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[Column] General: Six Minecraft Clones That are More Than Minecraft Clones

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
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This week I would like to introduce you to several of the best looking Minecraft-esque multiplayer games I have had the fortune to get my hands on, with the exception of Oort Online (I’ve yet to play it.) Honestly, though, it is a bit unfair to refer to these games as Minescraft “clones” or anything as limiting, for a few reasons.

Read more of Beau Hindman's A Casual, Cornered: Six Minecraft Clones that are More Than Minecraft Clones.


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  • deveilbladdeveilblad Member UncommonPosts: 193
    The videos of the whole second page are just Introducing Oort Online...for every game lol..
  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
    Fixing. :)

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  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
     
  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914

         Creativerse should of made this list easily ....

      Windbourne , development has come to a crawl for quite a long time with nealry 0 communictaion from devs...

     

      Trove is a terrible MInecraft like imo..

     

      Oort i cant commnet on

      Landmark is fun ..

      Tug , needs alot of work in all areas  ..

      MyDream...never heard of it ...

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  • Siris23Siris23 Member UncommonPosts: 388

    I always get excited about new minecraft clones

    but then I remember I don't really like vanilla minecraft, I like the heavy modified builds (ftb, tekkit, etc.) and those are harder to find clones of. 

  • AlverantAlverant Member RarePosts: 1,347
    What about second life?
  • NevulusNevulus Member UncommonPosts: 1,288
    At first I thought Andy Dick was writing for MMORPG.COM.  Another honorable mention: GRAV
  • someforumguysomeforumguy Member RarePosts: 4,088

    If you don't care much for graphics and more about moddability, then there is no reason to look beyond Minecraft atm. The alternatives severely lack in options (compared to modded Minecraft ofc, not vanilla).

    I run a modded Minecraft server with our own created modpack for friends and family and this is always our go to game in between other games. Some of them only play on that server actually. And once in a while I create a new modpack and world.

    I really like that this is still possible, running your own server , combining mods that you want. One of my nephews even took up programming because of Minecraft (wants to learn to mod). This leads to endless replayability. Clearly a game created by a gamer.

    While other new alternatives for Minecraft are very closed in design. Making you pay for everything and leaving no freedom to set up a server the way you like. Not to mention being dependant on them running a server. To me, this can never be a viable alternative.

  • WightyWighty Member UncommonPosts: 699

    Windbourne?!! Really?! This game is abandonware... No update since 7/2014 and pretty much shelved by the devs.

    A more appropriate mention would have been Planets3

    https://www.planets-cube.com/

    I find your credibility highly questionable when you recommend games that are pretty much unfinished piles of crap that have been discarded by their devs due to lack of funding.

    What are your other Hobbies?

    Gaming is Dirt Cheap compared to this...

  • urbanmechurbanmech Member UncommonPosts: 200

    Space Engineers is the best Minecraft replacement I've found, tons of stuff you can build and create, and sci-fi themed.

     

    http://www.spaceengineersgame.com/

  • LeetheLeethe Member UncommonPosts: 893

    Starmade is an awesome space game that deserves a mention. Build any kind of ship you like, mine, craft, pvp, be the borg...Your server so your rules.

    http://starmadedock.net

    I've been playing since Xmas ans am having the creatively good time.

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  • FistyMayhemFistyMayhem Member UncommonPosts: 61
    Agreed on Space Engineers, really really great game and fits in the Minecraft-like catagory.  Planets Cubes is also looking very good, we helped fund it early and it's been fun to watch the progression.
  • tigris67tigris67 Member UncommonPosts: 1,762
    No mention of sky saga?

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  • NildenNilden Member EpicPosts: 3,916

    Seven Days to Die, From the Depths, Space Engineers, Medieval Engineers, Planet Explorers, Stranded Deep, Far Sky, Subnautica...

    There are tons of cool sandbox building games, can't wait for even more!

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  • Adjuvant1Adjuvant1 Member RarePosts: 2,100
    Hey, cool, sandbox games. I guess they're "Minecraft clones" now. What didn't we like about "Minecraftlike" or "Impact" or "Emergent"? Eh, at least a few more people know, now, to what I referred. Would like to see positive moves in this genre.
  • SiveriaSiveria Member UncommonPosts: 1,421
    No mention of planet explorers which blows pretty much all of these games out of the water in most ways?

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  • Greymantle4Greymantle4 Member UncommonPosts: 809

    No mention of Terraria? My wife and I love Terraria and prefer it over Minecraft. The only other on this list I have heard of was Trove and I found it bland at best.

  • GilnidorGilnidor Member UncommonPosts: 115
    Really need to add Creativerse to the list. It smacks many of the games on that list on the fingers.

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  • LobotomistLobotomist Member EpicPosts: 5,981
    Originally posted by Greymantle4

    No mention of Terraria? My wife and I love Terraria and prefer it over Minecraft. The only other on this list I have heard of was Trove and I found it bland at best.

    Terraria, Starbound ?

    Terraria 2 announced.

     

    Yes, how about these games ?



  • pantaropantaro Member RarePosts: 515
    Originally posted by Wighty

    Windbourne?!! Really?! This game is abandonware... No update since 7/2014 and pretty much shelved by the devs.

    A more appropriate mention would have been Planets3

    https://www.planets-cube.com/

    I find your credibility highly questionable when you recommend games that are pretty much unfinished piles of crap that have been discarded by their devs due to lack of funding.

    yea windbourne being on this list really threw a red flag so 30 bucks for a dead in the water game is worth it....I can't even right now.

  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332

    I kind of like Seven Days to die,it has a lot of ideas.

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  • CaldrinCaldrin Member UncommonPosts: 4,505
    Originally posted by DMKano
    Originally posted by Siveria
    No mention of planet explorers which blows pretty much all of these games out of the water in most ways?

    I love planet explorers - but it's a single player game.

    Its not just single palyer it has multiplayer as well and a few different multiplayer modes to boot.

  • NordenNorden Member UncommonPosts: 46
    Thanks for the list everybody. Exiting times indeed.

    Norden

  • tethysinteractivetethysinteractive Member CommonPosts: 8
    Hopefully our game Astral Terra will be at a good enough state soon that we might be considered for a list like this. Thanks for the article and the links!
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