Similar to Minecraft, Terraria contains a plethora of mining and building and while it's complexity is slightly lowered to having one less axis it does not take away from the creative potential with builds. If you enjoyed stretching your building creativity in Minecraft you'll enjoy it just as much in Terraria.

All of this for $10 is a literal masterpiece of a product. Terraria is a must have for your gaming library and with the final update coming around this year there is no better time to pick it up.

While Terraria does not have steam workshop this does not mean mods are a difficult and minor aspect. A wonderful tool called TmodLoader has been developed and works to create a modding system just as easy as steam workshop. If you want to spruce up your playthrough with some added difficulty and thousands of new items I highly recommend downloading the Calamity mod. The team behind it has done such an amazing job and it easily adds hundreds of hours of new content blending seamlessly with vanilla.

A very combat oriented game where your character slowly becomes stronger as you take on more challenging tasks... and it works perfectly.

Progression in this game feels great, as not only does your character get stronger but you as a player simultaneously improve. You'll start from humble beginnings slowly making your way through caves trying to procure the tools to deal with the simple monsters of the night to flying through the sky slaying grand beasts.

The replayability of the game cannot be understated. The game splits weapons and armor into 5 different archetypes: Summoner, Melee, Ranged, Magic, and Throwing. Each archetype feels and plays dramatically different to one another and while your first playthrough might be a combination of all you will soon find yourself wanting to specialize and truly experience what each class can offer. Mods also add to this.