Terraria

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2856 Ratings

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  1. lach1223
    Oct 30, 2013
    8
    Terraria is a great 2D version of Minecraft with heaps to do and it should keep you busy for quite some time. There are many secrets to discover and locations to visit and it is really up to you how you want to play. The only negatives are that the actual inventory screen is a little bit cumbersome, and there is not a large amount of early game assistance, meaning that newcomers mayTerraria is a great 2D version of Minecraft with heaps to do and it should keep you busy for quite some time. There are many secrets to discover and locations to visit and it is really up to you how you want to play. The only negatives are that the actual inventory screen is a little bit cumbersome, and there is not a large amount of early game assistance, meaning that newcomers may initially be overwhelmed by the large scope of what the game has to offer. Once you're drawn in though, expect to lose many hours.… Expand
  2. Skunkbird
    Jul 13, 2013
    8
    I think Terraria is a great game!

    Some may say this is a 2-D Minecraft

    Their wrong

    Minecraft has lots of building, Terraria is all about the adventure, with many bosses, underground dungeons, you can go to hell!

    It's awesome!
  3. alla0222
    Dec 3, 2013
    8
    There is a lot of people that gives 0 and tells you "its like Minecraft but without all the cool items" and so on. This game is not like Minecraft at all. i get upset because people are saying this. all games where you have to mine is not a rip off of Minecraft. this is a solid and good 2D game. does not deserve the 0´s. This game got A LOT more stuff then minecraft has. i play both and iThere is a lot of people that gives 0 and tells you "its like Minecraft but without all the cool items" and so on. This game is not like Minecraft at all. i get upset because people are saying this. all games where you have to mine is not a rip off of Minecraft. this is a solid and good 2D game. does not deserve the 0´s. This game got A LOT more stuff then minecraft has. i play both and i like both. there are not even close to the same game!… Expand
  4. mijxero
    Aug 14, 2014
    8
    There isn't much to say about this game. Its fun, I mean its Castlevania meets Minecraft. The combat is simple enough to master and difficult enough to have fun. You can find new weapons and armors and special items to help you navigate through the world. You can use the terrain to help you fight. Really fun and I come back to it all the time.
  5. LosingStreak
    Sep 11, 2013
    8
    Offers a wonderful mix of action/adventure, dungeon-crawling, and sandbox gameplay that can be surprisingly deep despite the deceptively simple retro-2D graphical style.

    With randomly-generated worlds that you could mould to however you like; this game has replay value that is only limited by your imagination!
  6. Agent00C4
    Oct 7, 2013
    8
    Having played Terraria for 423 hours starting since v1.0, I have to say that the game has changed significantly from the prototype it was and still is. I'll start off by saying that we let bygones be bygones as Terraria isn't a rip off of Minecraft anymore than Minecraft is a rip off of Infiniminer. It is unlike Minecraft in many regards in that it is more focused on platforming, has aHaving played Terraria for 423 hours starting since v1.0, I have to say that the game has changed significantly from the prototype it was and still is. I'll start off by saying that we let bygones be bygones as Terraria isn't a rip off of Minecraft anymore than Minecraft is a rip off of Infiniminer. It is unlike Minecraft in many regards in that it is more focused on platforming, has a combat system that simply isn't point and click... wait a minute... anyways, Terraria excels mainly in single player as the game becomes a bit... too easy with more than a two man team.
    Unfortunately, every world has the same amount of resources; larger worlds have resources that are ridiculously farther apart. This makes creating a larger world for friends to play in a bit of a negative. Most sessions with my friends die whenever I happen to find something remotely useful. There are other ways why the multiplayer is flawed. The control over the server is minimal and the security protocol is a joke. Prior to Terraria dying, many servers were being bombarded by other players using hacked clients because many things that should be in control of the server (block placement radius, projectile a weapon uses) is instead handed over to the client, meaning anyone with an illegitimate client is able to, say, summon a stick of dynamite that destroys the entire world.
    With no official modding support (cross your fingers though), many people will find that they have whizzed through the game once the pace picks up. The variety was tolerable pre-1.2 and was remedied greatly afterwards.
    The monsters can vary not only in appearance but also in stats, which breaks the ice early game. The enemy types are also very nice, anything from a flying thing that does swooping attacks, to an archer who only advances if you are out of range, and a caster that teleports to new positions, I'd say that Redigit went fairly well in that regards.
    The pacing is the game is a flaw. The beginning is very slow and dragged out, but the mid game is nice. I feel that 1.2 has forced the end game through a pipe as now the Hardmode bosses can spawn on their own volition.
    All in all, despite the protocols being a mess and the observations of other programmers as to the inefficiency of the coding in general, Terraria isn't all that bad... after you've endured the first few hours on the first character. For people who have already (legitimately) made it to the end game, it seems they have a sense of nostalgia during the first few hours on a fresh start.    … Expand
  7. ThePatronGamer
    Nov 5, 2013
    8
    This was a well made 2D Minecraft that left me wanting more. It has way more interesting features/creatures then Minecraft, but the fact that it had one less dimension cost it in the "fun" domain. I found this game only to be fun when played with friends. When I played alone I felt alone and got bored easily.
  8. everin
    Oct 1, 2015
    8
    Tier 2
    + One of the best co-op game experiences there is
    + Fun mechanics that reward exploration and discovery
    + Continuous support from developers, with new content offered a few times
    ? Experience becomes stale after a lot of play, only going to draw people back who are in love with the game
    - Progression system tied to mining higher and higher tiered metals becomes very repetitive
  9. sirsirsir
    Feb 26, 2014
    8
    Hey-ho, what a gem this game is! Incredibly addictive Minecraft-style gameplay, without being a Minecraft-ripoff. Graphics are great, sound effects are great, music is great. And so rich in content, with the developer still adding to it as of this date.

