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Games like Terraria

Want more 2D sandbox adventures with crafting and bosses? Below are the games most like Terraria — the titles that inspired it, the games sharing its DNA, and the ones it went on to influence. The interactive graph above lets you keep exploring from any of them.

Games similar to Terraria

  • Minecraft: Java Edition cover
    Minecraft: Java Edition
    2011

    Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining for ore, fighting h

  • Fez cover
    Fez
    2012

    Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D p

  • Starbound cover
    Starbound
    2016

    You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below and gather the resources you need to repair your ship and set off to explore the vast, infinite universe… In Starbound, you create your own story

  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor cover
    Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
    2014

    Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a open world third-person action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which takes place in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium. The game takes place in the 60-ye

  • Don't Starve cover
    Don't Starve
    2013

    Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

  • No Man's Sky cover
    No Man's Sky
    2016

    Inspired by the adventure and imagination that we love from classic science-fiction, No Man's Sky presents you with a galaxy to explore, filled with unique planets and lifeforms, and constant danger and action. In No Man's Sky, every star is the light of a distant sun, each orbi

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover
    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    2017

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the first 3D open-world game in the Zelda series. Link can travel anywhere and be equipped with weapons and armor found throughout the world to grant him various bonuses. Unlike many games in the series, Breath of the Wild does not impos

  • Aarklash: Legacy cover
    Aarklash: Legacy
    2013

    In Aarklash: Legacy take command of a mercenary squad in search of truth and guide it through countless battles.

  • Miscreated cover
    Miscreated
    2018

    Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.

  • Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight cover
    Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
    2016

    Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a sidescrolling platformer, and is the fourth installment of the Momodora series. Focusing on gameplay, melee combos, dodge mechanics, travel forwards in the search to save everyone. With your trusty leave, find a variety of items and spel

About Terraria

Dig, Fight, Explore, Build: The very world is at your fingertips as you fight for survival, fortune, and glory. Will you delve deep into cavernous expanses in search of treasure and raw materials with which to craft ever-evolving gear, machinery, and aesthetics? Perhaps you will choose instead to seek out ever-greater foes to test your mettle in combat? Maybe you will decide to construct your own city to house the host of mysterious allies you may encounter along your travels? In the World of Terraria, the choice is yours!

FAQ

What games are similar to Terraria?
Some of the closest matches are Minecraft: Java Edition, Fez, Starbound, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Don't Starve, No Man's Sky. Scroll back up to keep exploring in the interactive graph.
What inspired Terraria?
Terraria sits inside the Platform / Role-playing (RPG) tradition. Shared themes, mechanics, and studio history all show up in the graph — see how we score the matches.

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