Terraria berhasil mendapat banyak review positif dari para gamer. Di Steam Terraria mendapatkan rating Overwhelmingly Positive dengan 97% pemain merasa puas dengan game ini. Bukan hanya Gamer biasa terraria juga mendapatkan perhatian dari para kritikus game di media.

“Still, Terraria is a great adventure, one of the best sandbox games around, and an absolute steal for ten bucks on Steam. It's well worth checking out for anyone, regardless of how they feel about Minecraft. Despite having one fewer dimension, Terraria hides greater depth than its 3D cousin.”

 (100 – GamePro / Metacritics.com)

“The open-sandbox creation genre is still in its infancy, and Terraria is a good, solid, and inexpensive entry.”

 (80 – GameCritics / Metacritics.com)