Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Minecraft
The 20 closest video games alternatives to Minecraft, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 5 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Minecraft? The closest matches are Mojang Studios, Modrinth and Planet Minecraft. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
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- Vector
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- Query
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01 · Entity
About Minecraft
Minecraft minecraft.net
Wikidata: 2011 video game
Summary by Claude
Official website of Minecraft, the sandbox building and survival video game by Mojang Studios, offering game purchases, downloads, account management, news, and marketplace content.
- Who it’s for
- Video game players of all ages, parents, and educators
- Business model
- Game sales and in-game content purchases
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Minecraft’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Minecraft
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Minecraft, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read minecraft.net’s homepage (UND_ERR_CONNECT_TIMEOUT), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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Swedish video game developer
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Modrinth
Download Minecraft mods, plugins, datapacks, shaders, resourcepacks, and modpacks on Modrinth. Discover and publish projects on Modrinth with a modern, easy to use interface and API.
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Minecraft Internet forum and fansite
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Minecraft skin website
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GameBanana | The Game Modding Community - Since 2001
Mods, Tutorials, Sprays, Works In Progress, Sound Mods and more for video games
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Blizzard Entertainment
Creators of the Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch series, Blizzard Entertainment is an industry-leading developer responsible for the most epic entertainment experiences, ever.
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PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры
PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры
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GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games
GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.
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video game website
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Electronic Arts Home Page - Official EA Site
We exist to inspire the world through Play. Electronic Arts is a leading publisher of games on Console, PC and Mobile.
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corporation that owns a network of gaming-related websites
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ゲームウィズ - 日本最大級のゲームレビュー・攻略サイト
日本最大級のゲーム総合情報サイト。Switch2・Switch・PS5・PS4・PC・スマホアプリのおすすめゲームや新作ゲームのランキング、評価、レビュー、ゲーム攻略の最新情報を毎日お届け。ゲーム探しはゲームウィズ!
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Nintendo - Official Site: Consoles, Games, News, and More
Visit the official Nintendo site to shop for Nintendo Switch™ systems and video games, read the latest news, find fun gear and gifts with a Nintendo twist, and much more.
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software for the broadcasting of gaming matches on the Half-Life engine
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Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More
Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.
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루리웹
들어올 땐 마음대로인 루리웹 메인으로 들어오도록 해
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Roblox: Play Free Online Games - Sign Up to Play!
Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets you create, share experiences with friends, and be anything you can imagine. Join millions of people and discover an infinite variety of immersive experiences created by a global community!
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World of Warcraft News and Guides
The largest World of Warcraft (WoW) information site, featuring guides, news, and information on classes, gearing, professions, raids, transmog, and more.
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to minecraft.net’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Minecraft uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Minecraft is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:mail.zendesk.com -a…
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX minecraft-net.mail.protection.outlook.com
- DNS hosting
- Azure DNS NS ns1-33.azure-dns.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=ssoFQZt3u8pNjxzZ4p8AQn40jGcR-CCqoiOvLU69oec
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=tvasvmg0nea5m7owa7ub4s9h88vo5u
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Minecraft adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Google Workspace · not on minecraft.net 13/20
- Cloudflare · not on minecraft.net 8/20
- nginx · not on minecraft.net 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on minecraft.net 6/20
- Meta Business Suite 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on minecraft.net 6/20
- Amazon SES · not on minecraft.net 5/20
- Atlassian · not on minecraft.net 5/20
- Microsoft 365 5/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on minecraft.net 5/20
- jQuery · not on minecraft.net 5/20
- Adobe · not on minecraft.net 4/20
- GlobalSign · not on minecraft.net 4/20
- Google Analytics · not on minecraft.net 4/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on minecraft.net 4/20