Games Like Arcane Worlds

Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

Why similar: Sandbox 48.6%, Open World 21.6%, Indie 16.1%, Action 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers unparalleled physics-based destruction and a deep, experimental magic system that rewards creative spell-crafting.

Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous in this modern God-Game where Nature is the Star!

Why similar: Sandbox 55.8%, Strategy 22.7%, Adventure 18.8%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core god-game experience of manipulating terrain and elements to shape the world around you.

Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.

Why similar: Sandbox 49.5%, Open World 20.1%, Indie 15.7%, Action 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world sandbox focuses on magic and crafting, allowing you to manipulate the environment and summon creatures.

A third-person open-world Voxel ARPG with Physics-based Magic and 100% dynamically destructible fantasy world, featuring Airships, Floating Islands, Dungeons, Voxel Combat and Spell Weaving. Created by a solo developer living the dream of making the game he wants to play.

Why similar: Sandbox 44%, Open World 21.7%, Adventure 16.4%, Action 15.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a destructible environment and deep magic systems that mirror the core gameplay loop of Arcane Worlds.

WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!

Why similar: Sandbox 87.3%, Indie 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides the ultimate god-game sandbox experience where you can create, destroy, and influence civilizations on a global scale.

This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!

Why similar: Sandbox 37.6%, Open World 28.6%, Adventure 14.3%, Action 11.1%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world sandbox allows you to master powerful spells, build massive structures, and explore a world filled with magical creatures.

Orb of Creation is an active incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!

Why similar: Strategy 69%, Indie 27.1%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This strategy-focused game captures the feeling of a sorcerer building their own reality through resource management and magical progression.

In Reus, you control powerful giants to shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains, oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices.

Why similar: Sandbox 41.9%, Strategy 32.9%, Indie 22.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a giant god-like being shaping the planet's surface to foster life and manage the growth of humanity.

Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.

Why similar: Sandbox 51.2%, Strategy 23.5%, Open World 23.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A modern god-game that emphasizes the struggle between divine influence and the choices of mortal followers.

Experience the freedom normally only found in a tabletop RPG. Empowered with magic, you will create your own story, and experience real consequences from the decisions you make. Will you be the world’s savior... or its destroyer? The choice is yours.

Why similar: Sandbox 53.4%, Adventure 22.3%, Strategy 21.1%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the fantasy of being a powerful mage who can influence the world through politics, combat, and exploration.

Your exploration ship crashlands on a mysterious planet where apparently magic is real. Learn how to survive in this hostile territory by applying your technical abilities to the arcane. Discover how to cast spells and craft elixirs. Uncover the planet's secrets to find your way out.

Why similar: Sandbox 53.6%, Adventure 23.4%, Indie 19.9%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: It blends survival with a complex magic system that requires experimentation and crafting to survive a hostile alien world.

Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!

Why similar: Sandbox 72.4%, Strategy 27.6%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on machines, the physics-based destruction and creative building tools provide a similar satisfaction to the terraforming in Arcane Worlds.

Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.

Why similar: Sandbox 35.9%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 16.6%, Open World 16.4%, Action 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world sandbox RPG that focuses on deep character progression and magical mastery in a 2D environment.

Craft any magical spell you can imagine using the most powerful tool there is: code. CodeSpells is currently an unguided, sandbox experience for the bravest wizards who want to help the developers steer the game's development.

Why similar: Sandbox 47.8%, Indie 21.4%, Adventure 16.3%, Action 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows players to literally code their own spells, offering the ultimate level of magical customization.

Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.

Why similar: Action 48%, Adventure 32.9%, Indie 11.1%, Strategy 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a chaotic and highly customizable spell-casting system that is central to the player's interaction with the world.

Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.

Why similar: Strategy 25.1%, Adventure 19%, Action 17.5%, Indie 17.1%, Sandbox 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: A hybrid of RPG and strategy that lets you command armies and explore a world while wielding powerful magic.

Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

Why similar: Sandbox 64.4%, Strategy 20.7%, Open World 13.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A god-game that lets you guide a civilization through the ages while exercising divine powers over the planet.

Play the first game where the Mage is a total badass!

Why similar: Action 50.9%, Indie 28.3%, Adventure 17%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person action game that puts a heavy emphasis on creating and customizing powerful spells for combat.

Descend into creative madness with Sketch Tales, a sandbox action RPG where what you draw becomes what you play! Build imaginative worlds, creatures, and weapons and watch your drawings come to life. Share your created worlds and maps with friends and battle it out in multiplayer.

Why similar: Sandbox 42.4%, Adventure 16.3%, Open World 15.8%, Indie 13.1%, Action 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: This unique sandbox game allows you to draw your own items and creatures, directly impacting the game world.

In this rogue-lite adventure, you free the Academy of Greifenstein from magical creatures by using your spells creatively. Explore this modern magical world alone or in local co-op mode with friends and family, customize your character, solve mysteries, and find powerful artifacts.

