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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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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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Rec Room

74 %Match

2016USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable90 % positive

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.

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Terraria

Open world

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.

Planet Crafter

Open world

You terraform a hostile planet by gathering resources, building bases and machines, and watching a barren wasteland slowly gain atmosphere, water and life. The blend of calm survival and visible, large-scale progress is what makes it special.

Raft

Resources and survival

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.

Panoramical

Cosy, great for unwinding

Panoramical is less a game than an interactive audiovisual toy: you reshape abstract landscapes on the fly and shape ambient music as you go. There are no goals or pressure, just calm experimentation.

My Singing Monsters

Cosy, great for unwinding

You breed and feed charming monsters on your islands, and each creature adds its voice to a growing song you shape yourself. A relaxed collecting and island-building game with no pressure.

Nightingale

Resources and survival

A survival-crafting game set in a gaslamp Victorian fantasy world, where you travel through portals into shifting, procedurally assembled realms. Building, gathering and exploring can be enjoyed solo or in co-op.

Valheim

Open world

A Viking survival game set in a procedurally generated Norse afterlife where you explore biomes, build longhouses and ships, and take down massive bosses. It shines in co-op, balancing relaxed base building with tense, dangerous expeditions.

Rising World

Open world

A sandbox survival game with a procedurally generated, fully destructible world where you gather resources and build freely, from small huts to huge cities. Playable solo or with friends online.

Creativerse

Open world

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.

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