Alternatives to Crocotile 3D
A desktop tool for building low-poly 3D models and environments by placing 2D tiles in 3D space. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Crocotile 3D
A desktop tool for building low-poly 3D models and environments by placing 2D tiles in 3D space.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Crocotile 3D.
Blockbench
A low-poly 3D model editor built for pixel-art textures, with dedicated formats for Minecraft Java and Bedrock.
Blockbench is free, open-source low-poly modeling with pixel-art texture painting, UV mapping and animation, available on desktop and in the browser, with Minecraft-specific formats.
Asset Forge
Block-based tool for assembling 3D models and 2D sprites for games from pre-made parts.
Asset Forge assembles game models and 2D sprites from over 900 pre-made blocks on Windows and Linux, with no macOS version and no free-form tile placement.
MagicaVoxel
A free voxel editor and path-traced renderer that makes good-looking blocky art with almost no learning curve.
MagicaVoxel is a free voxel editor with a built-in path tracer on Windows and macOS, replacing tiles with voxels, but it has not been updated since 2021.
Goxel
Create 3D artwork from colored voxel blocks.
Goxel is a free, open-source voxel editor on Windows, macOS and Linux with layers and several export formats, building models from colored blocks instead of tilesets.
Blender
The free 3D creation suite: modelling, sculpting, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and video editing.
Blender is a free, open-source general 3D suite with modelling, rigging and rendering on all desktop platforms, offering far more scope but a much longer learning curve.
Wings 3D
Subdivision surface modeller with a context-sensitive interface.
Wings 3D is a free, open-source subdivision modeller with straightforward UV mapping on Windows, macOS and Linux, but it has no animation or rigging tools.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
vengi
Voxel art suite with an editor, a format converter and a thumbnailer.
VoxelShop
Voxel editor for building blocky models and exporting them for games and rendering.
Dust3D
Modeller that builds 3D meshes from simple shapes instead of vertex-by-vertex editing.
Material Maker
An open-source node-based tool for authoring procedural PBR materials and textures for game engines.
