Blockland
Blockland is an MMO, voxel-based sandbox video game set in a world made of Lego building blocks. Blockland is an open world game with no such goals and allows you to roam freely in the game world, gather resources, build structures as you like them to be and fight off your enemies. You can interact with other online players and build structures together or you can also destroy anybody’s buildings, but that will start a combat and you can either run from there or you can fight and kill your enemy. You can always create an army of NPCs (Non Player Characters) and control them, make different vehicles etc. to ride on and travel to any place you like in the game world. As the game has no objectives, you can sit all day doing nothing or you can get up and make the game-play engaging and thrillingly amazing with all the action-packed things the game offers. Blockland is one of the best alternatives to “Minecraft” and will definitely entertain you enough.
#1 Terraria
Terraria is an open world Action-Adventure, Survival RPG and Voxel-based Sandbox video game set in a 2D game world. The game lets you be part of the game world with three basic tools, a pickaxe, a sword and a wood cutting axe and allows you to explore, gather resources and fight off your enemies. The game world is filled with things that would like to slay you so you need to be a bit more careful while exploring. As the game mainly focuses on night time game-play, the enemies attack at night, so you must be a bit more attentive to the details and your surroundings. Combats are normally melee type so you will have a better chance of earning the XP points that will help you buy some upgrades. Because of being a 2D game, Terraria seems a bit different than other sandbox games, but it isn’t actually. You’ll experience almost the same game-play and a lot of other exciting things. Terraria is available to play on multiple platforms.
#2 Terraria 2
Terraria 2 is an Action-Adventure, Survival, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Re-Logic and published by 505 Games. The game combines the elements of Side-scroll, Sandbox, crafting, exploration, and combat. You assume the role of the protagonist, and your primary goal is to manipulate the 2D randomly generated the world. You can start the game with three primary tools such as a sword for combat, a pickaxe for mining and an axe for woodcutting. Explore the world, collect resources, craft useful items and fulfill challenging tasks to progress through the game. It becomes difficult, as you advanced. There are a variety of items available, and you can find them only in certain areas of the map, stored in rare and common containers. Craft new items, and use different items to take down enemies. Slimes, Demon eyes, Zombies, Region-specific Enemies, etc. are prominent foes in the game. Score the highest points and use them to unlock further content in the game. With brilliant mechanics, addictive gameplay and superb visuals, Terraria 2 is an excellent game to play and enjoy.
#3 Dragon Quest Builders
Dragon Quest Builders is a wonderful Action Role-playing, Sandbox and Single-player video game developed and published by Square Enix. The game takes place in the block-based world like Minecraft and offers an exciting gameplay set in Alefgard, the world of Dragon Quest. The story revolves around a protagonist, the survivor, who must rebuild the environment after it was demolished. During the gameplay, the player needs to collect elements similar to Terraria and use them to build different structures and items. It consists of a variety of levels and the player perform his best to complete each level and tasks. He manipulates the world from a third-person perspective, and use multiple blocks to create a structure in style. It offers open-ended world where the player moves freely in any direction to fulfill the requirements. After completing the task, the player will receive points that can be used to unlock further content. The playable character can run jump, interact with objects and environment and can complete tasks to level up. Dragon Quest Builders offers core features such as Unleash your Creativity, Rescue the World, Set out on Building Adventure and more.
#4 Minecraft
Minecraft, developed by Mojang and 4J Studios and published by Mojang, Microsoft Studios and Sony Computer Entertainment is an indie, Sandbox building and FPS (First Person Shooter) video game. This game is available to play on multiple platforms like PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS X, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone 8, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The game allows the player to construct buildings out of textured cubes in a 3D generated open world. Player can craft different objects, explore the world, gather resources and engage in combats with enemies. Minecraft also features Survival, Creative and Adventure gaming modes. According to the storyline, player roams in an open world with no specific goals to accomplish breaking and making different kinds of structures with the help of blocks. Walking through deserts, snowfields and jungles, the player switches from first person perspective to third person perspective upon his will and engages in gunfights with the enemy. Minecraft is a great Sandbox, Building, Crafting and Shooting video game to play and enjoy. You must try it out.