just saw planatery aniahlation above, and it looks awesome, buying it 
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first impressions awesome second impressions gah!, canātā¦ goā¦ onā¦ oilā¦ oilā¦oiā¦oā¦oā¦ urrrghhh (falls over dead) oh well, i like a challenge
Iāll confess I did not read the entire list of replies - but Iām really surprised StarMade isnāt in your voxel / builder list!!
Not only is it an amazing Minecraft-esque style voxel builder, it has fairly complex crafting and logic / technology. It does things Space Engineers canāt do. Yes itās a space oriented builder (and Iām not a spaceship fan, trust me) but there ARE planets and space stations which are way more fun to build on and create!
Thereās a creative mode too.
The best part of all? Itās entirely free. FREE. Howās he do it? (Developed by one lone guy) - he lets you download the full version as āDemoā (on Steam or independent) and then if you like it, you opt in and buy the full copy which is only 9.99 anyways ā¦and the full copy is identical to the demo, same exact game. Heās basically giving the game away!
but thats oddā¦ if thee full verison is slisted as a demo, what would people play the most i wonder? 
It is odd and not done by any other games on Steam that I know of ā¦ so take advantage of it and try it out! I thought it was a temporary promotional thing but I believe the Demo is still up and the full version. I think the idea here is to get backers for the game voluntarily as ādonationsā instead of paying for the game and having different expectations. If you have it for free and then voluntarily pay the 10 bucks, youāve now got the feel-good that you liked the game enough to pay 10 bucks for it, which is dirt cheap anyways. Itās honestly a really great game and not in the 10 buck game category IMO, he should be asking more for it.
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ok read and downloadingā¦ what it is, is free whilst alpha even though you can buy when you like to stop the price increase when the full game hits so what you pay now, will be all you ever pay (a bit like gnomoria)
the slight difference is, the full game has an updated registery and more online features like, BP hosting (whatever that is) and obviously server perks etcā¦ so essentially the free: full game is a bug testers paradise, and mainly single player focusedā¦ but heyā¦ a free full game??? iām THERE bro 
oh and while iām at it, as this is a thread for other voxel games
What are your favourite? NOT counting stonehearth of course (that defeats the purpose of the question :P)
Mine; in order are:
Gnomoria
Timber and Stone
Dungeon Keeper
Planet Explorers
Stranded Deep: NOTEā¦ not voxel, but similar crafting etc, thats why its in the list 
Rim World
Planetary anihalation
Banished
Terraria
Craft the World
Lanternforge
stonehearth
Why is stonehearth last? read the start of this post
Edit: i did not count minecraftā¦ the reasonā¦ i have out played it, and it should no longer exist
Cool! I think once you play it awhile (if youāre into minecraft like crafting and building but in a space setting) you will love it as much as I did and realize itās a no-brainer to give the guy the measely 10 bucks heās asking for the paid version which to me in single player mode were identical anyways. I mean I pay more than 10 bucks for a movie and popcorn and some of those werenāt worth the 2 hours I sat there not enjoying the movie haha. One of the really hidden gems about StarMade if youāre the explorer type like me is the ingenious way heās done āendless universeā ā¦ which much like Minecraft is random generated infinitely but is a massive universe with a sea of galaxies you can just keep flying towards (if you have the patience and time) with your ship and eventually explore far away systems full of millions of planets, pirate stations, empty space stations, etc. But of course, like Minecraft, you do realize after awhile that itās just the same ones repeated over and over with the limited content he has created much like thereās a finite list of Biomes in Minecraft. But really, canāt say enough for how fun the game is on itās own even if you steer clear of all combat and go builder mode only.
Nice list and Iāve played most on it except for Lanternforge and Planetary Annihilation and Craft the World. I was about to buy Craft the World but am still on the fence about it. Iām typically not a fan of side-scrolling games at all but it does look really interesting and I watched some pretty funny Lets Plays on it.
I want to love Gnomoria but I canāt wrap my brain around isometric voxel building very well and without free-panning of the camera (the current 90 degree swing thing is jarring for me) I get easily frustrated and find myself squinting to try and figure out what Iām doing wrong and why my poor gnomes are standing on an isolated block I messed up in ordering them to dig. If they fix it to where you use the mouse to pan camera and mouse wheel to zoom in and out, Iāll be able to play it better. Iām obviously not a machine-brain capable of handling true Dwarf Fortress style games. 
damn itā¦ looking through my friends letās play list and he hasnāt done one on gnomoriaā¦ if you want to take this into a private chat, i can try and help you love the game? 