Voxile
Ranked 4 of 12 sandbox games by recommenders
Praised for good-looking, ray-traced voxel visuals and unusual technology; the common caveat is that it resembles Minecraft, which critics find not groundbreaking.
Praised for good-looking, ray-traced voxel visuals and unusual technology; the common caveat is that it resembles Minecraft, which critics find not groundbreaking.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 16
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 94%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 16 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 16 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Impressive visuals
“looks great to me, if that little gif is anything to go by”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language” “I wasn't prepared to see how good the game looks visually”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language” “It's a beautiful little game.”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language” Unique tech unlike other engines
“You have something here that the other game engines don't have”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language” “that's exactly what lets Wouter push things nobody else can”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language” “I've never seen anything like Voxile.”
Comment from 3 Mar 2026 in “Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language” Creator's earlier work respected
“you made Lobster lang, Cube2/Sauerbraten 3d shooter and voxray/voxile and lots of other cool things”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “The Goose Programming Language” “Cool, finally something from Aardappel again”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language” Gameplay differs from Minecraft
“It's not intended to be a Minecraft clone.. if you look a bit closer than the initial visual impression, you'll see there are many differences in gameplay.”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language” “merging real quests with a Minecraft-like will be compelling”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Seen as a Minecraft clone
“a Minecraft clone is not exactly groundbreaking in terms of gameplay”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language”
Other sandbox games people recommend
The four most recommended other sandbox games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft | 222 | 149 | 60% | 13 | 10 yrs11 owners | — |
| Luanti | 23 | 4 | 85% | 7 | — | Approved |
| No Man's Sky Cosmos | 22 | 31 | 42% | 1 | — | — |
| VoxileThis page | 16 | 1 | 94% | 3 | — | — |
| Terraria | 14 | 4 | 78% | 7 | — | Approved |
What people said
16 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“you made Lobster lang, Cube2/Sauerbraten 3d shooter and voxray/voxile and lots of other cool things”
“It's impressive to say the least.”
“looks great to me, if that little gif is anything to go by”
“Having just played it, you seem to have worked around the destruction problem by removing voxels one chunk at a time. But I’m still baffled by the sheer number on screen at the same time”
“that's exactly what lets Wouter push things nobody else can”
“It's a beautiful little game.”
“Cool, finally something from Aardappel again”
“I wasn't prepared to see how good the game looks visually”
“Bought a copy to support the dream”
“You have something here that the other game engines don't have”
“It's not intended to be a Minecraft clone.. if you look a bit closer than the initial visual impression, you'll see there are many differences in gameplay.”
“it is not in a playable state, there were several bugs within the first few maps that deleted needed items”
“a Minecraft clone is not exactly groundbreaking in terms of gameplay”
“merging real quests with a Minecraft-like will be compelling”
“Love the build to fight angle.”
“I've never seen anything like Voxile.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.