Games like Terraria on mobile
By the Lootero team. Published .
Terraria is on phones, and in our view it is still the best game of its kind there: $4.99 on the US App Store and on Google Play, with the latest big update from the PC version and no in-app purchases. If you have played it to the end, or you want another game where you dig for better gear and build a base, these are the seven we would play next on iPhone and Android. LostMiner is the closest in look, a free side-view world of blocks to mine and build with. Crashlands 2 is the one we would buy first: $9.99 with no extras, for a long crafting adventure with a story and plenty of jokes.
Some of these are sandboxes, where you set your own goals, and some tell a story or play in short runs. Each game's section says how it plays differently from Terraria, and the sections after the list answer what people ask about Terraria on phones, from multiplayer to the free options. After the seven comes a section on Lootero, the game we are making. It is much further from Terraria than the others and has no price yet.
Short answer
- Endless block worlds to build in, alone or with friends: Minecraft, $6.99, plus optional purchases.
- A long crafting adventure with a story and pets: Crashlands 2, $9.99, paid once.
- The free one that looks most like Terraria: LostMiner, free with ads.
- A tribe of dwarves you send to dig and build: Craft The World, $4.99 on iPhone plus add-ons, free to start on Android.
- Surviving a strange wilderness with friends: Don't Starve Together, $9.99, plus cosmetic purchases.
- Breaking everything on an island for materials: DYSMANTLE, $9.99 ($10.99 on Google Play), plus optional expansions.
- Digging for ore between monster waves: Dome Keeper, $9.99, paid once.
Minecraft
- Made by
- Mojang
- On phones
- 2011
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- $6.99 on the US App Store and Google Play, with optional Marketplace purchases and Realms subscriptions
Why you might like it
Minecraft is the other giant of digging and building, and it is still growing on phones: the App Store shows a new version in every month of the past year. In Survival mode you gather resources, craft tools and fight off what comes out at night, and you can mine deep into the ground or start a farm. In Creative mode you build with unlimited blocks. The world is made of blocks you can break and place anywhere, and it keeps going in every direction. Playing with friends is where it pulls ahead of anything else here. You can join free community servers with thousands of other players, or pay for Realms, a private server Mojang runs for you, which works across phones, consoles and PCs. Realms costs $3.99 a month for you and two friends, or $7.99 for up to 10 friends.
How it differs from Terraria
You play in 3D rather than in a side view, and fighting is a smaller part of the game. Minecraft has two big bosses, the Ender Dragon and the Wither, and you can leave both alone and only build. Terraria is built around bosses and loot, with more than 400 enemies and 5,000 items to find. Building is also harder with your thumbs. One longtime player in the App Store reviews called phones the worst device for building and for redstone, Minecraft's wiring for doors and machines. On top of the $6.99 price, the Marketplace sells worlds, skins and other items from $1.99 to $9.99.
Crashlands 2
- Made by
- Butterscotch Shenanigans
- On phones
- 2025
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- $9.99 on the US App Store and Google Play, paid once (also free with Google Play Pass, a game subscription from Google)
Why you might like it
Crashlands 2 is the sequel to Crashlands, which the same studio put out in 2016. You play Flux Dabes, an intergalactic trucker who crash-lands on the planet Woanope. You gather and craft your way from scraps to gadgets and weapons, fight with traps and stealth as much as with weapons, and build a home where you can fish and farm. You find creature eggs out in the wild and raise what hatches into pets that fight beside you, and the locals you befriend teach you new recipes. Apple's editors point to its hand-made areas and the new dodge-roll, and one App Store reviewer found it about three times the size of the first game. Your saves carry over between your phone and a PC.
How it differs from Terraria
Crashlands 2 tells a story. You follow quests from the people you meet, and the writing is played for laughs, right down to the item descriptions. It is also a demanding game for a phone, and the complaints in its reviews are mostly about that. On a Galaxy S22 Ultra, one Google Play reviewer found it choppy in fights and towns even with every graphics setting at its lowest. It works with controllers, and some players find one much easier than the on-screen joystick.
