If you like Terraria and Starbound, you may love...

So, you've dug everything there is to be dug in Codeglue's Terraria. And you've explored every corner of the universe in Chucklefish Games's Starbound.

Now, you probably need a new side-scrolling sandbox platformer to sink your teeth into. You know, games with mining, crafting, and multiplayer. Oh, and enormous worlds to explore at your leisure.

Luckily, the iOS App Store and Android's Google Play house a whole bunch of games in that vein - some are steampunk, some take place on Mars, and others let you play god.

All of them, though, encourage digging, exploring, and building.

Like a side-scrolling Minecraft, The Blockheads gives you an enormous world - some thousands of blocks wide - to explore. And it comes complete with deserts, snowy mountain tops, giant oceans, and complex cave systems.

You're given the opportunity here to build really interesting toys. Like, say, a steam-powered locomotive, a solar-powered cooker, or a fishing boat. But you also have to keep your explorer alive and content.

The Blockheads works perfectly well when played solo, though you can also play with up to 31 friends - online or locally - using a free server app for OS X.

The original Junk Jack was an acceptable stand-in for Terraria on iOS. But massive sequel Junk Jack X can stand toe-to-toe with Codeglue's mobile game - and it had to, for both games went live on the App Store on the exact same day.

Junk Jack X boasts a creative mode for building stuff. There are hundreds of things to find and craft; a farming system; liquids; and over 100 creatures and monsters to fight.

And if you fancy something a little more linear, there's an adventure mode with interplanetary travel. There's also local co-op for four and online multiplayer for two here.

In our Silver Award review of the game, we said: "A polished and well-contructed side-scrolling sandbox, Junk Jack X doesn't build much on the foundations of its predecessor, but what it adds is well worth exploring."

Everything you build in steampunk sandbox Deepworld is stored in the cloud, so thousands of other players can view (and demolish) your creations.

Luckily, you can use premium currency to buy protective beacons that keep your architectural wonders safe from flailing pickaxes.

Deepworld also contains an intriguing world to explore with monsters, steam-driven robots, and mysterious ruins. Best of all, you get a jet pack as soon as you start, so exploring is effortless.

Because everything is online, you'll probably want to join a guild or party, lest you get walloped in the PvP combat.

This atmospheric Martian adventure is perhaps more 'mine' than 'craft', and takes inspiration from games like Metroid before Terraria.

But if you like digging through a grid-load of dirt, you'll still find a lot to love here.

The idea is to mine down into the belly of the Red Planet to find precious minerals. Then, back on the surface, you'll turn that scrap into better tools so you can dig farther and faster.

You'll also need to craft new weapons, for alien monsters and giant boss creatures are waiting on the lower levels.

The Sandbox isn't really like any other game on this list. It's not a side-scrolling platformer, it doesn't contain any exploration, and it doesn't feature multiplayer.

Plus, instead of being a guy on the ground, you're a god. So, you can manipulate the elements and weather in your tiny domain to solve scientific puzzles, build crazy contraptions, or just make pixellated artwork to share with others.

Saying that, Terraria and The Sandbox DO have a lot in common. In both games, you see, you get to build, play with different elements, and re-draw the environment to make it suit your selfish purposes.

The Sandbox is free to try, but you can buy mana to unlock stuff faster and purchase new campaigns (with extra missions).