Our collection of games like Terraria offers sandbox, exploration, action adventure, side scrolling and free games similar to Terraria.

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In Terraria players spawn in a randomly generated 2D world that offers endless possibilities for adventure. Terraria appeals to gamers that love exploration but also enjoy the ability to shape the game world and like most games in its genre, Terraria is best enjoyed with friends.

The gameplay of Terraria is extremely varied due to its mixture of several game genres into a single title. This allows players to focus their attention on a particular area of the game that interests them more (exploration and adventure or building and resource management). Most games however will have similar early game periods with players gathering resources, building shelter and exploring the area around their immediate spawn point.

Other features of Terraria that have helped it stand above similar games include day/night cycles, well tweaked difficulty levels, various enemies, NPCs, bosses and even random events. Terraria aims to offer a little bit of everything and its reviews from fans and critics definitely suggest it achieved this goal.

The games like Terraria featured here offer a mixture of free, online, 2D and 3D adventures that will satisfy your thirst for discovery. These games offer both solo and multiplayer opportunities so that you can explore alone or group up with some friends for the ultimate adventure.

1) Starbound

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Broaden the scale and diverse elements in Re-Logic’s adventure, and the result is Starbound, a game which – as its name might reveal – feels like a more epic version of Terraria on a spaceship. The player’s ship serves as the main “hub,” as it’ll travel to a number of unique, colorful planets where players can gather goods and expand their empire of one.

2) Minecraft

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It’s tough to discuss Terraria without mentioning what’s largely its 3D counterpart, Minecraft. Seriously, outside the added 3rd dimension, these two gems are extremely similar, and we mean this in the best way possible. Just like Terraria, this retro-style sandbox journey is rife with tons of activities to take part in.

Players can take on intimidating bosses, mess around with friends, or carve their own story by venturing through procedurally generated lands. One can build complex structures, delve deep underground to mine for riches, or go on monster hunting escapades.

There is definitely much crossover appeal between Terraria and this similarly vast, open-world journey.

3) Steamworld Dig 2

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Flipping things somewhat on their head here, Steamworld Dig – and especially its deeper sequel – emulates the exploration, mining, and combat traits of Terraria rather than building. Regardless, the experience is more vast, complex, and addicting than one might expect from this cute, cartoony indie.

4) Craft The World

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Going by the description of this game’s own developers Dekovir – Craft the World takes Terraria, Dungeon Keeper, and Dwarf Fortress aspects to round out this enjoyable romp. The result is an addictive and dynamic game that’s part sandbox and part strategy-sim.

While the game focuses more on building and managing one’s fortresses rather than adventuring, there’s definitely a similar vibe to Re-Logic’s game when it comes to staving off attacks. It reminds one of fending off super-aggressive mobs in Terraria during those hostile nights at the home base. Those who like to show off their indestructible Terraria fortresses while taking out monster hordes should definitely give this a look.

5) Dig-N-Rig

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Many were at least initially drawn to Terraria for its colorful retro style that reminds one of late 8-bit or early 16-bit software. Dig-N-Rig invokes this same sort of feeling artistically, but it goes even further back in time with its crude, blocky visuals that resemble early 80s PC software.

This game, crafted by students of DigiPen, similarly stresses mining and resource collection but dilutes things down to a simpler premise and mechanics. Players take control of a mining robot, who must lay down conveyor belts and plunder increasingly deep depths to nab resources. These are then converted to more effective tools and other upgrades. This software, which combines a building sim with mining and crafting, feels akin to a simpler, but inventive new take on the Terraria formula.

6) Dragon Quest Builders 2

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This sandbox RPG builder is quite underrated – thanks in part to its cute visuals, and being overshadowed by the more popular mainline DQ games. Still, judging it on its own merits, this sequel to Dragon Quest Builders is impressive with how vast and diverse the experience is. The game offers a gripping, streamlined campaign with a more typical RPG plot and monster-slaying combat.

7) Growtopia

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Growtopia takes a page of the Terraria playbook in more ways than one. This delightful sandbox game takes the same free-flowing adventure and crafting elements from that game and makes it even more accessible. Unlike some on our list, this can be played on just about every modern

platform imaginable, including mobile devices.

This cute little MMO is definitely more on the lax, passive side in terms of the gameplay. Yet, those that appreciate the building and multiplayer aspects of Terraria should definitely get some joy out of this colorful game. Those who enjoy flexing their creative side in games but seek a break from being harassed by giant spiders or zombies may want to give Growtopia a look.

8) Hollow Knight

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While players won’t mining or building in this epic Metroidvania, Hollow Knight contains a similar feel when it comes to combat and open-ended exploration. The game takes place in a vast underground labyrinth thick with an eerie atmosphere, much like Terraria‘s underground mines and chasms.

9) Don’t Starve

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This artistic indie by Klei Entertainment shares more than just Terraria’s publisher (505 games); it also shares that same sense of eerieness and urgency as much of the time will be spent in a hostile land fighting for survival.

Don’t Starve pits the player in a dark and dismal foreign world, which must be traversed in order to collect resources, cobble together settlements, and just doing anything necessary to keep going. This game can be creepy as is, but try dealing with the protagonist as they grow increasingly insane, and the hordes of crazy monsters grow.

10) Spelunky

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There are many parallels in this delightful mining adventure that Terraria fans should be familiar with here. There’s that same sense of wonder as one goes exploring, collecting treasure, and slaying monsters. There’s a surprising amount of “depth” to be had for a freeware game; pun not intended.

Spelunky stresses more grueling platforming trials and hazards scattered all over the place. Navigating the slew of randomly-generated areas as one tries to survive hordes of critters provides plenty of thrills, and is definitely reminiscent of Re-Logic’s game. Players can even engage in some multiplayer insanity with up to 4 players total.

Those who view Terraria as rich and expansive will definitely want to try Chucklefish’s space odyssey, as it actually manages to eclipse that experience.

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