LostMiner
- Made by
- Caffetteria Dev
- On phones
- 2015 on Android, 2022 on iPhone
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- Free, with ads (and purchases from $1.99 to $3.99 on Google Play)
Why you might like it
LostMiner looks the most like Terraria of anything here. You see the world from the side, in chunky pixel art where each block is drawn as a small cube, so you see a little of its top as well as its front, and every one of them can be broken. You build a house and a farm, and you can ride an ostrich or dig into caves that get harder the deeper you go. Its developer, Caffetteria Dev, still adds to it: the May 2026 update brought mimics, which are treasure chests that can turn into enemies when you open them, and a mini-boss called the Cave Whisper that waits in the deepest caves. One Google Play reviewer liked the surprises at night, such as a werewolf or a UFO.
How it differs from Terraria
The fighting is on a smaller scale. In Terraria, each boss you beat opens the way to better gear. The LostMiner version notes we read name two bosses and two mini-bosses, among them a mage and a boss that appears at midnight under a new moon. It has creative and survival modes, plus a hardcore mode on iPhone where you can't come back after you die, and its Google Play page says you can play with friends nearby. The other big difference is money. LostMiner is free and makes its money from ads, and one Google Play reviewer counted about one a minute. Some ads are your choice, though: watching one after you die lets you keep your items.
Craft The World
- Made by
- Dekovir
- On phones
- 2014 on iPhone, 2023 on Android
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- $4.99 on the US App Store plus add-ons from $0.99 to $8.99; free to start on Google Play, with ads and purchases
Why you might like it
Craft The World has Terraria's side view of a world cut open, from the sky down to the lava, on a randomly made island with abandoned halls full of treasure deep underground. Instead of playing one hero, you command a tribe of dwarves, telling them where to dig and what to build, and the tribe gains more dwarves as you level up. Recipes let you craft everything from building blocks to armor, and you help your dwarves with spells such as fireballs and light for dark caves. There are four worlds to play, each an island with its own size, climate, plants and creatures.
How it differs from Terraria
It is a strategy game first. Monsters pour out of portals in waves, so much of your work goes into walls and towers, and its store page calls part of it tower defense. The two stores also sell it differently. On iPhone, $4.99 gets you all four worlds, and ten add-ons cost from $0.99 to $8.99. In May 2026, several App Store reviewers found that add-ons they had paid for stopped working after an update. The complaints stop after a bug-fix update on 25 May, and a reviewer in July bought add-ons and found them working, so we think it is fixed. We couldn't find out whether players who lost add-ons got them back without paying again. On Android the game is free to start with ads, and buying the full version opens all four worlds. Reviewers of the free version say its ads run far too long.
Don’t Starve Together
- Made by
- Klei Entertainment, brought to phones by Playdigious
- On phones
- 2026
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- $9.99 on the US App Store and Google Play, with optional purchases for cosmetic items
Why you might like it
Don't Starve Together drops you in a strange, gloomy wilderness called the Constant, where you gather resources and build a camp to survive. You farm and hunt for food, and you look after your mind as well as your stomach: the listing tells you to take a break among the flowers now and then, or you'll start to lose your mind. You pick from a long list of characters, each with their own story and way of playing. The point is to survive together, in a private game with friends, online with strangers or with someone next to you. It came to phones on 21 July 2026, brought over by Playdigious with Klei, who made it.
How it differs from Terraria
It is a survival game, and staying fed and sane matters as much as your gear. The touch controls are what its reviewers complain about most. The buttons can overlap however you move them, and planting crops is fiddly because it is hard to see which patch of soil you are about to till. Playdigious has put out an update every few weeks since launch. The purchases are Bolts, which buy cosmetic items. On older iPhones it may struggle: the listing says the iPhone XR and the 2020 iPhone SE may not run it smoothly.
