Terraria
Re-Logic · 2011
Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with no set goals. Players explore procedurally generated worlds, fight bosses to unlock progression, gather resources across biomes, craft equipment, and recruit NPCs by completing goals. Evil biomes like Corruption and Crimson spread and infect other areas. Resources such as ores are found in caves. The game supports single-player, multiplayer, and modding. It was developed by Re-Logic—an American independent studio based in Floyds Knobs, Indiana—using the Microsoft XNA framework. It launched on May 16, 2011, earlier than planned due to a beta leak. Development was paused in February 2012 but resumed in 2013, with major updates continuing thereafter.