150 MB
An infinite voxel sandbox — and an engine for a thousand games.
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Luanti is a free sandbox game released under Open Source (LGPL-2.1). It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, needs about 150 MB of disk space, and requires no account, payment or trial. On a computer, the fastest route is the PlayBound Launcher. On a phone or tablet, use the official store or site instead.
Choose how to install
Install with PlayBound or download from the official source without the launcher.
Install the PlayBound Launcher, then find Luanti and press Install. The launcher downloads the official release and unpacks it. This is the fastest route and it never uses third-party mirrors.
Alternatively, download Luanti directly from the official site at https://www.luanti.org. Always download from the official source — third-party mirrors of free games are a common malware vector.
Official releases are published on GitHub at github.com/luanti-org/luanti/releases. Pick the newest stable release matching your operating system.
Windows
Extract the downloaded archive anywhere you like — there is no installer, just a portable folder. If Windows SmartScreen warns about the .exe having an unrecognised publisher, that is normal for open-source projects without a paid code-signing certificate — choose More info, then Run anyway.
macOS
Open the downloaded .dmg and drag the app into Applications. On first launch macOS may refuse to open it as unidentified — right-click the app and choose Open to approve it once.
Linux
Check your distribution's package manager first, which is usually the easiest route. Otherwise download the AppImage from the official site, mark it executable and run it.
chmod +x *.AppImage && ./*.AppImageLaunch the game and look at the settings menu before your first session — resolution and control defaults are worth checking. Luanti needs roughly 150 MB of free disk space.
Minimum
1.5 GHz CPU · 2 GB RAM · OpenGL 2.0 GPU · 500 MB storage
Recommended
2.5 GHz CPU · 4 GB RAM · Any modern GPU · 1 GB storage
Yes, entirely. Luanti is open-source under LGPL-2.1 with no purchase, subscription, account requirement or advertising. Every game mode in the content browser is also free.
Yes. Minetest was renamed to Luanti in 2024. It is the same project with the same engine and content ecosystem.
It is the strongest free one, with important caveats. It is smaller, faster, runs on far weaker hardware, has first-class Lua modding, and cannot be shut down. But it is an engine with hundreds of community game modes rather than one curated game, so the default experience is sparse — install a game mode before judging it.
Because vanilla Luanti is a platform, not a finished game. Open the content browser, install a game mode such as MineClone or a survival pack, and start a world with that instead. The default sandbox is not representative.
Yes. Luanti runs on Raspberry Pi and other low-powered hardware, which is one of its clearest practical advantages over Minecraft.
Yes. Luanti has multiplayer. You can join a public community server from the PlayBound server browser, have PlayBound start a dedicated server for your group, and host a game on your own PC. PlayBound Connect handles the setup: start a party with your friends, pick how you want to play, and everyone launches into the same game from the PlayBound launcher, with the dedicated server started for you if you choose one. It also supports cross-play. There is no subscription and no paid multiplayer tier.