The Best Crafting open-world Games

Update : Abiotic Factor added at rank #19.
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Satisfactory (2024)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

Satisfactory is an engaging first-person factory-building game on an alien planet, allowing players to explore a pre-generated world and harvest natural resources to create automated factories. With great power systems and conveyor belts to help automate resource collection and transportation, the game offers a fun and addictive experience for control freaks and automation enthusiasts. The added survival element provides extra depth, making it a must-play for exploration and building game fans.


What we like:
  • Engaging first-person factory-building experience
  • Pre-generated world for unique gameplay experience
  • Fun power systems and conveyor belts for resource automation
  • Survival element adds extra depth
  • Great for building and automation enthusiasts
What could be improved:
  • May require significant time investment to unlock useful devices and modes of transportation
  • Demands patience, structure and adaptability

  • automation
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • factory-building
  • first-person
  • sandbox
  • factory
  • survival
  • resource-management
  • building
  • exploration
  • cooperative
  • robo-said
  • factory-builder

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Monster Hunter Wilds (2025)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.

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  • fight
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • hunting
  • action
  • combat
  • cooperative
  • battle
  • multiplayer
  • dragon
  • narrative
  • long-running
  • online
  • customization

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Palworld (2024)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows

Embark on a thrilling adventure in Palworld, a game that fuses the fun of creature-collecting with hardcore survival challenges! Build, battle, and bond with your Pals in a vast, dynamic world. Whether you're crafting the perfect base or exploring uncharted territories with friends, every decision carves your path to survival. Are you ready to conquer this wild, whimsical world?


What we like:
  • Unique blend of creature-collecting and survival
  • Engaging base-building with the help of Pals
  • Wide variety of Pals for strategic gameplay
  • Multiplayer mode to share the adventure
  • Expansive world full of exploration and challenges
What could be improved:
  • Combat mechanics and base management need refinement
  • Some themes and humor may not appeal to all

  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • collector
  • creature
  • pokemon
  • farming
  • multiplayer
  • boss

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Eastshade (2019)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One

Embark on a peaceful and wholesome adventure as a traveling painter exploring the beautiful island of Eastshade. Engage with unique and captivating characters, complete quests, and create works of art that impact the world around you. With stunning visuals and a mesmerizing score, Eastshade offers a unique and uplifting experience that will leave a lasting impression on you.

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What we like:
  • Captivating characters and engaging quests
  • Stunning visuals and attention to detail
  • Art creation adds an extra layer of gameplay depth
  • Soothing and relaxing experience
  • Strong plot and exploration opportunities.
What could be improved:
  • Technical flaws including glitches and crashes
  • Mixed bag of voice acting.

  • open-world
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • walking-simulator
  • crafting
  • beautiful
  • combat-free
  • rpg
  • first-person
  • atmospheric
  • photography
  • adventure
  • story
  • fantasy
  • violent

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Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Mac OS stadia Xbox One PC Windows

Cyberpunk 2077 is an immersive and soulful game, full of intrigue and violence unlike any other. It offers a world of depth and breadth, with freedom of choice in story and combat. With its neon-lit streets, stunning visuals, complex characters, diverse quests, upgrade tree for abilities and rich dialogue choices - this game has it all!


What we like:
  • Absolutely gorgeous visuals
  • Freedom of choice in story and combat
  • Immersive game world to date with complex characters
  • Diverse quest types including main jobs side jobs gigs police scanner hustles etc
  • Upgrade tree for abilities
What could be improved:
  • Shorter than expected campaign length

  • open-world
  • rpg
  • stealth
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • cyberpunk
  • driving
  • narrative
  • tabletop
  • fps
  • futuristic
  • crafting
  • combat
  • dystopian
  • heist

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Hello Kitty Island Adventure (2023)

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Playstation 5 Mac OS Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone PC Windows

Embark on a cozy, open-world adventure with Hello Kitty and Friends. Befriend beloved characters as you explore and restore a mysterious island, solve ancient puzzles, cook delicious dishes, customize yourself and your cabins, and so much more.


  • crafting
  • simulation
  • cozy
  • puzzle
  • cute
  • life
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • relaxing
  • dungeon
  • park
  • open-world
  • cooking
  • colourful
  • life-simulation

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Crashlands 2 (2025)

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PC Windows Android IOS iPhone

Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning open world crafting RPG Crashlands.


  • crafting
  • survival
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • inventory

8

Nova Lands (2023)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Dive into Nova Lands, where your creativity fuels an open-world adventure of base-building and automation! Master resource management, befriend or battle exotic creatures, and design a thriving industry with adorable helper bots. Unleash your inner strategist and transform untamed wilds into a flourishing empire. Embark on your journey in Nova Lands today!


What we like:
  • Engaging base-building and automation
  • Diverse biomes with unique challenges
  • Customizable helper bot AI adds depth
  • Satisfying progression and skill tree
  • Charming pixel art and soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Late-game content a bit slow

  • management
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • resource-management
  • automation
  • resource
  • pixel
  • survival
  • base-building
  • farming
  • simulation
  • 2d
  • boss-fight
  • boss
  • building

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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon (2025)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One Android Playstation 5 PC Windows

Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a complex, branching storyline.


  • rpg
  • open-world
  • fantasy
  • first-person
  • immersive
  • dark
  • third-person
  • narrative
  • exploration
  • crafting
  • nonlinear
  • dungeon
  • character

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Once Human (2024)

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IOS iPhone Xbox Series X/s) (Playstation 5 PC Windows Android

Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.


  • survival
  • open-world
  • multiplayer
  • post-apocalyptic
  • crafting
  • mmo
  • base-building
  • cooperative

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