds icon
     33 likes

    Galaxy of procedural worlds made entirely from LEGO bricks.

    40 LEGO Worlds alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
     
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  5. Survive, farm, build, explore, play with friends, and do much more. Inspired by Minecraft, pushing beyond.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Minetest
     
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  6. The Blockheads icon
     18 likes

    Night is falling and your blockhead is freezing. You haven't yet made shelter and your campfire has gone out. All you have is a spade, some wood and a few sticks. You have only minutes before exhaustion hits. Do you create a bed, dig a cave or refuel your fire?

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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  7. Vintage Story icon
     13 likes

    Vintage Story is a game about innovation and exploration. It thrusts the player into a carefully-generated semi-autonomous world and challenges them to survive and overcome the natural and unknown threats of their new home.

    20 Vintage Story alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. Voxelands icon
     21 likes

    The Fun-Focused Free Software Voxel World Game. Voxelands is a sandbox construction game based on Minetest.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Minetest
     
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  10. Wurm Online icon
     12 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
     
  11. NodeCore icon
     6 likes

    Original voxel game about emergent mechanics and exploration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Minetest
     
  12. Blockland icon
     15 likes

    Blockland is an online multiplayer game where you build things with bricks. It's like playing with legos on the internet.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
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