    For 10 euros, there really isn't any good reason why you shouldn't purchase this game.
  10. ThePCGamer101
    Jun 24, 2015
    8
    Terraria is a sandbox game that makes me feel like Minecraft merged into a cuter, more nicer game. Terraria is best played with your friends, so for me it won't really work (check out my gameplay time) yeah... not that much. But I was not really happy with its multiplayer, literally me and one of my friends spent 45 minutes trying to make the multiplayer work, which really put me off fromTerraria is a sandbox game that makes me feel like Minecraft merged into a cuter, more nicer game. Terraria is best played with your friends, so for me it won't really work (check out my gameplay time) yeah... not that much. But I was not really happy with its multiplayer, literally me and one of my friends spent 45 minutes trying to make the multiplayer work, which really put me off from playing the game, but with its wide variety of objects to use and its great length of a game, you will be playing this sandbox game with your friends for hours on end!

    Terraria is a great game to get a 4-pack and have fun with your friends!    … Expand
  11. Ecresis
    Jun 24, 2014
    8
    Terraria is a nice little game, better played with friends, and with a real goal (not like in Minecraft). It is rewarding as you fight the multiple bosses and fill in your house with all the treasure you collect in the caves

    The 2D is the point of the game and it might be a pain in the bottom to build things and place objects, compared to the classic Minecraft, but the combat is much    Terraria is a nice little game, better played with friends, and with a real goal (not like in Minecraft). It is rewarding as you fight the multiple bosses and fill in your house with all the treasure you collect in the caves

    The 2D is the point of the game and it might be a pain in the bottom to build things and place objects, compared to the classic Minecraft, but the combat is much better, and the exploring a LOT better.

    Conclusion : Play with friends for added value, and grab it during the Steam sales !    … Expand
  12. Laice31
    Jun 26, 2014
    8
    What an incredibly addicting game! The real pull of Terraria isn't obvious initially, and that's the exploration. The building aspect of the game, I just did out of necessity. But digging down and finding those hidden chests and all the crazy items, that's what keeps me going for hours.

    The only downside is the tiny pixel graphics. It gives me a headache from squinting at the monitor :(
  13. hiimfungo
    Jun 27, 2014
    8
    Ok so I think that terraria has everything a sandbox lover wants in a game. its uniqe, its charming and its really hard. and it takes about um uh carry the 3, 30 hours to get boring. now I would give this a 10 out of ten but the game being in 2D just really makes it lose some of its potenchal. that move would of made me give this game 5 out of 10 but then it would be way less original andOk so I think that terraria has everything a sandbox lover wants in a game. its uniqe, its charming and its really hard. and it takes about um uh carry the 3, 30 hours to get boring. now I would give this a 10 out of ten but the game being in 2D just really makes it lose some of its potenchal. that move would of made me give this game 5 out of 10 but then it would be way less original and then it really would be a rip-off of minecraft. also the game does have 11 more bosses than minecraft and about 950 more items. all in all, this game is recommended if you are the kind of person who like a new twist on 2d or is you liked the SNES as a kid. but if you are not the 2D kind of guy, or if you're one of the many people in this world who think this game is a rip-off of minecraft (the rip-off of infiniminer) then this game isn't for you. however there is a terraria mod for minecraft which is a fair remake of terraria but still missing a lot.… Expand
  14. Thebluehydra
    Oct 26, 2014
    8
    I was genuinely surprised at how much I found myself enjoying this. The combat is a total joy, the controls are solid, exploration is fun with the numerous biomes, building is fun and very customizable (if a little hard), it's got a very nice style (being one of the VERY few games that's managed to make retro graphics look good), and there's a lot of ways to customize your appearance, fromI was genuinely surprised at how much I found myself enjoying this. The combat is a total joy, the controls are solid, exploration is fun with the numerous biomes, building is fun and very customizable (if a little hard), it's got a very nice style (being one of the VERY few games that's managed to make retro graphics look good), and there's a lot of ways to customize your appearance, from some awesome looking armor sets to vanity clothing that pays homage to other games (one of my best moments was finding out that you could get clothing to look like the Ice Climbers. Don't judge me pls).

