Terraria vs Starbound

It's a tough call, especially with the Winter Update. There's things I love about each, and equally as many things I dislike with each.

Starbound, imo there is much more to do and discover in the game.

I am going with Terraria. Don't get me wrong, I love both, but every time I play Starbound, I get this urge to want to play Terraria instead.

Terraria feels aimless, and relies a bit too much on grinding and multiplayer (which can possibly make grinding, and any kind of progression flat out worthless in itself) to reach the end content. Starbound was more or less the same a year ago, but the new update drew me in. It was a good pre-order for once, you don't get a lot of these nowadays.

It's just that, they should really let me sell my collected crap already...

Starbound is good but it takes a whole year for a good update ._.

linux support

With this new stable update Starbound just released I have to go with it. It's a really interesting game.

Terraria all the way. Especially with the upcoming 1.3 version it's going to kick ass even more (and will be available on GNU/Linux finally!)

You can also compare them on Steam Charts:
http://steamcharts.com/app/105600
http://steamcharts.com/app/211820
Terraria has 2x more people playing in the last month, with Starbound being picked up only in the last few days (was there an update or something?), while Terraria maintains a stable and larger playerbase (10k/day in Terraria vs ~3k/day in Starbound). Numbers do not lie :-).

Well, if we compare to the winter update we should also consider the upcoming 1.3 update for Terraria. But even if we don't, it's Terraria. Always. Forever.

i didn't play Starbound till now, but after i read all the Good stuff here, i'm thinking about buying it in the next sale.

Played the shit out of both. The starbound update blows my mind.

I played only Terraria and loved it but starbound is like an improved version of Terraria.

It's a really close call, but I think Starbound takes it because it has more content. Haven't played since the Upbeat Giraffe update, but more content is always good!

You should wait for terraria's 1.3 just like starbound's winter.

Not sure, haven't really tried Starbound.

Sure, in this moment Terraria looks better, but Starbound in beta, and have more ambitions and ideas.

Starbound, for sure. There's just so much to do & discover.

Until Starbound is "released", Terraria

As someone who's played both, Starbound.
The only problem is that last I played while there is a lot of content currently there a lot is still unfinished.
In spite of the unfinishedness, the fact that I can play as Mayan Space Birds, Cannibal Plant People, Ethereal Cowboys, and Medieval Robots just makes me very happy.