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.
#1 Starbound
Starbound is an amazingly addictive Action-Adventure, RPG and Indie video game developed by Chucklefish Games. Starbounds fixes you up into the character of the protagonist who flies from his planet and crashes on another. The game takes you to an amazing 2D procedurally generated game world and allows you to explore, craft different items such as weapons, armors, and other objects, fight against the enemies and enjoy being part of a wonderful world. Starbound lets you craft different weapons and tools for survival and allows you to fight against the enemies using different types of skills and tactics. As the universe around you is kind of infinite, you’ll experience an amazing and quite addictive endless game-play along with great visual details and story of the game. With a number of challenging game levels, puzzles, quests, and missions, sandbox type layout, super cool 3D visuals and an immersive game-play, Starbound is a wonderful game to play.
#2 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.
#3 King Arthur’s Gold
King Arthur’s Gold is an amazing voxel-based sandbox video game that lets you be a “King” in a world made up with 3D blocks. The game is set in medieval era and allows you to build a castle for yourself, make it a stronghold against the invading armies, train massive amounts of troops and engage in bloody wars against your enemies. King Arthur’s Gold allows you to destroy and rebuild the defensive structures and towers to fend off your enemy at initial stages. As being a Massively Multiplayer Online RTS game, King Arthur’s Gold lets the players unite against you in the form of mega alliance and attack your castle, so you must search for resources and use them to buy upgrades for your castle and its surroundings. You can build multiple castles to distract the enemy by engaging them on multiple places, once they are engaged in battles all scattered up, you can unleash your might upon them and eliminate them easily. You can build catapults, arrow throwers, boats etc. too and use them against your enemies from seas and from the ground. King Arthur’s Gold is a great sandbox game to play and enjoy. You’ll definitely get quite entertained playing.
#4 Rising World
Rising World is a Voxel based Sandbox, Action-Adventure, Indie and RPG video game that takes you to an amazing world of procedurally generated and fully destructible environments. Co-op mode of the game allows you to play this cool game with your friends and have an amazingly addictive game-play experience. Your duty in the game is to explore, gather resources, craft basic tools to dig and store the resources fight off the enemies, survive and build massive cities or huge castles etc. You can get help from your friends and build the whole game world together if you want. With random game worlds, modifiable gaming environments, over 200 different materials to build, great environmental physics and so cool upgrades this game is quite fun to play and enjoy.
#5 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.
#6 A Valley Without Wind 2
A Valley Without Wind 2 is a marvelous piece of art, as compared to a lot of other titles of this specific genre. The game offers beautiful Action-Adventure, Strategy, RPG, Exploration, Crafting, Building and Platform aesthetics just like Starbound and lets you enjoy being part of a world where you can do almost everything you want. A Valley Without Wind 2 lets you be a Mage who in search of some important info, infiltrates the inner most circle of Demonaica. Your task is to be the Mage, acquire the info, unlock the thrilling power of Immortality and finally defeat the Demonaica to save the world around you and the populace. With 2 brilliant main modes, varying difficulty levels, turn-based strategic game-play, wonderful quests, missions, brutal enemies and lot of other great things, A Valley Without Wind 2 is a super cool game to play and enjoy.
