The players are freed to spend time as they like, managing their settlement, building structures from their dreams, finding combat challenges, or just passing times with their online friends. There are no end goals, there is no main quest to be solved. The game especially shines in an online environment, where multiple players can unleash their creativity and combine their efforts in taming the wilderness. But, as time goes on, resource gathering and crafting can help players to start building structures, making more efficient weapons, and successfully fighting back against the harsh nature that surrounds them. The core gameplay of the Terraria game revolves around the player’s main character that must survive in a harsh environment without many resources. Only in this game, the entire gameplay is focused on eye-catching 2D visuals that can easily run on almost any PC amiable today.
Similarly like in the megahit game Minecraft, Terraria is basing its gameplay around players living in a procedurally generated world where they have to explore, craft, build, and fight in order to survive.