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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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Conan Exiles

85 %Match

2018USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable78 % positive39.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Minecraft: Java Edition: a sandbox with your own goals, building and crafting as well as scarce resources and survival.

A survival sandbox set in the brutal world of Conan the Barbarian: you build bases and whole cities, endure hunger, cold and enemies, and rise from a lowly exile to a mighty warrior. Playable solo, in co-op, or on persistent online servers with siege warfare.

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Renown

Building and crafting

A multiplayer medieval survival game where you start with nothing, gather resources, build a kingdom and fight your way to fame across a large, changing world.

The Infected

Building and crafting

An open-world survival crafting game in which a parent searches the forest for missing campers. You build a base and fend off wildlife and infected Vambies, a vampire-zombie hybrid.

Rec Room

Playing together in co-op

Rec Room was a social VR platform where you hung out with friends, played minigames across millions of player-made rooms, or built your own creations. It centered on community and creativity, and its servers were shut down in mid-2026.

Goliath

Lots to discover

In a strange world full of monsters, you gather resources and blueprints to build giant robots and punch creatures in melee. The focus is on crafting and exploration in a small indie package.

Night of the Dead

Building and crafting

You survive on a vast zombie-infested island, gathering resources, hunting, cooking and building bases and fortresses. Traps help you steer and fend off waves of zombies in this survival-crafting game.

The Isle

Sandbox with your own goals

You play as a dinosaur that must grow, hunt, drink and survive against other players in a vast wilderness. It is a punishing, realism-focused multiplayer survival game where any mistake can be fatal.

Tribes of Midgard

Playing together in co-op

A co-op action survival roguelite set in Norse myth: you gather resources by day, upgrade your village, and defend it at night against creatures until a colossal giant arrives.

Gloria Victis

Sandbox with your own goals

A grounded low-fantasy medieval MMORPG featuring non-target combat, open PvP with territory control, sandbox crafting and a player-driven economy, with no flashy magic.

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