#7 Growtopia
Growtopia is an Addictive, Massively Multiplayer Online, Adventure, and Side-scroll Simulation created by Robinson Technologies Corporation. The game takes place in the fantasy world of Growtopia populated with thousands of other players around the world. In the game, the player can create his imaginary world using different items and accessories. He can compose his own music and sell to another player to earn money. There are different professional such as Doctor, Teacher, Businessman and more. To jump into the game world, the player has to select his role and create his character as he wants. The player can customize his character with different outfits and can craft amazing items using seeds. To unlock further content, he has to gather lots of gems and cool packs. The game consists of different events and achievements. The game revolves around three elements such as Punch, Grow, and Build. Growtopia offers core features such as Collaborate with Real Players, Mini-games, Protect Items, Plant Seeds, Splice Seeds, Explore the Universe, Communicate with each other, and more. Growtopia is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#8 Pixel Piracy
Pixel Piracy is an Action-Adventure video game with Real-time Strategy, Sandbox, and Rough-like elements created by Quadro Delta and published by Re-logic. The game casts the player in the role pf the pirate captain and doesn’t have any specific jobs for the player, and the player is free to adventure in his own style. The player reaches an Island where he can build his ship using a variety of blocks and hire his crew, after customizing the setting. The player must struggle to collect supplies to feed his crew and deal with weapons and equipment requirements. The game features permadeath, so when the player dies by starvation, or by a wild animal, or event another pirate the player’s captain doesn’t restore. It offers a massive map where the game takes place, and the player must select his destination on the map. Each location filled with danger, and population. In actual, the computer controls the sailing, but the ship will stop for a fight when some another pirate attack. With superb gameplay, addictive graphics, and wonderful visuals, Pixel Piracy is the best game to play and enjoy.
#9 Algodoo
Algodoo is another best alternative to “Roblox” and presents with a Physics based 2D simulation environment. It allows you to create and develop different kinds of structures and things with the help of different physical objects. Algodoo is basically marketed as an educational tool because it provides with an amazing learning environment and encourages you to experiment and challenge yourself with super brainy puzzles and stuff. Algodoo inherits most of the characteristics from another popular sandbox masterpiece “Phun” and takes it to a new level of improved graphics, objectives and sandbox gaming experience. Do try it out if you are in search of some good replacements to “Roblox”.
#10 StarMade
StarMade is another marvel and a super cool addition to the Sandbox genre. This brilliant Action-Adventure, RPG, Indie video game takes you to an amazing space themed game world and allows you to explore the whole universe, create or craft ships, weapons, shields to defy the enemy attacks, go planet to planet, collect resources, engage in epic battles with enemy and survive and save your crew members. Ship customization, encounters with space pirates and ability to build the whole space stations etc. are the coolest parts of this wonderful game. With amazing quests, a huge world to explore, lot of collectibles, Economy driven game-play, great visuals and a lot of other exciting things, StarMade is a great alternative to Starbound.
#11 Trove
Trove is a Sandbox MMORPG video game developed by Trion Worlds. With a Minecraft and Cube World inspired game-play and visuals, Trove is one of the best game of this specific genre. The game lets you select player character from a number of classes, select skills and go to the Arena called Hub to access the Portals and reach to other worlds to fight against the opponents, go to amazing quests, interact with NPCs and other online players, defeat the bosses and enjoy being part of a wonderful world. Trove allows you to select any character from any available character classes, use their special abilities to explore the world, to craft buildings, weapons and loads of other cool items and go against a number of different types of enemies to enjoy the game. Trove lets you explore a massive game world, filed with all kinds of wonders, different types of enemies etc. and it lets you have some of the most coolest Power Ups and upgrades to enhance your abilities and keep on playing the game until you get tired. Trove offers a brilliant Sandbox gameplay similar to the biggest names of the genre such as Minecraft, Cube World and others and offers a truly amazing MMORPG experience ever. Do give it a try, you’ll definitely love this game.
#12 World of Cubes
World of Cubes by SolverLabs is a brilliant Sandbox Online Multiplayer Action and Survival video game. The game takes the players to a world built entirely of the blocks and allows them to create their own beautiful worlds, interact with hundreds of thousands of other online players and enjoy an astoundingly immersive experience of Sandbox gaming. The multiplayer mode lets the players build loads of different items in collaboration with other online players and enjoy spending their time on quality gaming. An amazing feature of the game is that it allows the players to create and protect their crafted items with strong passwords and allow friends to view the items by giving them the access. World of Cubes offers infinite game maps and allows the players to explore the worlds and survive while finding various types of resources, and crafting items with them such as shelter, weapons, and tools. At night, the Zombies attack, so the game allows the players to secure their shelters with traps and obstacles, defend their home by shooting the Zombies and “Pumpkin Heads”, The gory enemies. To survive for a long time, World of Cubes tasks the players to find food. Edible resources such as Cows, Horses, Pigs, and Chickens are the most favorite ones to get food. With all the fantastic gameplay, amazing crafting and building abilities, survival and exploration elements, World of Cubes offers infinite possibilities and proves to be the most creative experience. Try it out and enjoy the ultimate Blocks fun.