DYSMANTLE
- Made by
- 10tons
- On phones
- 2022
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- $9.99 on the US App Store, $10.99 on Google Play (also free with Google Play Pass), plus three optional expansions
Why you might like it
DYSMANTLE starts with you climbing out of a shelter after the end of the world, onto an island taken over by nature and nasty creatures. Nearly everything around you can be broken for materials, more than 99% of all objects according to the developer, as long as you have the right tool. You craft weapons and tools that never wear out, and you build outposts and tame animals. Cooking raises your stats permanently, and there are puzzle tombs underground. Apple's editors liked how its upgrades push you to explore and try things. It is a forgiving game: the games site 148Apps praised it for leaving out hunger and thirst meters, and when you die you only drop what you carried, which you can walk back and pick up.
How it differs from Terraria
The island is made by hand, so you explore the same world as every other player, with quests and a way off the island to find, while Terraria makes a new world each time you start one. On phones, the controls are the usual complaint. Google Play reviewers find it much harder on a phone than on a console, and one said moving feels like walking on ice. It works with PlayStation and Xbox controllers and other controllers made for iPhone. Your island also stays on the device you started it on, because there are no iCloud saves, and App Store reviewers keep asking for them.
Dome Keeper
- Made by
- Bippinbits, published by Raw Fury
- On phones
- 2026
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- $9.99 on the US App Store and Google Play, paid once
Why you might like it
Dome Keeper takes Terraria's digging and adds a clock. You sit in a dome on an alien planet, drill down into the ground for resources and relics, and carry them back to buy upgrades and gadgets before the next wave of monsters arrives. Then you go up and fight them off with the dome's weapons. Every trip down is a gamble on how far you can go and still get back in time. You pick one of two keepers and one of four domes, and Apple's editors advise upgrading your keeper's drill and jetpack first, since that speeds up everything else. It came out on PC in 2022, made by the German studio Bippinbits, and reached phones in October 2026.
How it differs from Terraria
Dome Keeper is played in runs: each one starts on a new map, so you never build up a single world the way you do in Terraria. The phone version is only a few weeks old and still rough in places. On iPhone, several reviewers find the text too small to read, and your save stays on the device you started it on. The Lost Keepers, the expansion that adds more keepers on PC, isn't on phones yet. An update on 16 October fixed crashes and freezes and capped the frame rate to save battery.
Lootero
Our game- Made by
- Lootero (that is us)
- On phones
- Coming November 2026 (not out yet)
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- Not announced yet
Why you might like it
Lootero is our game, so read this card as our own pitch. It is an action game, much further from Terraria than anything above, and it belongs on your list only if the part of Terraria you enjoy is gathering what you can and gearing up for the boss. You play a young archer on floating islands. Every world starts as a small patch of grass in the clouds, where you chop trees and break rocks, sell what you gather at a stall on the island and spend the coins on the next piece of it. Once the whole island is open, the boss altar wakes up, and you choose when to summon the boss.
How it differs from Terraria
There is no digging and no building in Lootero, and most of it is fighting. Some pieces of the island seal you in with waves of slimes, bats and golems, and every level-up deals you three upgrade cards such as extra arrows or fire arrows. Between fights, Norse gods such as Odin and Thor offer gifts of their own powers. You move with one thumb, and your archer shoots at the nearest target as soon as you stand still. It is single-player and comes to iPhone and Android in November 2026. We haven't announced its price yet, or whether it will be paid or free to download, so we can't tell you yet whether it will have ads or in-app purchases.
Is Terraria on mobile?
Yes, Terraria has been on iPhone since August 2013 and on Android since September 2013. It costs $4.99 on the US App Store and on Google Play, with no in-app purchases, and it is free with Google Play Pass. Since 1 October 2026 it is also on Apple Arcade as Terraria+, with no ads or purchases. Apple Arcade costs $6.99 a month in the US.
The phone version gets the same big updates as the PC one, though reviewers say they often arrive some weeks later. The latest, 1.4.5, is called Bigger and Boulder, and it reached phones on 27 January 2026. It added weapons from Dead Cells and creatures called Pals from Palworld. It also added a Skyblock world, where you start on a tiny island floating in the sky. In September 2026 another phone update brought in the newest PC patch of the time. The listing promises the same world sizes as on PC and controls you can rearrange, and it works with Bluetooth controllers. It is rated 4.5 out of 5 on the App Store from about 48,000 ratings, and 4.6 on Google Play from about 410,000 reviews.