    My only real problem with the game is that like many other sandbox games it gets old after a while. That, and new players are going to find their inital experience somewhat confusing. However, if you're looking for a new time sink, you can't do much better than Terraria.    … Expand
  15. YannYann123
    Jul 30, 2014
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For anybody saying it's "Just minecraft but in 2d" is basically wrong. it took an idea from it, sure, but that doesn't make it a ripoff. if i were to use the same logic, all first person shooters would be a ripoff from Wolfenstein.
    Second off, the content. Oh boy, i've seen a lot of negatives on that subject. "there's barely any monsters" that is, if you only count the monsters you'll see in your first day and night. "there's nothing interesting" okay, i'll admit, the beginning is never interesting for me either, but talk content and you're wrong. Back to seeing as many people say it's a "2d minecraft ripoff", minecraft may have 3d, but Terraria outclasses it by monsters, bosses, weapons, biomes and even features a progression-like activation towards activating "hardmode", wich gives acces to new features, monsters and more.
    lastly, the slow pace. this is when people just start saying things because they're not far enough in the game. all beggining is slow, so is terraria's. but giving 0's for that plain reason is just... dumb. there are faster tools to help, but they just base themselves on what they start with: the worst weapon, pickaxe and axe. because it's begging, you shouldn't expect some form of wonder to give you the best items immediately. as for now, an 8 is enough, the game has flaws (because nothing can be perfect) and i feel like it's worthy enough to deserve it. played many hours, yet even more to come.    … Expand
  16. IAMGEOFFREY
    Sep 6, 2014
    8
    Evan though I am the definition of **** when I play this game, I still love it... Its a great game and all those people who say "It's 2D Minecraft" Then you obviously haven't played it properly, The game isn't 2D minecraft! Defiantly one of the best games I've got on steam.
  17. Marco_AGJ
    Feb 1, 2015
    8
    At first I thought it was the worst purchase I had made in a long time. I was in for any cool platformer. After a few minutes trying to understand what the hell was going on the I felt kinda lost. The level seemed easy enough, some zombie-like monsters running after me wouldn't be a problem. After a while I got it, it's not a stage, it's some kind of world where you have to buy stuff,At first I thought it was the worst purchase I had made in a long time. I was in for any cool platformer. After a few minutes trying to understand what the hell was going on the I felt kinda lost. The level seemed easy enough, some zombie-like monsters running after me wouldn't be a problem. After a while I got it, it's not a stage, it's some kind of world where you have to buy stuff, gather commodity and attract professional vendors to help with tools.

    I see this is Minecraft with one less dimension. Micecraft sucks quite a huge amount so why should I stick to an inferior copy? Well... Because it's glorious platforming and the fact you actually are given tasks to move on with your construction and ore gathering, The game grows on you because of equipment. You start crappy wielding wood swords and building wood houses. Dozens of hours in after restless exploration I have Adamantine Blade and my bricks are made of copper. You realize that overworld platforming won't yield the results you aimed for. So it's time to go underground.

    This is a mining title; therefore I shall mine, excavate.    … Expand
  18. Nerokin
    Nov 24, 2015
    8
    2D Sandbox Adventure

    Overall: 75% (96.9/130)

    Atmosphere 7.1/10
    Graphics 5.0/10
    Level Design 8.7/10
    Sound 7.1/10

    Balance 6.9/10
    Controls 7.5/10
    Mysteries 7.2/10

    Animations 7.0/10
    Physics 7.0/10
    Generation 9.0/10

    Replay Value 9.3/10
    Tutorial 1.5/5
    Variety 9.6/10

    Cost-Benefit Ratio 3/4
    System Requirements 1/1
  19. popoles
    Mar 5, 2015
    8
    It is really good game. You can build there a lot of creations and fight with a lot of bosses. There are great guns, NPCs, events and enemies. I Like It!
  20. RShackleford
    Nov 12, 2015
    8
    This is a game the way games used to be made, simple fun.

