Minecraft has become a symbol of the 2010s generation of gamers. And now in 2020 it remains the world’s best-selling video game after Tetris. Of course, many game developers have adopted Minecraft’s most memorable features like crafting and building. Some of these games turned out to be really interesting and unique. And if you’re looking for Minecraft-like games that are worth playing, then this list is for you.
Don’t Starve
Don’t Starve is an action-adventure game with roguelike and survival elements that is famous for its unusual art, reminiscent of Tim Burton cartoons. Your first character will be the scientist Wilson, who found himself in this bizarre wild world during a failed scientific experiment: during it he was imprisoned here by an evil demon. Now you have to unravel the secrets of this world filled with sinister creatures and sudden dangers in order to survive in it and return home. It will not be easy, because the game does not give you any help or hints, so you will have to create everything from scratch and learn the harsh rules of survival from your own experience.
Roblox
Roblox is a platform with millions of minigames in a wide variety of genres (simulations, shooters, racing, etc.), where each player can create their own minigames and invite friends to them. In this game it is very easy to find friends from all over the planet to explore fascinating virtual worlds together. Since the main audience of the game is children from 6 years old and adolescents, obscene language and cruelty are prohibited in the chat. The virtual worlds themselves resemble the role-playing games of children in reality: they do not have strict rules like “get 100 points”, the rules are regulated by the players themselves. As in Minecraft, in Roblox everything, including the player models, is made up of cubic blocks. And it’s noteworthy that Roblox came out 3 years earlier than Minecraft.
ARK: Survival Evolved
A multiplayer survival game with beautifully realistic graphics in which you have to survive on an island inhabited by dinosaurs, other dangerous predators and not always friendly people. In the world of ARK: Survival Evolved, you’ll find an amazing combination of primitiveness and technological advancement. To survive, you need to join a tribe of players (or found your own tribe), build your base, make a fire for heating and get food. You can cooperate with other tribes or declare war on them. When you have more resources, you can tame predators and use them as war machines. There are over 130 different creatures in the game. There are also many types of powerful weapons that can be modified.
Cube World
A cute voxel multiplayer sandbox that combines cubic graphics and basic Minecraft gameplay with RPG elements borrowed from The Legend of Zelda and World of Warcraft. There are many different types of terrain in the world of Cube World: mountains, forests, dungeons, plains, islands, cities and villages. Everywhere you can find friendly animals and unfriendly mobs that you can fight. This world is very interesting to explore in order to find valuable artifacts, new armor and character development. You can trade with the inhabitants of cities and villages, they can also give your character useful information.
Terraria
Terraria is a 2D action-adventure sandbox with elements of construction, crafting and survival. The game starts with character creation: you can choose your own unique look from a variety of clothes and hairstyles that can be painted in any color. Once you appear in the Terraria world, you have the option to go wherever you want. If you want, you can even immediately go in search of bosses, but first it’s better to get used to: get the necessary resources, build a house and improve weapons. It is better to be at home at night, since at this time of day dangerous mobs roam the streets (and on a full moon they can even rush into your house). Unlike Minecraft, here the main emphasis is not on construction, but on battles with enemies (there are about 500 varieties in the game) and bosses.
Starbound
Starbound is very similar to Terraria, only with space decorations and slightly different functions. In the story, your character survived an accident on a spaceship and found himself on an unfamiliar inhabited planet. Now he has to fight with hostile aliens, collect resources and craft new weapons. But unlike Terraria, there is no need to equip a permanent base here. Your hero will travel in a spaceship exploring endless procedurally generated planets. Here, procedurally generated not only the landscape, but also all the trees, the appearance of enemies and their abilities, as well as all the weapons that you find during expeditions (there can be about a million unique weapons in the game in total).
Realmcraft
Realmcraft is a game almost identical to our beloved Minecraft, but with its own unique features. Many players like more realistic player models, which have a wide variety of options. At the same time, the game world itself remains cubic, which allows you to create any buildings and structures. However, those players who are not very fond of cubic graphics can use special half-blocks to round buildings. Just like in Minecraft, here you can try to survive in survival mode or build the houses of your dreams in creative mode, in addition there is a Worlds mode (beta multiplayer) and funny multiplayer mini-games (egg wars, bad wars, snowball fights). The big plus is that the game is free to play and there are no intrusive microtransactions.
Fortnite: Save The World
Fortnite: Save The World is a post-apocalyptic survival game in which building and crafting play an important role. According to the plot, a mysterious cataclysm occurs on Earth – a storm of terrible power, which destroyed 98% of the population, turning them into zombies. Your hero and 3 more allies with different abilities (you can take three friends into the game) now have to protect the few survivors, building powerful fortifications from the storm, and fight off waves of zombies attacking you, designing cunning traps and discovering powerful new weapons. There are many story missions in the game, in most of them you need to build a fortification at a certain point, and then survive during the attacks of zombies.
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley is a cute pixelated sandbox that may seem like a simple farming simulation at first glance, but is actually a well-designed world with story-driven quests and tons of possibilities. The main character, whose name, gender and appearance you choose yourself, inherits his grandfather’s farm. Firstly you will have a very modest house and an abundance of weeds around, but it’s in your power to make your farm the most prosperous in the town. Much attention is paid to interaction with other characters. With daily communication, you will learn the unique character traits of the characters, help them in their difficulties, etc. There is also a storyline where you need to help the development of the town and prevent a large corporation from taking over it.
King Arthur’s Gold
King Arthur’s Gold is a fun 2D platformer PvP game where you fight to the death as part of one team and the other team. You can choose from three classes: builder, warrior or archer. The builder builds a fort to protect his team members, the warrior fights directly with the enemies, and the archer, accordingly, overcomes enemies from afar. The mechanics of the game allow you to come up with many tricks: for example, you can set the enemy on fire or collapse the nearest wall on him. Here you can feel like a real knight or a Viking during a harsh battle and experience a real adrenaline rush with other players in real time.