Players are split on the controls. Some App Store reviewers in 2026 find the touch controls too fiddly, or say the big update added too many buttons, while others say they are fine. The other complaint is about saves: an App Store reviewer in October 2026 lost a chest full of items after switching to another app and back. If the Dead Cells weapons got your attention, we also have a list of games like Dead Cells on mobile.
Can you play Terraria multiplayer on mobile?
Yes, Terraria on phones holds up to eight players, over local Wi-Fi or online in a game hosted on someone's phone. You can also host a game for phone players from a PC with Terraria's free server program, which you download from terraria.org. Terraria+ on Apple Arcade connects through Game Center friends and local Wi-Fi. We couldn't confirm that phones can play with people on PC or consoles: the listing doesn't say so, and App Store reviewers in 2026 still ask for it.
In the list above, Minecraft has the most to offer with friends, from free servers to Realms that work across phones, consoles and PCs. Don't Starve Together is made for playing together, online or side by side. LostMiner's Google Play page says it supports local multiplayer. Crashlands 2, Craft The World, DYSMANTLE and Dome Keeper are marked single player on Google Play, and Lootero is single-player too.
Free games like Terraria on mobile
LostMiner is the free game we would start with. It is free with ads on both stores, and its Google Play purchases stop at $3.99. Craft The World is free to start on Android, with ads, and one purchase buys the full version. If you already pay for Google Play Pass, it includes Terraria, Crashlands 2 and DYSMANTLE.
Two free online sandboxes come up often next to Terraria, and both make their money from gems. Growtopia, from Ubisoft, is a 2D world where players build and trade with each other, with gem packs from $0.99 to $49.99. It is rated 3.8 on the App Store but 2.6 on Google Play, where a reviewer in May 2026 couldn't stay connected for more than a couple of minutes. Pixel Worlds, from Social First, lets you farm, trade and take on dungeons. It is rated 4.4 on the App Store and 3.9 on Google Play, which warns that some of its purchases, which go up to $74.99, give random items. We would only try these two if you want a busy world full of other players. For digging and building on your own, LostMiner is the better free pick.
What about Junk Jack and Don't Starve: Pocket Edition?
Older lists of games like Terraria often name these two, and both are still for sale at $4.99 on each store. Junk Jack, from Pixbits, is a 2D sandbox across 12 planets with up to four players in local multiplayer. Its last update came in January 2021 on iPhone and May 2019 on Android. Most of its recent App Store reviews are fond memories, but a reviewer in May 2026 couldn't get it to work on the newest version of iOS. We would skip it on iPhone until it gets an update.
Don't Starve: Pocket Edition, from Klei, is the single-player game that came before Don't Starve Together. On Android it was updated in August 2026, and a Google Play reviewer in June 2026 found it the same game as on PC, except that the largest world size is missing. Another liked that it plays completely offline. On iPhone it hasn't been updated since June 2022, and App Store reviewers in 2026 report crashes and freezes. We would buy it on Android and skip it on iPhone.
Which games like Terraria can you buy once?
Terraria, Crashlands 2 and Dome Keeper are one purchase with nothing else to buy. Minecraft, Don't Starve Together and DYSMANTLE are paid games that also sell extras. These are the prices on 4 November 2026:
| Game | US App Store | Google Play |
|---|---|---|
| Terraria | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Minecraft | $6.99, plus purchases | $6.99, plus purchases |
| Crashlands 2 | $9.99 | $9.99 |
| LostMiner | Free with ads | Free with ads, purchases up to $3.99 |
| Craft The World | $4.99, add-ons up to $8.99 | Free with ads, purchases up to $7.49 |
| Don't Starve Together | $9.99, Bolts up to $49.99 | $9.99, purchases up to $49.99 |
| DYSMANTLE | $9.99, expansions up to $4.99 | $10.99, purchases up to $4.99 |
| Dome Keeper | $9.99 | $9.99 |
Google Play gives only a price range for purchases, never what they are, so the Google Play column shows the highest price it lists.
How do the stores rate these games?
