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Games like Minecraft: Java Edition

2011USK 6PC

The definitive sandbox: mine, craft, survive the nights and build anything you can imagine in an endless procedurally generated block world, solo or with friends on servers. The Java Edition adds a massive modding community on top.

Sandbox with your own goals
Building and crafting
Open world
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Hytale

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2026PEGI 7PC

A voxel sandbox adventure that blends block building and exploring a procedurally generated fantasy world with RPG-style combat, dungeons and creatures. Powerful modding and server tools turn it into a platform for custom minigames and worlds.

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Creativerse

Combat like Minecraft: Java Edition
Mood like Minecraft: Java Edition

A colorful sandbox survival game about gathering, crafting and building elaborate structures. You explore a procedurally generated voxel world full of caves, biomes and creatures, solo or with friends.

Raft

Combat like Minecraft: Java Edition
Mood like Minecraft: Java Edition

You begin on a tiny raft in the middle of the ocean, collecting debris, expanding your floating home and exploring islands while sharks circle. Solo or in co-op, survival turns into a laid-back crafting and discovery voyage with a mysterious story.

Everwind

Combat like Minecraft: Java Edition
Mood like Minecraft: Java Edition

Everwind is a first-person co-op survival sandbox RPG where you and your friends build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft and fight while exploring the mysteries above the clouds.

Core Keeper

Combat like Minecraft: Java Edition
Mood like Minecraft: Java Edition

A mining sandbox adventure in a vast underground world where you dig, build, craft, farm and fight bosses, solo or with up to eight players. The mystery of the ancient Core drives your exploration.

Wurm Unlimited

Combat like Minecraft: Java Edition
Mood like Minecraft: Java Edition

An extremely deep fantasy sandbox where you build houses, villages and whole kingdoms, craft, and slowly train skills. Private servers and mods let you shape the world, solo or with friends.

Wildmender

Combat like Minecraft: Java Edition
Mood like Minecraft: Java Edition

In a parched desert world you bring land and plants back to life, grow gardens and survive thirst and dangers, solo or with up to three friends. Restoring and exploring take priority over combat.

Aloft

Combat like Minecraft: Java Edition
Mood like Minecraft: Java Edition

In Aloft you turn floating islands into flying skyships and explore a cloud-filled world solo or in co-op. This survival sandbox focuses on laid-back building, discovery and curing a fungus-ravaged ecosystem.

Force of Nature

Combat like Minecraft: Java Edition
Mood like Minecraft: Java Edition

An indie open-world sandbox survival game that mixes combat, crafting, building and farming. Players gather resources and build up their own livelihood.

Craft the World

Combat like Minecraft: Java Edition
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A 2D sandbox blend of Terraria and Dungeon Keeper: you direct a band of dwarves, build fortresses, gather resources and craft gear while exploring a randomly generated world and fending off monsters.