    If you're thinking about shying away from this game because it might appear to be a minecraft copy at first glance, it isn't. Terraria is a very different experience all it's own.
  21. Chriscapy1423
    Jan 19, 2016
    8
    Terraria is a great 2D sandbox survival. It is a great game to be immersed with. There is so much stuff that you can do in the game. Even though its basically like Minecraft, its a great game overall.
  22. Gustavodol
    Jul 24, 2016
    8
    The game is awesome and challenging but it needs something else for the REPLAY of the game, it looks like an unfinished game, you play the hole game fighting bosses and don't even know why.
  23. hassall
    Nov 28, 2016
    8
    One of the best games i have ever played, I loved every bit about this game. A really great 2D game. Spent playing this game on explore and kill the bosses with my friends and You think this is like MineCraft IT'S NOT.
  24. Darkbrother321
    Jun 8, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Personally one of the best thousand hours of my life.

    To be honest i didn't expect to be sucked in as I was whenever I began playing this game back in I wanna say 2013-2014 on Xbox 360 (I didn't own a PC at the time). The 1.2 update was just released for the console as well so I had a huge amount of content to explore to my hearts content. Then a year of my life went by and I was still playing the game. Eventually of course I did buy the game for PC and have currently put over 1200 hours of time on it. Anyways, onto the actual review!

    The game itself is really fun! The game puts you into an empty world with only one NPC, the Guide. It expects you to learn most things in the game on your own, including how to fight bosses and constructing an arena for them. Terraria has an absolute slew of weapons and armor for you to don and experiment with, with four (five if you count Throwing) individual damage types for each weapon. Every weapon has a different look to them, although that's not really apparent in the first couple of hours of the game. Once you kill the first boss though the weapons get extremely creative with their looks and effects, incluidng a sword that shoots beams that you can find ANYWHERE!

    As for the gameplay itself it's simple, but in this case simple is all you really need. You click with the left mouse button to attack and place blocks. Unlike Minecraft though this game has a lot more elements than just clicking with a weapon in your hand. Guns, Bows, Bombs, Swords, Spears, Axes, you name it. There are even magical weapons that use up mana! There are so many different combinations of weapons and armor that change your experience in different ways whenever fighting or even exploring the underground or surface world!

    This game is also filled to the brim with mobs (Over 300 of them) and different types of bosses that all have their own different attacks and drops! They become even harder with the somewhat recent Expert Mode, but with that difficulty comes with new rewards in the form of Treasure Bags, with each boss having a unique item to them and them alone.

    While this game is really good...there are some issues involving the game. You're gonna have a Wiki open for the game a lot due to the amount of items that can be crafted in this game and in order to get all the really good stuff you'll have to do so much grinding, which is another issue in this game. One of my own nitpicks is the fact that as soon as you enter Hardmode (When you kill the Wall of Flesh) the game makes a HUGE difficulty jump. Yes, it's called Hardmode for a reason but you'd think the game would give you a chance before murdering you on the spot with Unicorns and Pixies in the Hallowed Biome and Tetra Elementals and Big Bats underground.

    All in all I'd highly recommend this game, even with some of the issues I have with it. When you finish the game for the first time (after killing the Moon Lord) I'd recommend you try some mods for the game, mainly the Thorium Mod which is basically a large free DLC for the game. Thanks for reading!    … Expand
  25. md5fungi
    Jun 15, 2020
    8
    Terraria fans will often go to great lengths to convince a newcomer that the game isn't just 2D Minecraft. To be fair, it really is, in a lot of ways.

    You start the game off in a procedurally generated world with essentially nothing, chopping down trees and working through stone and ore with your pickaxe. The materials you collect allow you to construct and improve your shelter, and    Terraria fans will often go to great lengths to convince a newcomer that the game isn't just 2D Minecraft. To be fair, it really is, in a lot of ways.

    You start the game off in a procedurally generated world with essentially nothing, chopping down trees and working through stone and ore with your pickaxe. The materials you collect allow you to construct and improve your shelter, and they also allow you to craft new gear.

    This SHOULD sound like Minecraft in a 2D space. However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. For one thing, navigating a 2D space is much easier than navigating a 3D space for your average casual player, which means that Terraria gives its world's enemies a few more energy drinks than your average Minecraft foe, leading to more intense combat situations. In fact, Terraria ups the ante with its combat encounters with a huge array of challenging bosses to fight, which are an awe to look at and fight (not to mention how ridiculously huge many of them are).

