The Best Crafting management exploration base-building Games for Mac OS

Update : Final Factory added at rank #6.
Here are our 10 Best Crafting management exploration base-building Games for Mac OS:
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Aground (2018)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Aground is a Mining/Crafting RPG with a goal, story, and reason to craft and build. The gameplay is simple, but engaging with tons of features. In Aground, you can raise dragons and launch into space, fight enemies, discover magic, and explore secrets. If you're into crafting games with a lot of exploration, Aground is a thoroughly addictive game with plenty to discover.


What we like:
  • Story is interesting and allows for a lot of exploration
  • Crafting is solid and varied
  • Mod support and community are helpful
  • Gameplay is engaging and controls are good
  • Freedom to choose which islands to visit and play at your own pace.
What could be improved:
  • Item storage can be tedious and requiring a lot of trips
  • Low-resolution graphics may take some getting used to
  • Lack of personal relationships with NPCs
  • Basic tutorial and sometimes requires use of outside resources for guidance.

  • survival
  • crafting
  • dragon
  • mining
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • exploration
  • sandbox
  • 2d
  • choices
  • management
  • story

2

Mr. Prepper (2021)

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90
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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS

In Mr. Prepper, you must build an underground shelter, craft machines, and explore atmospheric locations to survive in a world controlled by an authoritarian government. Will you help Mr. Prepper defy the government and stay alive? This thrilling survival game offers an interesting prepper/survival concept, with a decent variety of items to build and explore. The game will keep you on edge with the slight stress of coming under inspection, all while providing a relaxing experience. Craft, trade, explore, and scavenge your way to success!


What we like:
  • Interesting prepper/survival concept
  • Decent variety of stuff to build
  • Slight stress of coming under inspection
  • Fun exploring the map
  • Relaxing game
What could be improved:
  • Building/crafting loop is low-impact
  • Short replay value
  • UI improvements needed
  • Lots of grinding

  • survival
  • crafting
  • resource-management
  • simulation
  • base-building
  • underground
  • life
  • 2.5d
  • atmospheric
  • management
  • point-and-click
  • economy

3

The Genesis Project (2022)

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95
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early access PC Windows Linux Mac OS

The Genesis Project is an attempt to replicate Sburb from the popular webcomic Homestuck, made by Andrew Hussie.

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  • rpg
  • party
  • memes
  • base-building
  • building
  • dungeon-crawler
  • action-adventure
  • character
  • 3d
  • tag
  • exploration
  • customization
  • crafting
  • management
  • fantasy

4

Saleblazers (2023)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows

Saleblazers is an open world survival shopkeeping game for 1-8 players. Build expansive shops from scratch, gear up using your profits, and survive an unforgiving island environment where every faction is out to get you!

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  • crafting
  • capitalism
  • open-world
  • survival
  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • stylized
  • third-person
  • inventory
  • management
  • atmospheric
  • cooperative
  • 3d
  • exploration

5

Mercury Fallen (2017)

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85
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Mac OS PC Windows

Sci-fi colony management with a focus on expansion and exploration. Dig out the underground and explore the surface of an alien world as you rebuild your facility, grow your colony, manage colonists and robots and discover the mysteries of a new home light years from Earth.

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  • colony
  • mining
  • underground
  • agriculture
  • base-building
  • science
  • procedural
  • simulation
  • management
  • building
  • space
  • crafting
  • robots
  • exploration
  • sci-fi

6

Final Factory (2024)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS

Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.

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  • automation
  • base-building
  • moddable
  • resource-management
  • building
  • space
  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • immersive
  • simulation
  • sci-fi
  • strategy
  • inventory
  • management
  • exploration

7

Sapiens (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS

In Sapiens, you get to create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs. With complete freedom and control, from placing the tiniest pebble to constructing monumental structures, you can build towns and industry exactly how you want them to be. Choose from thousands of procedurally generated lands, manage your people, and find new resources to build and craft even more. Sapiens is the perfect game for those who love colony sims and want to shape their own world.

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What we like:
  • Easy to play while doing other things
  • Interesting concept
  • Has potential with further updates
What could be improved:
  • Lack of updates
  • Gameplay gets boring quickly
  • No real challenges or enemies
  • Game crashes frequently

  • god-game
  • colony
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • base-building
  • moddable
  • life
  • building
  • crafting
  • management
  • sandbox
  • survival
  • 3d
  • open-world

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