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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
Resources and survival

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In short: Games like Minecraft: Java Edition

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Minecraft: Java Edition special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Terraria

84 %Match

2011USK 6PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified97 % positive9.75 €

A 2D sandbox adventure where you dig, build and craft while ever-tougher bosses unlock new gear tiers and biomes. Its huge item pool and hidden secrets make it a near-endless experience, especially with friends.

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As an astronaut you explore colorful planets, reshape terrain like clay with your terrain tool, and build bases with automated production chains. A relaxed mix of discovery, gathering and tinkering, solo or in co-op.

Creativerse

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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.

Hytale

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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.

Raft

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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.

TerraTech

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You assemble custom vehicles from blocks to mine resources, build bases and fight your way across a procedurally generated planet. The appeal lies in creative tinkering and testing your own contraptions.

Dinkum

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A cozy life and farming sim set in the Australian outback: build your home, explore forests, deserts and billabongs, look after animals, and enjoy it all with friends in co-op.

Scrap Mechanic

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A colorful physics sandbox where you engineer your own vehicles and contraptions from parts. Its survival mode has you and friends scavenging and farming on a planet overrun by hostile Farmbots.

Don't Starve

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A merciless survival game with a gothic, Tim Burton-esque hand-drawn style, where you scavenge, craft and fend off hunger, insanity and monsters in a procedurally generated wilderness. Death is permanent, but every run teaches you something new.

My Little Universe

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A relaxed worldbuilding game where you mine, craft and build up tiny planets with just a pickaxe, while fending off simple monsters. The loop of gathering, building and expanding is cozy and easy to pick up.