Planet Explorers vs Portal Knights
Planet Explorers
Planet Explorers is an exploration-driven, sci-fi-themed sandbox RPG where you play as one of the several pioneers who made it to the new planet, Maria… well, barely since you crashed landed on the planet. Here, you’ll need to work with your fellow pioneers to build a life and a colony for yourselves.This game is nothing short of amazing for a completely free-to-play title. Its crafting system is incredibly convenient for the player and despite the grind, gathering resources from the environment can be quite a relaxing endeavor, all thanks to the beautiful music and the immersive ambiance. Besides crafting and gathering materials like wood, rubber, and minerals, you can also hunt the local fauna for animal-based items like meat and animal fat which are needed to craft certain items. You can even tame these creatures and turn them into mounts!
Planet Explorers also comes with a rather nice storyline, an MMO-like questing system, sandbox features which allow you to build magnificent structures similar, in some ways, to Minecraft; and even build your own custom vehicles from scratch and take it out for a spin by driving around the massive map in this game.
Although the game seems to fall short of its potential of being a pretty darn great MMO game because the developers done messed up the codes, Planet Explorers still manages to offer a rather decent single-player experience. Plus, the game's completely free to play now and it doesn't contain any of those annoying ads or micro-transactions since the game was not built that way. Definitely worth a try!
Portal Knights
Portal Knights brings an epic 3D sandbox adventure to your screens with a huge variety of game maps and portals to travel through. You can choose your character from three classes: warrior, mage and ranger. The game brings an open world map where you are free to let your imaginations run wild. Explore the worlds, craft items and build anything you can imagine. You also get to explore beautiful biomes, most of which hides secrets that you can try to find, as you hop from world to world. The game even features a multiplayer mode with up to four players playing co-op or two players in a split screen game as you all try to build your very own world from scratch.Portal Knights features amazing animated graphics and a really addicting RPG play. If you are a fan of sandbox adventures like Minecraft, this is the perfect pick for you.