#13 3079
3079 is an FPS, RPG and voxel based sandbox video game that is greatly inspired by Minecraft. The game is set in a Sci-Fi and open world game world and lands you in the middle of an ongoing war between the two block clans. The game lets you be part of the conflict by choosing the sides and start fighting against your enemies and zombies on the same time. You can craft your own weapons, food, armor and bunkers to save yourself from the bullets. You can also interact with NPCs (Non Player Characters) and get the locations or maps for different quests and adventures. The game awards you with experience points on every achievement and that experience points can be used to buy upgrades like weapons an skills etc. Because of being so much similar to Minecraft, CubeWorld, and a number of other great Sandbox games, 3079 provides with an amazing and a unique game-play and best 3D graphics you’ll ever experience. Do try it out, you’ll like it for sure.
#14 Manic Digger
Manic Digger is an Action, Exploration, Building, Crafting, First-person Perspective, and Single-player video game. The game takes place in voxel-based 3D Environment populated with different creatures. It lets you a chance to create your world using different blocks. Explore the game world, accomplish missions, and discover new blocks having special powers. It puts you into the fully destructible world where you can create and destroy everything. Use different types of material to build a house, building, and structure. It unlocks further content as you progress in the game. Use your wits and unleash your creativity. Manic Digger offers the similar gameplay to Minecraft. It has a variety of levels and the game become more challenging as you progress in it. Your character can move freely and can run and jump. Craft useful items and use them during gameplay. Immerse yourself in the First-person experience. Manic Digger is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#15 Planet Explorers
Planet Explorers is an Open World Action-Adventure, Indie, RPG video game that takes place on a distant planet. This voxel based Sandbox video game allows you to use the unique crafting system of the game and build and destroy whatever you want, explore the procedurally generated game world, collect items, and fight off the enemies with your specially designed and sophisticated weapons. You can use different vehicles to travel to places and create new objects wherever you want in an open world environment. Planet Explorers provides you with five main game modes Story Mode, Adventure Mode, Build Mode, Co-OP and Versus and allows you to play and enjoy this cool game to the limits. Other great features include! Over 70 different enemy types, 20 plus NPCs, Ability to dig, build, plat, etc. a lot of upgrades etc.
#16 Ace of Spades
Ace of Spades is a freemium MMO Sandbox FPS video game that takes you to an amazing combination of shooting, building, crafting and exploring wonder. The game mostly resembles Minecraft, Team Forest and Brick Force and derives a lot of characteristics from them. You can be part of an open world, build different structures with the help of blocks, craft tools and weapons for yourself and explore to gather resources. Ace of Spades allows you to engage yourself in different challenging game modes to show off your creative, development and combat skills. With the help of tools you can dig to create trenches or you want to erect defensive buildings. Ace of Spades mostly focuses on shooting elements, so it provides with different engaging game modes like Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Zombie Survival, Diamond Mine, Territory Control etc. You can put your defense, strategic and building skills on best show to achieve the game objectives and rewards. Ace of Spades is a great game to play and enjoy. Do try it out if you want to experience an amazing game-play.
#17 3079 – Block Action RPG
3079 is a futuristic Open-World Action-Adventure, RPG and Sandbox Style video game by PhrOOt’s Software. The game offers an action packed First person perspective and allows you to explore a ridiculously huge game world, craft different items like weapons, buildings, farms, etc. go on epic Quests and fight against the equally advanced enemies. 3079 features extremely challenging puzzles, Multiplayer gaming mode, First person Shooting elements, procedurally generated world and randomly generated quests, challenging AIs, superbly immersive game-play, great visuals and a lot more wonderful things to discover.
