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Alternatives to Very Many Players

Very Many Players is a mod that works on Minecraft 1.18 – 26.x. Here are 12 resources that do a similar job, ranked by how close they are and how many people use them.

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ResourceDownloadsRatingVersionsLast updatePrice
Very Many Playersthe one you looked at18.3M–1.18 – 26.xSep 15, 2026Free
Concurrent Chunk Management Engineishland42.3M–1.17 – 26.x6 days agoFree
Sodiumjellysquid3255.8M–1.16 – 26.x11 days agoFree
ModernFixembeddedt84.9M–1.16 – 26.x3 days agoFree
More CullingFX74.3M–1.18 – 26.x24 days agoFree
Distant Horizonsjeseibel38.7M–1.12 – 26.x28 days agoFree
EmbeddiumFiniteReality38.4M–1.16 – 1.21Jan 24, 2025Free
Enhanced Block EntitiesFoundationGames26.1M–1.16 – 1.21Jan 20, 2025Free
ChlorideSrRapero72019.6M–1.18 – 26.xJul 20, 2026Free

Concurrent Chunk Management Engine

by ishlandon Modrinth

A Fabric mod designed to improve the chunk performance of Minecraft.

Mods1.17 – 26.xFabricWorld & mapsPerformance
Free42.3M downloadsUpdated 6 days ago

Sodium

by jellysquid3on Modrinth

A high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter.

Mods1.16 – 26.xFabric · Quilt · NeoForgePerformance
Free255.8M downloadsUpdated 11 days ago

ModernFix

by embeddedton Modrinth

All-in-one mod that improves performance, reduces memory usage, and fixes many bugs. Compatible with all your favorite performance mods!

Mods1.16 – 26.xFabric · Forge · NeoForgePerformanceUtilities
Free84.9M downloadsUpdated 3 days ago

More Culling

by FXon Modrinth

A mod that changes how multiple types of culling are handled in order to improve performance

Mods1.18 – 26.xFabric · Quilt · NeoForgePerformanceUtilities
Free74.3M downloadsUpdated 24 days ago

Distant Horizons

by jeseibelon Modrinth

Massively increase render distance without harming performance.

Mods1.12 – 26.xFabric · Forge · NeoForgePerformanceUtilities
Free38.7M downloadsUpdated 28 days ago

Embeddium

by FiniteRealityon Modrinth

A powerful, mod-friendly, FOSS client performance mod for NeoForge

Mods1.16 – 1.21Fabric · Forge · NeoForgePerformance
Free38.4M downloadsUpdated Jan 24, 2025

Enhanced Block Entities

by FoundationGameson Modrinth

Reduce block entity FPS lag with almost no compromises, and improve their visuals

Mods1.16 – 1.21Fabric · QuiltPerformanceUtilities
Free26.1M downloadsUpdated Jan 20, 2025

Chloride

by SrRapero720on Modrinth

Gives Sodium additional Performance and Quality features for a tasteful experience

Mods1.18 – 26.xFabric · Forge · NeoForgePerformance
Free19.6M downloadsUpdated Jul 20, 2026

BetterGrassify

by UltimatChampon Modrinth

Gamers can finally touch grass!? OptiFine's Fancy and Fast better grass implemented on Fabric and NeoForge!

Mods1.19 – 26.xFabric · Quilt · Forge +1PerformanceUtilities
Free18.9M downloadsUpdated Sep 16, 2026

Cull Leaves

by Motschenon Modrinth

Adds culling to leaf blocks, providing a huge performance boost over vanilla.

Mods1.16 – 26.xFabric · Quilt · Forge +1Performance
Free11M downloadsUpdated 16 days ago

Iris Shaders

by coderboton Modrinth

A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs

Mods1.16 – 26.xFabric · Quilt · NeoForgePerformanceCosmetics & display
Free198M downloadsUpdated 27 days ago

Entity Culling

by tr7zwon Modrinth

Using async path-tracing to hide Block-/Entities that are not visible

Mods1.8 – 26.xFabric · Quilt · Forge +1Performance
Free191.7M downloadsUpdated 18 days ago

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