Minecraft (Series) AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Sandbox Games

Alternatives list

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   Luanti (formerly Minetest)

    274 likes

   Luanti is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner, Minecraft, and the like.

   69 Luanti (formerly Minetest) alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Sandbox Game
   • Crafting Game

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • Android Tablet
   • BSD
   • Self-Hosted
   • Linux Mobile
   • Flathub
   • F-Droid
   • OpenAPK

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Top Positive Comment by gabethepiggy · Jul 30, 2017

   Hardware friendly/Works well on low-end machines

   Positive comment by danielol1 · Aug 4, 2026

   It’s wonderful how the platform allows us to modify the games. There are plenty of mods we can easily install without needing to look for external tools. Everything we need is available within the platform itself.

   My recommendation for anyone who’s going to try Luanti is to play on the Your Land server, which has one of the best collections of mods.

   In comparison to Minecraft, I can say that the performance is indeed faster—since even low-end computers can run the game without issues, as long as you use the right settings.

   Mesecons and Pipeworks mods extend a lot the creative possibilities. We can make a variety of algorithms with them.

   Positive comment by mega-rut · May 22, 2024

   Everyone likes Minetest but it is not compatible with Minecraft. I recently googled Minecraft web client and found mcraft fun which is also open source, worked insanely well in my case, and I wish there were more projects like this. Like compatible with Minecraft in any way: make some migrations tools or anything, please! But still a very interesting project with a large community though!

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   • Luanti (formerly Minetest) is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
   • Luanti (formerly Minetest) is LightweightMinecraft is not according to our users
2. 

   

   Veloren

    59 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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Sandbox Game
   • Crafting Game

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • Global

   

   

   

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   VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2)

    28 likes

   Survive, farm, build, explore, play with friends, and do much more. Inspired by Minecraft, pushing beyond.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Sandbox Game
   • Crafting Game

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Minetest

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

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   VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) vs Minecraft Comments

   Positive comment by tuxayo · Aug 12, 2019

   Experience very similar. Many Minecraft features are there.

   Negative comment by maurosoft391 · Mar 12, 2022

   is buggy and the world is too small

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   • VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
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   Vintage Story

    14 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.

   23 Vintage Story alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Sandbox Game
   • Survival Game

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Comment by Sleeves Anon · Jun 14, 2023

   Absolutely a better game than minecraft in my opinion, but the reality is most audiences who still like minecraft will not like this. It's much more realistic, detailed, and hence more effort is required to play. Also, by default it has much harder survival mechanics, like food preservation and temperature.

   Positive comment by Guest · Dec 25, 2019

   Minecraft may have a lot of features, but Vintage Story has a more realistic feel to it. From the videos I have watched, I can tell I will be picking up this masterpiece of a game.

   Positive comment by grawolfquinn · Mar 30, 2020

   An amazing, fun game with great modding support and a ton of good gameplay features.

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   • Vintage Story is Paid and ProprietaryMinecraft is also Paid and Proprietary
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   Terasology

    34 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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Sandbox Game
   • Crafting Game

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

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   Terasology vs Minecraft Comments

   Positive comment by Mino Developer · Apr 12, 2023

   It has awesome graphics, but not a very easy interface. Question: How do I play in creative mode?

   Positive comment by Guest · Nov 16, 2020

   It has the BEST graphics EVER

   Positive comment by Guest · Feb 20, 2016

   I want to play terasology and i think it is the best alternative

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   • Terasology is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
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   Minetest Game

    10 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

   Application typeApplication types

   • Sandbox Game
   • Crafting Game

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • BSD
   • Minetest

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by maurosoft391 · Feb 25, 2023

   Take too much time to load a world. The loading time is too slow

   Comment by RemovedUser · Feb 17, 2024

   Minetest Game is not really a game but more of a modding base for Minetest.

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   • Minetest Game is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
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   LEGO Worlds

    33 likes

   Galaxy of procedural worlds made entirely from LEGO bricks.

   43 LEGO Worlds alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Sandbox Game
   • Crafting Game

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Steam
   • Playstation
   • Xbox

   • United Kingdom

   

   

   

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   LEGO Worlds vs Minecraft Comments

   Positive comment by Guest · Jan 21, 2017

   A great alternative which uses lego bricks instead of traditional blocks.

   Positive comment by TiQuel Johnson · Mar 31, 2019

   it is like crazycraft but lego

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   • LEGO Worlds is Paid and ProprietaryMinecraft is also Paid and Proprietary
10. 

    

    Polytoria

     10 likes

    Polytoria is a free-to-play platform and website similar to Roblox. You can create levels, play levels, talk in a forum, customize your avatar and do many more activities.

    15 Polytoria alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Sandbox Game

    Origin

    • Netherlands
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Online

    • Netherlands
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Mini World Block Art

     3 likes

    Mini World is a 3D free-to-play sandbox game about adventure, exploration, and creating your dream worlds. There is no grinding or leveling up. No IAP gate that locks features from free to play players. Everyone can enjoy the game’s full features with great freedom

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Sandbox Game

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android

    

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    Blockland

     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

    Application typeApplication types

    • Sandbox Game
    • Crafting Game

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Positive comment by Guest · Oct 19, 2021

    a fun game to play with friends and alot of mods. sadly the multiplayer isn't as alive as it was

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    NodeCore

     6 likes

    Original voxel game about emergent mechanics and exploration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Sandbox Game
    • Crafting Game

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Minetest

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Brickadia

     3 likes

    A multiplayer brick building game that gives you the tools to create and play, your way. Build and invent with your friends, or blow them to smithereens!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Sandbox Game

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam

    

    

    

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