Complete Guide to Hytale Vs Minecraft: 5 Key Differences You Should Know About

Here's what you're getting, and what you're not, if you try Hypixel Studios' new sandbox adventure game.

Hytale sure looks a lot like Minecraft, doesn't it? Giving a quick glance at some side-by-side screenshots it would be pretty easy to confuse the two, though that's not a huge surprise: Hypixel Studio, maker of Hytale, was founded by Minecraft modders and mappers who decided to create their own voxel game.

Besides looks, Minecraft and Hytale have a ton in common: they both take place in "infinite" procedurally generated worlds with multiple biomes and deformable terrain, they both feature base-building and gear and weapon crafting, cooking, wildlife and fantasy monsters, and other similar systems. They can both be played solo or in co-op, they both have creative modes, and they're both moddable. And there's blocks. So many, many blocks.

So… what's the actual difference between them? Why should you consider trying Hytale if you've already got Minecraft?

The biggest difference right now, frankly, is that Minecraft has been around for 15 years and Hytale just entered early access—and it's very early access.

Minecraft update: What's new?Minecraft mods: Beyond vanillaMinecraft seeds: Fresh new worldsMinecraft texture packs: PixelatedMinecraft servers: Online worldsMinecraft commands: All cheats

That doesn't mean it's full of jank and bugs—it's actually been very stable and what's there works well. But Hytale is nowhere near feature-complete the way Minecraft has been for over a decade.

In Hytale, for instance, there are fish but no fishing poles (there are traps, however). There are animals but there's no taming system. There are monsters but no boss fights. There's a tab for minigames, but none have been added yet. Hytale is a work in progress—you'll even find physical signs in the world showing the location of features that are planned for the future.

Hytale is intended to be an RPG as much as it is a sandbox, though there's very little of that RPG available at the moment. The adventure campaign, for example, is simply not included in the current build of the game. There are no quests at all: Hytale is just a sandbox at the moment, and it may stay that way for a long while.

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Source: PC Gamer