Terraria AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Sandbox Games

The best Sandbox Game alternative to Terraria is Veloren, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Terraria and many of them are Sandbox Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Sandbox Game alternatives to Terraria are Creativerse: The Definitive Edition, Ylands, Planet Centauri and The Blockheads.

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  1. Veloren icon
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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.

    25 Veloren alternatives

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  2. Creativerse: The Definitive Edition is a sandbox adventure game set in a beautiful yet treacherous world shrouded in mystery. Adventure solo or bring your friends, unearth secrets, and tame the land together!

    65 Creativerse: The Definitive Edition alternatives

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    • Windows
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  3. 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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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  4. 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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  5. 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
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  6. 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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  7. Voxelands icon
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    The Fun-Focused Free Software Voxel World Game. Voxelands is a sandbox construction game based on Minetest.

    71 Voxelands alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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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
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  9. 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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  10. Portal Knights combines the exploration and building elements of Minecraft with the RPG aspects from games such as Zelda. It provides a sandbox, in which players can explore, fight monsters, craft items, and construct buildings, armour and weapons.

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    • Nintendo Switch
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  11. Cube World icon
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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.

    31 Cube World alternatives

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    • Paid
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