Survive, farm, build, explore, play with friends, and do much more. Inspired by Minecraft, pushing beyond.
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Minecraft AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Exploration Games
The best Exploration Game alternative to Minecraft is VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2), which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Minecraft and 19 are Exploration Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Exploration Game alternatives to Minecraft are LEGO Worlds, The Blockheads, Vintage Story and Wurm Online.
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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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20 Vintage Story alternativesVintage 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.
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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.
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Ylands is a unique sandbox adventure game which allows you to explore your creativity. It is also a platform for making custom games, ranging from simple scenarios to sophisticated game modes.
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Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
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Masterspace is a game about mining, creating and exploring, featuring fully destructible smooth terrain and spaceships that allow you to travel between different planets.
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Cube World is a voxel-based action RPG with a focus on exploration. It takes place in a procedurally generated fantasy world made up entirely of cubes.
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In 'Discovery' you can explore a giant world that is made of blocks and modify it with your own creations.
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Kidblock is: Building, exploring, world sharing, multiplayer, mobs, rocket launchers, lasers, TNT, swords, crafting, mining, farming, protecting, gameplay recording and much more!
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Experience very similar. Many Minecraft features are there.