Most of these games sit between 4.2 and 4.9 out of 5. Crashlands 2 is the highest on the App Store at 4.9, and Craft The World is the lowest on Google Play at 3.7, where reviewers of its free version complain about the ads. Dome Keeper has been on phones for less than a month, so its scores rest on very few ratings and may still move a lot. These are the ratings on 4 November 2026, with the number of ratings on the App Store, and of reviews on Google Play, in brackets:
| Game | US App Store | Google Play |
|---|---|---|
| Terraria | 4.5 (48K) | 4.6 (410K) |
| Minecraft | 4.5 (845K) | 4.3 (5.88M) |
| Crashlands 2 | 4.9 (945) | 4.6 (3.4K) |
| LostMiner | 4.7 (373) | 4.5 (140K) |
| Craft The World | 4.5 (638) | 3.7 (5.1K) |
| Don't Starve Together | 4.2 (465) | 4.2 (3.2K) |
| DYSMANTLE | 4.6 (481) | 4.3 (5.1K) |
| Dome Keeper | 4.2 (50) | 4.5 (108) |
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Sources
- App Store listings for Terraria, Terraria+ and every game above (seller, price, release date, star rating and number of ratings, description, version history) and their In-App Purchases lists, checked 4 November 2026: Minecraft sells Marketplace items from $1.99 to $9.99 and Realms subscriptions at $3.99 a month (you and two friends) and $7.99 (Realms Plus, you and 10 friends); Craft The World sells ten add-ons from $0.99 to $8.99; Don't Starve Together sells Bolt chests from $2.99 to $49.99; DYSMANTLE sells the Underworld ($4.99), Pets & Dungeons ($3.99) and Doomsday ($4.99) expansions; Junk Jack sells extras from $0.99 to $1.99; Growtopia sells gem packs from $0.99 to $49.99; Terraria, Crashlands 2, LostMiner and Dome Keeper list no purchases. App Store editors' notes for Terraria, Crashlands 2, DYSMANTLE and Dome Keeper, and the newest App Store reviews (Apple's customer reviews feed) for Terraria, Minecraft, Crashlands 2, LostMiner, Craft The World, Don't Starve Together, DYSMANTLE, Dome Keeper, Junk Jack and Don't Starve: Pocket Edition, from 2025 and 2026.
- Google Play listings for the Android versions, checked 4 November 2026 (price, star rating and number of reviews, Contains ads, in-app purchases and their price range, Play Pass, the Offline and Single player tags, last update, descriptions and reviews: Terraria from September 2026, Crashlands 2 from May 2025 and July 2026, LostMiner from October 2025, Craft The World from December 2025 and March 2026, Don't Starve Together from July 2026, DYSMANTLE from August 2025 and April 2026, Dome Keeper from October 2026, Growtopia from May 2026, Don't Starve: Pocket Edition from May and June 2026).
- 9to5Mac: Apple Arcade unveils five new games being added soon (Ryan Christoffel, 8 September 2026; Terraria+ on 1 October, without ads or in-app purchases). Pocket Tactics: Don't Starve Together is out on mobile (Daz Skubich, updated 22 July 2026; released 21 July). Gamespress: Crashlands 2 launches on PC and mobile on 10 April 2025 (Butterscotch Shenanigans press release; cross-platform saves). iXBT.games: Dome Keeper released on iOS and Android (Viktor Zaycev, 12 October 2026; Bippinbits and Raw Fury).
- Apple: Apple Arcade ($6.99 a month in the US), checked 4 November 2026.
- Wikipedia: Terraria (a two-dimensional world made anew for each game; iOS on 29 August 2013, Android in September 2013). Wikipedia: Minecraft (the Ender Dragon and the Wither). Wikipedia: Crashlands (Butterscotch Shenanigans, January 2016). Wikipedia: Dome Keeper (Bippinbits, a German studio; PC in 2022). Wikipedia: DYSMANTLE (148Apps' review of the phone version: no hunger or thirst meters and no weapon durability). Wikipedia: Don't Starve (Don't Starve: Pocket Edition on iOS in July 2015 and Android in October 2016).