What are the best Minecraft - like games?

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Best Minecraft - like games	Price	Platforms	Genre
-- Terraria	$19.99	Windows, Mac, Xbox 360/One, Playstation 3/4, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android	2D platformer / Minecraft-like
-- Starbound	-	-	-
-- Survivalcraft	-	-	-
-- Roblox	-	-	-
-- WorldCraft : 3D Build & Craft	FREE	-	-

Terraria

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Playing with friends allows for endless scenarios

Up to 8 players can join any Terraria world. You can progress through the game normally, build a race course and compete in it, or split into factions and wage war against each other. The scenarios are endless, you just have to let loose your creativity. See More

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Progress can feel slow

Quite often you'll have to collect tons of materials to craft the necessary tools, equipment, and boss summoning items to advance. This can take a really long time, especially if you're unlucky with the items dropped by mobs. See More

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Genre:2D platformer / Minecraft-like

Co-Op:8 Player Online / 8 Player LAN

Controller Support:Android (MOGA / HID), Steam (Full)

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Allows for freedom of expression for all ages, all at your own pace

Terraria has all kinds of tools and materials you can use to build whatever you can imagine. From housing, to furniture, to weapons, to types of structure, the possibilities are almost endless. This is great for children who enjoy building and problem solving, and for adults who enjoy the same. It also makes for a great objective-less game, where you can do just about anything you want at your own pace. See More

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Low replay value for those who play it as an adventure game

Terraria is a sandbox platform-adventure game, so it partly hinges on beating various bosses. If you play it purely for the sake of defeating all the bosses, you might have little else to do afterwards. Restarting the game won't be as enjoyable either because you'll already know what to expect, causing continued play without a new goal feel mundane or boring. See More

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Lots of community servers, tutorials, and streams

Terraria has a large community of players on every platform including mobile, desktop, and console. Because of this, there are many servers to play on, as well as tutorials and Let's Plays. Finding content or help getting started is quite easy. See More

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Intriguing world

Terraria uses a bright color palette and an upbeat chiptune soundtrack to ease you into its world. However, once you start exploring and spend time in it you'll notice it's not as cozy as it first seemed to be. Blood Moons that rouse the dead from their graves. Goblin armies trying to destroy everything in their wake. Vast and dark cave systems, filled with odd creatures and various dangers. Ancient ruins, teeming with the restless dead and evil spirits. Pockets of decaying land, thriving with misshapen monstrosities. It's really fun to explore and discover something new about the world of Terraria. See More

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Fun combat

It starts out simple, with you whacking away at slow moving zombies and flying eyes, gradually shifting to more fierce and fearsome enemies such as flying demons, agile lizardmen, and many more. To survive you'll have to be always on the move, dodge enemy attacks, and be accurate when you retaliate. There are also plenty of weapons to choose from. Melee weapons such as swords, hammers, lances, and flails. Ranged weapons such as bows, crossbows, rifles, and miniguns. And various items that allow you to cast spells. Whatever you choose, it feels great to destroy hordes of enemies. See More

Starbound

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Boss levels

For what is a procedurally generated game, Starbound offers boss levels that once beaten unlock new sectors of space to explore. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

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Informative and well paced tutorials

Starbound allows the player to go at their own pace while completing the tutorials. By the end of the tutorials the player will have the skills and equipment to succeed in the game and have fun doing it. See More

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Incredibly deep gameplay

The exploration, crafting and combat are all both very polished and deep in terms of what you can do, especially compared to other games in the genre. This makes the sandbox very fun to play in as you're never really stuck doing the same thing over and over. See More

Survivalcraft

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Creative skills are made exciting with survival skills

You're not just aimlessly creating different worlds and playing with people, you're actually trying to survive while going on exhilarating journeys. You get to explore dark and scary-looking caves, just to see how far back it actually goes. Animals bite back, your character gets hungry and tired, and you do need to sleep in a secure shelter. Your creativity is pushed even further as the elements in the game challenge your survival, so there's always that level of unpredictability and excitement. See More

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Lots of nice effects and animals

Some thoughtfully made things are available on Survivalcraft like lightning, nice water and light effects. Even the wide variety of animals, like the bears, wild cats, and even fishes are beautiful. See More

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Different modes are available and can be chosen by the players

In game mode, you can choose: Challenging, Cruel, Creative, Harmless, and Adventure. Except for Cruel, which you can only choose during the creation of the world, game modes can be altered at any time. With Adventure, you should already have a created world in order to switch to this mode, only then can it create a quest for you. The game mode is focused mainly on survival. In creative mode there are no threats, and it's here where you can change many world options, like controlling the behavior of the environment, the flow of time, weather effects, how the terrain should be, and so on. See More

Roblox

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Enjoy creating and playing your own game or thousands of other games available

You can create your own original game and play it, and have others play your game too. As of 2017, Roblox has over 500,000 game creators designing games. That's a lot of games made by players like you, so you'll never run out of options on what to play. See More

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Gives more flexibility when it comes to building

Since creations are not limited to cubes, you are given more choices. Players can fully customize the size of the blocks, and make wedges and hills that are not cube-like. See More

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The game is free to play

You'll be able to create your own games and play without paying for anything. Though they do have virtual currency that they call Robux, which you have to buy with real cash. You only have to do so if you want to upgrade the look of your avatar or get optional in-game power-ups. Like with most games, if you have the patience you can additional items over time, then you don't have to spend a dime. See More

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Offers a safe chat mode for kids under 13 and a parent's login

Since Roblox is used mostly by younger players, a primary concern for parents when it comes to interactive and multi-player online games have always been the safety of their children from online predators and inappropriate behavior. Roblox has this covered with their safe chat mode, and a parent can also monitor their child's activity and account settings. See More

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