>>2040It definitely can be! A couple years ago they released 'Journey Mode" which is designed to be the ideal casual mode where you can take things slowly or not at all:
https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Journey_Mode. Stuff like endless item duplication is possible and there's toggles like god mode or you can even toggle off enemies.
I really love Terraria. For some reason designing things in first person like Minecraft never clicked to me, but when I can see more of it than is possible in real life, I really love it. But, it's also true that Terraria rightfully has a reputation of being a lot more involved than Minecraft when it comes to stuff like combat and invasions. Traditionally when kissu plays people progress way too fast for my own tastes, but I still have fun staying at home building things. I know that a year ago there was a mod that allowed the server admin to lock progress, in effect forcing people to take their time.
AAAAAAAA I want to play
Terraria! (or I guess I'm willing to try Minecraft since I have a lot of pirated visual mods I collect due to my pack rat nature)
(I redid my post because I realized that I linked the crappy fandom wiki instead of the preferred one)