Terraria AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Exploration Games

The best Exploration Game alternative to Terraria is Ylands, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Terraria and many of them are Exploration Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Exploration Game alternatives to Terraria are Wurm Online, Junk Jack, OpenClonk and Planet Centauri.

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  1. Ylands icon
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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.

    21 Ylands alternatives

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  2. Wurm Online icon
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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.

    38 Wurm Online alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Linux
    • Steam
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  3. Junk Jack icon
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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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    • Mac
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  4. OpenClonk icon
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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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  5. Embark on your greatest adventure to Planet Centauri! Discover new biomes, explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame monsters, build and protect a NPC community, craft your own weapons and create your own magic spells!

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    • Steam
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  6. The Blockheads icon
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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?

    What wil.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  7. Haven & Hearth is a MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) set in a fictional world loosely inspired by Slavic and Germanic myth and legend. The game sets itself apart from other games in the genre in its aim to provide players with an interactive, affectable...

    7 Haven & Hearth alternatives

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  8. Crash land on an hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it.

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    • Windows
    • Steam
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  9. KAG is a game about mining, building castles and destroying your enemies. It is a side-scrolling 2D action multiplayer war game with focus on building, constructing siege machines and intense PvP combat.

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    • Mac
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  10. Clonk icon
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    Clonk is an entertaining, action-packed game of strategy, tactics, and skill. It can be played by a single player, with up to four players on one computer, or any number of players in local networks or via internet.

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    • Freemium
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    • Mac
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  11. Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content.

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    • Windows
    • Steam
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  12. Crea icon
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    Embark on an adventure with what little you have and discover what the world of Crea has to offer. Through each action, improve your talents and master many skills. Through each victory, grow in strength and shape yourself.

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