Why similar: Action 34.9%, Adventure 30.6%, Indie 28.8%, Singleplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy action-adventure game where you use magic to solve puzzles and explore a changing magical academy.

Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.

Why similar: Strategy 73.6%, Action 20.8%, Singleplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic god-game experience where you build and manage a lair while exerting your will over minions and enemies.

Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!

Why similar: Sandbox 45%, Open World 22.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 10.2%, Action 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox that emphasizes exploration and survival in a world that can be fully terraformed.

Adventure and fight in a medieval fantasy open world! Build heroic characters with various abilities, travel through villages, cities, or perilous dungeons. Strategic turn-based combat system and advanced character building - Fog of war, charging and flanking, and more in the fast-paced Arena mode.

Why similar: Sandbox 75.3%, Adventure 24.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that focuses on the mechanics of magic and combat in a classic tabletop-inspired setting.

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Why similar: Sandbox 57.8%, Adventure 14.7%, Open World 12.4%, Indie 7.3%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential sandbox that offers deep exploration, magic progression, and the ability to reshape the world to your liking.

Arcane Vale is an action packed open-world RPG. Embark on an adventure to discover a long-lost treasure in a vast and dangerous world.

Why similar: Sandbox 23.5%, Adventure 21.6%, Action 21.5%, Open World 17.8%, Indie 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired action RPG that focuses on exploration and magical combat in a vast open world.

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, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Why similar: Sandbox 53.4%, Open World 14.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Indie 10.2%, Action 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a massive, procedurally generated universe to explore, build in, and conquer with various magical and technological tools.

Isomer is an isometric strategy game inspired by classic turn based games from the 90s and many other more recent survival titles. It's open ended, sandbox and each world is procedurally generated leading to an almost unlimited number of different worlds to explore, mine, loot and conquer.

Why similar: Strategy 44.9%, Indie 29.9%, Action 25.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused sandbox that allows for tactical combat and environmental manipulation in a sci-fi setting.

Wild West and Wizards is an open world exploration RPG set in a re-imagined new frontier. Pick a class and level up unlocking abilities and exploring a world filled with quests, loot, outlaws, bosses, spells, caves, towns, and other mysterious places.

Why similar: Open World 25.4%, Adventure 25.1%, Action 23.8%, Indie 23.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines an open-world RPG with a magic system, providing a unique twist on the exploration and spell-casting genre.

Arcane Assembly is a fantasy metroidvania where you create spells using a visual programming language. Unlock new instructions, upgrade your powers, and fight epic bosses on your journey to becoming the most powerful wizard who ever lived.

Why similar: Sandbox 34.4%, Action 24.1%, Adventure 23.8%, Indie 16.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Explore, dig for resources, and build factories in a vibrant open world with quests for both technological and magical progression. Inspired by classic old-school Minecraft modpacks and featuring many new and unique features.

Why similar: Sandbox 53.4%, Open World 22.7%, Indie 11.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Begin your otherworldly life from scratch—with nothing but a single magic staff in hand. Shape the world with your own hands, build the home you love, or unleash the powers of alchemy and magic to battle relentless monsters from beyond.Set forth, Warlock!

Why similar: Sandbox 32.2%, Adventure 24.7%, Indie 21.9%, Action 21.2%

Embark on an extraordinary journey through a mystical realm where warlocks and magic reign supreme. Introducing "Warlocks Deeds," a superbly crafted medieval survival sandbox voxel game that will transport you to a world of enchantment and adventure!

Why similar: Sandbox 57.4%, Adventure 21.9%, Action 20.6%

Afallon is a single-player RPG with the feel of an MMO. Choose your class and race to forge a unique character, explore a large open world with diverse zones and biomes, and experience a living world that changes based on your actions.

Why similar: Sandbox 39.8%, Adventure 20.7%, Action 19.5%, Open World 18.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Erenshor is a single player RPG with the soul of a classic MMO - built for players who miss the journey. Partner up with Erenshor's signature SimPlayers and explore an open world where every reward comes with a story. Discover thousands of items, quests, raids, and secrets - all at your own pace.

Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Open World 40.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.

Why similar: Sandbox 54.5%, Open World 22.6%, Adventure 20.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%

The open-world action-RPG, where you can do anything, of your dreams… as if it came out 30 years ago!

Why similar: Sandbox 58.5%, Open World 27.7%, Action 13.8%

Squarelands is sandbox adventure game where you explore a randomly generated world while fighting, building and becoming stronger as you play! Mainly inspired by Terraria, Squarelands aims to provide plenty of freedom for the player.

Why similar: Sandbox 41.9%, Adventure 30.7%, Indie 27.4%

WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.

Why similar: Sandbox 45.8%, Indie 20.4%, Action 14.4%, Open World 12.6%, Adventure 5.6%

Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!

