Starbound Alternatives

Starbound is described as 'indie game being produced by the UK-based independent game studio Chucklefish Ltd. Starbound takes place in a two-dimensional, procedurally generated universe which the player will explore in order to obtain new weapons, armor, and miscellaneous items' and is a Crafting Game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to Starbound for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Steam, iPhone and iPad. The best alternative is Terraria. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try The Blockheads or Minecraft Earth. Other Starbound like games are No Man's Sky, Starfield, Lamecraft and Epic Inventor.

Starbound alternatives are mainly Exploration Games but may also be Crafting Games or Sandbox Games. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Starbound.

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Terraria
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69 alternatives to Terraria
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. The world is your canvas and the ground itself is your paint.
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Terraria Features
1. ModdableTerraria can be modified through the installation of external mods.
2. MultiplayerTerraria offers a game mode for more than one player.
3. Single playerTerraria has one or more single player game modes.
Crafting
Unique Classes
Building game
Procedurally generated
Exploration
Side Scrolling
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Almost everyone thinks Terraria is a great alternative to Starbound.
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Its just having to much stuff :)
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Because it is 2d sandbox game
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No Man's Sky
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Open World Game
Sandbox Game
Survival Game
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16 alternatives to No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie studio Hello Games.
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No Man's Sky Features
1. MultiplayerNo Man's Sky offers a game mode for more than one player.
2. Endless gameplayNo Man's Sky offers at least one game mode that allows you to play indefinitely.
Procedurally generated
No Man's Sky vs Starbound opinions
Some users think No Man's Sky is a great alternative to Starbound, some don't.
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Nomansky is simillar to starbound but instead is 3D with 18 quintilion planets, and starbound and nomansky has a story too! + nomansky has spacestations as starbound and a lots of features!
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Departing from the Terraria 2D / sidescrolling, NMS is 1st-Person, 3D, beautifully-coloured, richly-populated, 60s-style SciFi in all its glory, in a game MAINLY about Exploration.. but with a Storyline to follow, the ability to engage in combat, and a crafting tree which also includes BASE BUILDING and VEHICULAR DRIVING. Significant Updates since its first announcement have made it GREAT again!
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The Blockheads
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Exploration Game
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47 alternatives to The Blockheads
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?

What wil.
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Minecraft Earth (Series)
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93 alternatives to Minecraft Earth
Experience Minecraft in AR!.
Represent entire series of Minecraft Earth games.
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Minecraft Earth Features
1. PortableMinecraft Earth can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. MultiplayerMinecraft Earth offers a game mode for more than one player.
3. Single playerMinecraft Earth has one or more single player game modes.
4. Augmented RealityMinecraft Earth makes use of augmented reality to interact with one or more of its services.
Discontinued
discontinued online-only game
Starfield
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Open World Game
Role-playing Game
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16 alternatives to Starfield
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.
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Procedurally generated
Lamecraft
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Free • Open Source
Playstation
77 alternatives to Lamecraft
Minecraft clone for Playstation Portable (PSP).
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Homebrew
Minecraft
Epic Inventor
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Free • Open Source
Crafting Game
Exploration Game
Action Game
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33 alternatives to Epic Inventor
I have said a few times that Epic Inventor was inspired by Terraria. There are obvious similarities you can see right away in the various screenshots I’ve posted. Certainly our desire to create a game was inspired by it as well. We love that game. We played it a lot.
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1. PortableEpic Inventor can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Building game
Side Scrolling
Discontinued
In October 2013, development stopped the sourcecode is available on Github. In May 2016 developer is thinking about revisit the project
Noita
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Simulation Games
Action RPG Game
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3 alternatives to Noita
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've crafted yourself.
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Sandbox
Pixel Art
Dungeon Crawlers
Crafting
Plant the World
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5 alternatives to Plant the World
Plant The world is a new multiplayer location based game for IOS and Android. All players share the same virtual world map. Team up and conquer your city!.
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1. MultiplayerPlant the World offers a game mode for more than one player.
TerraGenesis
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17 alternatives to TerraGenesis
Engage in space exploration and terraform new worlds in this fun and exciting planet building simulator rooted in real science. TerraGenesis dynamically animates entire planets with changing biospheres, all based on real data from NASA.
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TerraGenesis Features
1. Works OfflineTerraGenesis can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. Single playerTerraGenesis has one or more single player game modes.
Interactive Visualization
Terraforming
Free to play
Building game