#18 Masterspace
Masterspace is a cool Action-Adventure, RPG and Sandbox video game like Starbound that takes heavy inspiration from Minecraft. The game takes you to an epic Space Adventure and allows you to explore and terraform different planets, collect resources, construct buildings and other objects. The unique crafting system allows you to create your own spaceship, fly it into the wilderness, land on new and unknown planets and turn the wastelands into fully flourished and state of the art habitats. The combat system allows you to use your special skills, fight off the aliens and other hostiles, build up your defenses and rule the world around you. With the ultimate power to construct or destruct anything, Masterspace offers an amazingly addictive game-play, wonderful visuals and a lot of other exciting things.
#19 Castle Story
Castle Story is an amazing voxel based sandbox and survival video game that takes you to an amazing strategically enhanced and quite adventurous game-play. Just like a lot of other sandbox games, Castle Story allows you to explore a massive 3D game world in which you can gather resources, destroy and build different structures etc. The main objective of the game is to build a massive impenetrable castle that will be your stronghold against the enemies lurking in the wilderness of the game world. You can also gather up characters like you and make strategies that will define the fate of everyone including yourself. The game also focuses on how you strategically defeat your enemies and save your people, your castle and your resources from looting. Your troops will scavenge for resources and upon their arrival you can build more cubed structures using that resources. The “Yellow” people in the game are the ones you should be worried about because if any “Yellow Dude” dies your life gets shorter, so build strong defenses to save them and your castle.
#20 Craft the World
Craft the World is a marvelous Sandbox Construction, Management, and MMO and RTS Simulation by Black maple games. The Simulation actually lets you be an in charge of a whole big Dwarf Society that with time changes into a fully developed community. Your task is to explore the world around you, collect resources, battles against the monsters, craft different items like “weapons, vehicles, buildings” etc. and discover new technologies to equalize your worth and strengthen your defenses, Defeat your enemies in order to capture their lands and to loot their resources etc. With a number of complex game levels filled with pure awesomeness and fun, amazing amounts of resources, and sandbox aesthetics, wonderful visuals, immersive gameplay and a lot of other cool things, Craft the World is one of the best game to play. Do try it out.
#21 Cubic Castles
Cubic castle is a freemium MMO and Sandbox video game that lets you build your own realm in a 3D game world with the help of cubes. You can be part of the game world by selecting and customizing your online avatar and once you are inside the game world, you can interact with other online players or visit their realms collect resources or help them build whatever they are building. In your own realm, you can create different buildings and mines to produce more resources and spend them to develop you defenses, barracks, train troops etc. Just like “Roblox”, Cubic Castles allows you to explore a massive open world and manipulate the cubes to create and develop whatever you want. Cubic Castles is one of the best alternatives to “Roblox” and will definitely entertain you enough.
#22 Roblox
Roblox, developed and published by Roblox Corporation is an MMO (Massively Multiplayer online) and a Sandbox video game available to play on PC, Mac OS X, iOS and Android platforms. The game lets you be part of a virtual world by selecting and customizing an online avatar for yourself, explore an open world, interact with a lot of online players, play games together, make friends online and focuses on your creative and building abilities by manipulating the blocks and create whatever you want. You can talk over the mic or chat with your friends via an online text based platform. Everything you see in the game is basically situated inside the differently stylized, sized and colored bricks and blocks, and offers you a unique experience of Voxel based sandbox gaming. You get to visit different places, some provided by the game itself and some user created (Maps created by Lua 5.1 Programming Language), you can walk, run, jump, ride on skateboards, bikes, cars etc. and buy houses to live in. Roblox allows you to buy a structure and decorate it according to your likes and dislikes. If you don’t like a building or you want to destroy something you can totally bring it down and rebuild just according to your style and demands. The game provides you with best 3D graphics, two types of virtual currency (Tickets and Robux) to buy things, a lot of upgrades that you can buy with Tickets or Robux and a lot of other exciting things to do and enjoy.