Why similar: Sandbox 43.9%, Open World 20.9%, Strategy 18.6%, Adventure 16.7%

A story driven solo RPG inspired by oldschool games like RuneScape and Ultima Online! Explore a sprawling medieval fantasy world full of npcs with dialogue, level skills, fight varied monsters and uncover the story of Rothar Aercrest – the cursed lord to the remote woodlands of Imberthale.

Why similar: Adventure 47.7%, Open World 25.2%, Action 12.5%, Indie 12.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

An Amazing Wizard is a 2D fast-paced metroidvania-inspired spell-slinging roguelike where you'll create spells. Master 7 elements and merge 120 unique spells in any order to create endless possibilities. Choose from 250+ perks and 200 artifacts. Collect your lost memories and reclaim true name!

Why similar: Adventure 52.3%, Action 47.7%

The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…

Why similar: Sandbox 39.7%, Open World 17.3%, Strategy 15.3%, Indie 12.8%, Action 12.7%

Explore vast, forgotten lands, cryptic abandoned ruins, and mysterious caverns, in this open-world voxel action-RPG. Create your own uniquely crafted class. Build multiplayer dungeon, PvP, or siege experiences. Run, vault, and leap effortlessly across endless wilderness, or delve deep underground.

Why similar: Sandbox 27.5%, Adventure 25.1%, Action 24.1%, Indie 23.2%

ADVENTURE. ANYWHERE! Explore endless magical worlds and battle fearsome creatures alongside millions of friends. Ride your own horse, bear or moa and discover the many game world wonders. Unleash your imagination by crafting beautiful buildings.

Why similar: Sandbox 35.5%, Indie 23.4%, Action 22.9%, Open World 18.2%

Worlds of Magic is a 4X turn-based strategy game. Players can explore and conquer an almost limitless number of procedurally generated universes, using military and magical power to overcome their foes. Found cities, raise armies, research and cast spells, hire powerful heroes, and create powerful magical artifacts.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.

Why similar: Sandbox 28.2%, Open World 24.2%, Strategy 18.9%, Indie 12.4%, Adventure 11.6%

Gnome Online is an innovative, Real-Time, fast-paced, PvP, Sandbox MMORPG.

Why similar: Sandbox 55.4%, Adventure 23.7%, Action 20.9%

A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.

Why similar: Sandbox 59.2%, Action 20.7%, Adventure 20.1%

Go play in a wildly immersive magic sandbox where you become a mischievous wizard in a realm filled with spells, sarcasm, and secrets.

Why similar: Sandbox 51%, Action 19.8%, Indie 15.7%, Adventure 11.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

The magical misadventure of a novice wizard thrown (literally) into the unfamiliar world outside. Go on a sprawling hand-drawn adventure with spells to study, bosses to best, and a huge handcrafted world to traverse on the long journey home.

Why similar: Open World 43%, Adventure 29.4%, Action 27.7%

The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!

Why similar: Sandbox 82.3%, Adventure 14.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.

Why similar: Sandbox 61.7%, Open World 35%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Evil is afoot... Wielding your new Magic, bound into mysterious Monster-infested lands to uncover ancient relics and restore the Fate Stone. Along the way, explore the depths of every nook to find creatures, garner ingredients, train in Witchery, and craft new equipment.

Why similar: Sandbox 46%, Open World 21.7%, Adventure 16.9%, Indie 13.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Force of Nature 2: Prologue is an introduction to the world of the main game. Explore one of the many worlds and uncover its mystery. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management

Why similar: Sandbox 39.9%, Strategy 19.7%, Adventure 16.4%, Action 15.5%, Open World 8.5%

"Counter Spell" combines elements of classic role playing games with modern stealth-based shooters. Single player, multiplayer coop, and competitive multiplayer are all supported with different game modes for each. An open, streaming world makes for an exciting sandbox to adventure in!

Why similar: Action 52.9%, Indie 47.1%

Survive waves of enemies in this horde survival roguelite. Unleash devastating spells, master unique skills, and craft unstoppable builds. Between battles, fortify your tower and unlock powerful upgrades in a strategic meta-game. Will your magic outlast the chaos?

Why similar: Action 42.3%, Adventure 41.2%, Indie 10.8%, Singleplayer 5.7%

"Magicraft" is a Roguelike game that uses a variety of spells to match unimaginable spell effects, and the construction of ultra-high degrees of freedom cannot even be exhausted by developers.

Why similar: Action 35%, Adventure 32.3%, Indie 27.6%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Wizards and Warlords is an indie turn-based strategy game, where you play in a randomly generated fantasy world, contending with rival wizards, warlords, roaming marauders and hidden ancient evils. Create a customized sovereign or choose from one of many predefined templates.

Why similar: Strategy 56.2%, Indie 39.9%, Singleplayer 3.9%