Open Source Games Like Terraria Great Crafting & Sandbox Games like Terraria

The best open source alternative to Terraria is Veloren. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Terraria and seven of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Terraria are OpenClonk, Voxelands, Epic Inventor and Lamecraft.

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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 alternatives page was last updated Dec 30, 2021
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  1. Veloren icon
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    Veloren

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    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.

    20 Veloren alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Top Veloren Features

    1.  Open World Game
    2.  DRM Free
    3.  Voxel-based geometry
    4.  Linux-games-native
    5.  Multiplayer
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Endless gameplay
    8.  Single player
    9.  Moddable
    10.  Player vs Player
    11.  Online co-op
    12.  Support for scripting
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    • Veloren is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Terraria.

    • Veloren is Free and Open SourceTerraria is Paid and Proprietary
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    OpenClonk

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    OpenClonk is a free multiplayer action game where you control clonks, small but witty and nimble humanoid beings. The game is mainly about mining, settling and fast-paced melees. OpenClonk is not just a game but also a versatile 2D game engine that allows the creation of...

    6 OpenClonk alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    OpenClonk Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Building game
    4.  Side Scrolling
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  4. Voxelands icon
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    Voxelands

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

    67 Voxelands alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Farming
    Circuits
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    Sharks

    Voxelands Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Infinite World
    4.  Free to play
    5.  Windows XP Compatibility
    Discontinued

    Official website no longer exists and last commit is from a March 2018. See https://gitlab.com/voxelands/voxelands/commits/next

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  5. Epic Inventor icon
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    Epic Inventor

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    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.

    34 Epic Inventor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Epic Inventor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Building game
    3.  Side Scrolling
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    Discontinued

    In October 2013, development stopped the sourcecode is available on Github. In May 2016 developer is thinking about revisit the project

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    Lamecraft

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    Minecraft clone for Playstation Portable (PSP).

    79 Lamecraft alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Playstation

    Lamecraft Features

    1.  Homebrew
    2.  Minecraft
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    Discontinued

    Github repository has been archived by the owner on Mar 10, 2022.

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    Freeminer

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    Freeminer is an open source sandbox game inspired by Minecraft.

    38 Freeminer alternatives
    A new day dawns

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD

    Freeminer Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Portable
    3.  Building game
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    A large canyon generated by Freeminer
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    Rain in Freeminer
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    Gnomescroll

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    Gnomescroll is a multiplayer survival RPG in surreal environments. Kill demons, raise puppies and collect rocks.

    29 Gnomescroll alternatives
    Gnomescroll Mining lasers

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Gnomescroll Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Mmo
    3.  Building game
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    Discontinued

    The project is dead. The source code was released on Github so you can run your own server building it.

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    • Gnomescroll is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Terraria.

    • Gnomescroll is Free and Open SourceTerraria is Paid and Proprietary
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