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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Infiniminer came before Minecraft and was what directly inspired Minecraft. Off the top of my head UnReal world comes to mind as a survival and sandbox game in that vein and it came out in the 90s. It wasn't a super popular genre at the time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm still playing URW. Game is sick! Tough as nails....until you figure out how to cheese it.