Games like Minecraft on PlayStation
Closest overall match: Hotline Miami (★ 4.4). Highest rated: Batman: Arkham Asylum at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Braid at about 2 hours.
We compared Minecraft against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 20 came closest. The strongest common threads are vr mod. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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44%
1. Hotline Miami
About 21h shorter.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Indie
-
44%
2. Terraria
Rated 0.4 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
-
43%
3. Braid
About 24h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Indie
-
42%
4. No Man's Sky
Rated 0.7 lower; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, Indie, Massively Multiplayer
-
42%
5. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
About 19h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Indie
-
42%
6. Castle Crashers
Rated 0.6 lower; about 22h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
-
42%
7. Bastion
About 22h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
-
42%
8. The Long Dark
Rated 0.5 lower; about 21h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 27%
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, Indie
-
42%
9. DayZ
Rated 1.4 lower; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 44
- Playtime
- 17h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, Massively Multiplayer
-
41%
10. The Sims 3
Rated 0.4 lower; about 15h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
41%
11. Limbo
Rated 0.3 lower; about 23h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
-
41%
12. Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Rated 0.7 lower; about 23h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, Indie
-
41%
13. Kingdom: New Lands
Rated 0.6 lower; about 22h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 11, 14, Indie
-
41%
14. Batman: Arkham Asylum
About 13h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
41%
15. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
About 23h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
-
41%
16. Stardew Valley
About 13h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 14, Indie
-
41%
17. Rayman Origins
Rated 0.3 lower; about 24h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
-
41%
18. Shank
Rated 0.8 lower; about 24h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Indie
-
41%
19. Alien: Isolation
Shares vr mod; about 22h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
41%
20. Surgeon Simulator
Rated 1.0 lower; about 23h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Minecraft on PlayStation?
On our similarity model, Hotline Miami is the closest match to Minecraft on PlayStation — about 21h shorter.
Which game like Minecraft is rated highest?
Batman: Arkham Asylum holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,354 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Minecraft on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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