Best Free Games Like Minecraft (Series) Top Sandbox & Crafting Games like Minecraft (Series)

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   Luanti (formerly Minetest)

    273 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
   • Linux Mobile
   • Flathub
   • F-Droid
   • Self-Hosted

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Luanti (formerly Minetest) vs Minecraft Comments

   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
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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.

   64 Terasology alternatives

   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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   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
4. 

   

   Veloren

    58 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.

   25 Veloren alternatives

   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.

   57 VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) alternatives

   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
6. 

   

   The Blockheads

    18 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Sandbox Game
   • Crafting Game

   Origin

   • New Zealand

   Platforms

   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad

   • New Zealand

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Nov 9, 2018

   Has the same voxel feel but with different features and a 2D side view, and it even has servers, sadly has no mods

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   • The Blockheads is Free and ProprietaryMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
8. 

   

   Voxelands

    21 likes

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Sandbox Game
   • Crafting Game

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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9. 

   

   eaglercraft

    5 likes

   Minecraft is a game about breaking and placing blocks. At first, people built structures to protect against nocturnal monsters, but as the game grew players worked together to create wonderful, imaginative things.

   45 eaglercraft alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Online

   

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    MCRAFT.FUN

     7 likes

    Free, online, compatible and open source Minecraft web client with ability to connect to Java servers and load or create single player worlds to play offline.

    49 MCRAFT.FUN alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Minecraft Launcher

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Minecraft

    

    

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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.

    27 Minetest Game alternatives

    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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    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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    ClassiCube

     11 likes

    An alternative to the Java web game "Minecraft Classic" that was listed on the official Minecraft site but taken down in 2016-2017.

    14 ClassiCube alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Sandbox Game

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • FreeBSD
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Playstation
    • MS-DOS
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    • NetBSD
    • Nintendo Wii / Wii U
    • Haiku

    

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    ClassiCube vs Minecraft Comments

    Negative comment by Guest · Aug 17, 2024

    its not minecraft bruh belive me

    Positive comment by Guest · May 5, 2020

    It has fun servers, and I found it when I was searching for a similar game for Chromebook.

    Positive comment by Guest · Nov 6, 2018

    Free "Creative Mode" (though outdated).

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    • ClassiCube is Free and Open SourceMinecraft is Paid and Proprietary
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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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