    Implementing a mind-blowing number of items is a lot easier when you only need a single sprite drawn in the game's classic 8-bit style, too, so Terraria checks this box off and provides an absolutely preposterous arsenal of weapons, gear, potions, etc. This makes all the exploration and crafting you do much more gratifying. Before long, you'll be hovering around at super speeds, shooting flaming arrows out of your demon bow with a funny-looking hat to boot.

    All of this frantic, silly, boss-fighting action is made much more fun when you play with friends, so this is how I'd suggest you play the game if you can.

    Despite how excellent I think the amount of content in Terraria is, I'm slightly disappointed with the overall presentation and execution of things. For instance, accessing and manipulating your inventory is seemingly easy, but for some reason, it's much less intuitive than it is in Minecraft. The inventory screen itself is pretty cluttered, and I had to look up a lot of things to figure out how they worked, exactly. Additionally, hosting and joining servers is a little unrefined, and I also found a bug in the way the server software handles connections; it's disappointing that the developers didn't fix this and makes me question their support strategy. Overall, something about the way the entire experience is wrapped up seems a little rough, which is a let down for a game that has so much potential to go down in history as one of the best games of all time.

    Regardless, Terraria is a very fun experience with a lot of content. When it comes to collecting and crafting a lot of awesome, useful stuff and fighting epic bosses, it excels.    … Expand
  26. SortOfCritic
    Dec 30, 2017
    8
    Terraria is a lot of great fun, don't mistake it for a 2d Minecraft. This game is a lot more fantastical, with giant skeletons, eyes of Cthulhu, and huge worms. This game is Minecraft and more, so many armor, weapons, enemies, blocks, and I recommend playing with a friend. And while it doesn't have quite as much to do as Minecraft, Terraria is definitely worth the 10 dollars
  27. JaydenPickens
    May 21, 2021
    8
    Really fun game to play with friends or by yourself. Spend lots of time here and I don't regret it. Pickens approves!
  28. mennybolt
    Oct 15, 2022
    8
    Really fun game. We got to the Ginger Island part but at that point the cancer cycle of spending 5 minutes of the island and being forced to go back to bed or pass out bored the hell out of me but before that everything was really fun.
  29. FuriousAegon
    Jun 26, 2020
    8
    One of the best indie games i ever played,ive spended 250 hours playing this exiting game it is really cool and interesting to play.
  30. Kekkone
    Dec 11, 2020
    8
    When I got this game, we played with my two friends 30 hours straight (with maybe 5 hours of sleep between). That's a sign of an addictive game.

    I would say this game offered all the stuff I always wanted to have in Minecraft: epic boss fights, variety of weapons, very tall world, different game modes, a huge variety of enemies and stuff. So, for the first playthrough there was a lot to    When I got this game, we played with my two friends 30 hours straight (with maybe 5 hours of sleep between). That's a sign of an addictive game.

    I would say this game offered all the stuff I always wanted to have in Minecraft: epic boss fights, variety of weapons, very tall world, different game modes, a huge variety of enemies and stuff. So, for the first playthrough there was a lot to discover.

    However, the pattern got quite clear at some point: mine ores -> make pickaxe that is able to mine better ores for better gear --> mine better ores --> make again a better pickaxe and gear ... and repeat this loop dozens of times. This began to feel a little pointless at some point, and after we completed the game once, we really didn't feel to do it again.

    Very fun game on the first playthrough, but I think it does not have as much replayability as some other sandbox games do. Anyway, considering its cheap prize, definitely worth the bucks.    … Expand
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#31 Best PC Game of 2011
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#9 Most Discussed PC Game of 2011
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#13 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. GamingXP
    Mar 19, 2012
    83
    Terraria is one of the best sandbox games. Terraria has some Minecraft spirit, however the focus of the game is on fighting and crafting, so it involves more action. The best way to enjoy Terraria is to play it with a couple of friends on your own server.
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  2. IncGamers
    Mar 16, 2012
    70
    It's a title that will appeal to the adventurer, the explorer and the builder; not to mention those who appreciate a substantial amount of player freedom. If you happen to be all of those things, Terraria is a lightly tarnished treasure.
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  3. 4P.de
    Mar 14, 2012
    83
    A lot of games tried to copy Minecraft – or at least participate from its' success. But this two-dimensional take on the well known formula is the only game that is able to step out of the shadow of the indie phenomenon that inspired it. It leads you into a unique world full of creative magic.
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