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Minetest is very good alternative to minecraft when you don't want to money to purchase minecraft.

  • It works on almost all operating systems including android.
  • It support Multiplayer.
  • Low spec system can run it.
  • Very good playerbase.
  • Many servers avaiable.
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[–] holdengreen@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Veloren is a good FOSS one also, more like Cube World than Minecraft.

[–] dumpsterlid@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Well, in order to make minetest like minecraft you gotta use essentiall a modpack right?

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

Yeah, the gameplay mechanics are largely modelled after Minecraft, but the default-included content differs (meaning many blocks will work different or are added/removed compared to Minecraft).

If you want a very Minecraft-like experience, MineClone 2 is the go-to for that: https://content.minetest.net/packages/Wuzzy/mineclone2/
That is essentially a modpack, but it should be noted that this isn't some bolted-on, reverse-engineered workaround like modpacks in many proprietary games are.

Minetest at its core is a game engine, and the whole game content (except for mapgens) is provided via the modding API. So, if you were to bundle up such a modpack with the Minetest engine, it would be equivalent to a proper game that happens to be written with the Minetest engine.