The Best Crafting management exploration Games for Linux

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Spiritfarer (2020)

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In Spiritfarer, take on the role of Stella, who has been chosen as the new Spiritfarer and sets off on a grand adventure of discovering unique islands, meeting interesting characters and learning about them. Gather resources to help passengers in need and upgrade Stella's boat. Enjoy beautiful visuals, engaging mini-games and a heartfelt story as you explore this world between life and death.


What we like:
  • Gorgeous visuals
  • Touching story
  • Unique combination of gameplay elements
  • Characters with distinct personalities and mannerisms
  • Smooth building mechanics
  • Resource gathering tasks
What could be improved:
  • Boat travel takes a long time
  • Limited dialogue options with passengers
  • No option to sleep or pass time quickly

  • management
  • crafting
  • platform
  • cooperative
  • hand-drawn
  • farming
  • simulation
  • emotional
  • sailing
  • relaxing
  • building
  • resource

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Aground (2018)

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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

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APICO (2022)

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APICO is the latest game in the sims genre, combining elements from Stardew Valley, Graveyard Keeper and Animal Crossing. Join your grandfather's beekeeping business on an island and craft, build and breed bees to discover extinct species. Experience a chilled adventure as you create your own unique world.

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What we like:
  • Crafting and building features are easy to pick up on
  • Chilled experience which allows you to complete the game at your own pace
  • Incorporates science into fun gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Initial NPCs lack personality compared to similar games
  • Tasks can be time consuming once you have a rhythm going

  • simulation
  • relaxing
  • education
  • farming
  • nature
  • immersive
  • management
  • crafting
  • cute
  • sims
  • building
  • exploration
  • life-sim
  • sandbox
  • top-down

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The Genesis Project (2022)

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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

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Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 2 (2021)

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You, the princess, are having a small adventure outside the city walls. Meanwhile, the city is in flames, due to the attack of unknown monsters. You can’t lie idle. You must save your people, gain allies to fight by your side against evil and become a heroic princess.

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  • fishing
  • emotional
  • isometric
  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • pirates
  • colourful
  • third-person
  • atmospheric
  • crafting
  • exploration
  • medieval
  • management
  • rpg
  • casual

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Hallowlands (2023)

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Explore a procedurally generated open world with many biomes to explore and harvest resources from. You can chop down trees, mine rocks/ore, and find unique items to help you along your journey. Using the resources that you find, you can craft powerful weapons and items.

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  • crafting
  • hack-and-slash
  • dungeon-crawler
  • dungeon
  • building
  • procedural
  • open-world
  • rpg
  • medieval
  • sandbox
  • management
  • mystery
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • top-down

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SpiritfarerA (2020)

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Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and guide them across mystical seas to finally release them into the afterlife. What will you leave behind?

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  • emotional
  • building
  • cooperative
  • hand-drawn
  • fishing
  • management
  • relaxing
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • crafting
  • simulation
  • exploration
  • local
  • cartoony

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Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 3 (2024)

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Lovely adventuring RPG series. Casual, story-driven journey and quests. A darkness is coming that will engulf the whole kingdom. Prepare for an adventure full of surprises and heroic deeds.


  • isometric
  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • exploration
  • emotional
  • casual
  • rpg
  • third-person
  • old-school
  • colourful
  • adventure
  • crafting
  • atmospheric
  • medieval
  • management

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Shattered Gardens (2021)

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Shattered Gardens is the all-new Open-World, Fantasy RPG! Release sale now on!

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  • cinematic
  • character
  • 3d
  • open-world
  • third-person
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • customization
  • crafting
  • management
  • fantasy
  • inventory
  • casual
  • rpg

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Lightsmith (2021)

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In this dark and gloomy world we must forge our own light... Build up your forge, help the citizens of Gloomsdale, & bring light back to the world in this crafting sim with charming black & white 2D pixelart.

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  • nonlinear
  • conversation
  • crafting
  • supernatural
  • action-adventure
  • top-down
  • management
  • dark
  • pixel
  • inventory
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • story
  • 2d
  • fantasy

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