Video games using procedural generation

Minecraft is a sandbox game developed and published by Mojang Studios. Following its initial public alpha release in 2009, it was formally released in 2011 for personal computers. The game has since been ported to numerous platforms, including mobile devices and various video game consoles.

Terraria ( ) is a 2011 action-adventure video game developed by Re-Logic and published by 505 Games. As a sandbox game, Terraria has no set goals. After creating the player character and choosing the game's difficulty, the player is placed in a two-dimensional, procedurally generated world where they explore, fight enemies, gather resources, and craft equipment. Players beat bosses, a tougher variety of enemies, to gain access to more items, resources, and equipment. By completing select goals, players receive access to non-player characters (NPCs) who sell items and offer services, such as he

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2012 action role-playing video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment

2016 indie farming simulation role-playing video game

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2009 cooperative first-person shooter video game by Valve Corporation

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open-world survival video game in space released in 2016

2016 asymmetric survival horror video game developed by Behaviour Interactive

2020 video game developed by Mojang and Double Eleven

2016 4X grand strategy video game

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2023 role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios

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NetHack is an open source single-player roguelike video game, first released in 1987 and maintained by the NetHack DevTeam. The game is a fork of the 1984 game Hack, itself inspired by the 1980 game Rogue. The player takes the role of one of several pre-defined character classes to descend through multiple dungeon floors, fighting monsters and collecting treasure, to recover the "Amulet of Yendor" at the lowest floor and then escape.

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2012 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software

Hytale is a sandbox game developed and published by Canadian-Irish developer Hypixel Studios. Development began in 2015 by members of the Minecraft server team of Hypixel with funding from Riot Games, which would go on to purchase the studio in 2020. The game was canceled in June 2025, before being revived in November 2025 by its original creator, Simon Collins-Laflamme, who had repurchased it and recommenced development. Hytale was released in early access on 13 January 2026 to positive reception.

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massively multiplayer space trading combat video game

2017 action-adventure survival video game

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RimWorld is a construction and management simulation video game developed by Canadian game designer Tynan Sylvester and published by Ludeon Studios. Originally called Eclipse Colony, it was initially released as a Kickstarter crowdfunding project in early access for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux in November 2013, and version 1.0 was released on October 17, 2018. The game was ported to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as RimWorld Console Edition on July 29, 2022, with development and publishing being handled by Double Eleven. Rather than a test of skill or a challenge, the game is intended

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2014 city-building strategy game

1981 video game developed by Muse Software

Torchlight is an action role-playing hack and slash dungeon crawler video game developed by Runic Games and published by Perfect World Entertainment. It was originally released for Windows in October 2009. The fantasy-themed game is set in the fictional town of Torchlight and the expansive caverns and dungeons nearby, which adventurers explore to collect valuable loot and battle hordes of monsters. Following the October 2009 digital distribution release, a Windows retail box version was released in the U.S. in January 2010 by Encore, Inc, and JoWooD Entertainment published a retail box in Euro

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2014 space trading and combat simulator

turn-based tactical video game developed by Firaxis Games

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Astroneer, officially stylized in all caps, is a 2019 sandbox adventure game developed and published by American studio System Era Softworks. The game was released through early access in December 2016 before a full release on February 6, 2019. The player is tasked with colonizing planets, creating structures, and collecting resources. The character is called an Astroneer and the player can travel to planets to activate cores and complete the game. There are often rewards given to players upon completion of core activation, most notably a suit and/or visor.

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Starbound is a 2016 action-adventure game by Chucklefish. It takes place in a two-dimensional, procedurally generated universe which the player is able to explore in order to obtain new weapons, armor, and items, and to visit towns and villages inhabited by various intelligent lifeforms. Starbound was released out of early access in July 2016 for Windows, OS X, and Linux, and for Windows via Xbox Game Pass in December 2020. It was later released for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in October 2024.

Audiosurf is a 2008 music-based puzzle video game created by Invisible Handlebar, a company founded by Dylan Fitterer. Its track-style stages visually mimic the music the player chooses, while the player races across several lanes collecting colored blocks that appear in sync with the music. The game was released on February 15, 2008, over Steam, a few days after winning the Independent Games Festival 2008 Excellence in Audio Award, heavily influenced by the soundtrack composed by Pedro Macedo Camacho. The full version was for a long time only available for purchase through Steam, but was late

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