The Best Crafting open-world Games for Playstation 5

Update : Forever Skies added at rank #25.
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Monster Hunter Wilds (2025)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Xbox Series X/s

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.


  • fight
  • crafting
  • combat
  • battle
  • open-world
  • rpg
  • narrative
  • action
  • multiplayer
  • long-running
  • boss-fight
  • story
  • combo
  • exploration
  • online

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Palworld (2024)

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early access Playstation 5 Mac OS Xbox Series X Xbox One 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
  • farming

3

Hello Kitty Island Adventure (2023)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Mac OS Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone PC Windows (Playstation 5 Playstation 4)

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
  • puzzle
  • cute
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • cozy
  • dungeon
  • park
  • life
  • relaxing
  • underwater
  • multiplayer
  • open-world
  • sanrio

4

Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch 2 Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One stadia Playstation 4

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!

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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
  • tabletop
  • narrative
  • combat
  • fps
  • crafting
  • futuristic
  • heist
  • dystopian

5

Horizon Forbidden West (2022)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 j

Horizon Forbidden West is an action-adventure game that follows Aloy as she hunts for a backup of Gaia in order to avert another disaster. Along the way, she must battle against villains and explore new areas of the planet. Players will be able to take part in engaging story telling with great in-game cinematics, immersive haptic feedback, and thrilling combat.


What we like:
  • Engaging story telling with great cinematics
  • Satisfying combat mechanics and fluid climbing mechanics
  • Variety of enemies with different weaknesses
  • Robotic dinosaurs!
What could be improved:
  • Range attacks are superior than melee attacks which can make combat challenging on higher difficulties

  • open-world
  • underwater
  • combat
  • stealth
  • dinosaurs
  • narrative
  • post-apocalyptic
  • fight
  • sci-fi
  • exploration
  • battle
  • crafting
  • skill
  • puzzle
  • robots

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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (2023)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ is a first-person, action-adventure game set in the never-before-seen Western Frontier of Pandora. Get the Aranahe Warrior Pack for free when you play on PlayStation®5.


  • open-world
  • crafting
  • mech
  • stealth
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • combat
  • exploration
  • cooperative

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Fallout 4 (2017)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

Welcome to the world of Fallout 4 - a post-apocalyptic wasteland where every second is a fight for survival. As the sole survivor of Vault 111, you have the freedom to rebuild and determine the fate of the Wasteland. Explore a massive open world, join factions, develop your character with unique abilities, experience stunning graphics, engage in intense combat, and craft an entire settlement. Your choices, your adventure. Welcome home to Fallout 4!


What we like:
  • Beautiful and immersive open world
  • Intense gameplay with unique abilities
  • Eargasmic audio
  • Suitable for all audiences
What could be improved:
  • Vanilla version has some buggy moments
  • Graphics could be better
  • Story could be deeper
  • Mods needed for flawless experience

  • post-apocalyptic
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • shooter
  • crafting
  • first-person
  • combat
  • war
  • fps
  • exploration
  • inventory
  • survival
  • robots
  • adventure
  • action

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DYSMANTLE (2021)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 5 IOS iPhone Android

DYSMANTLE is a post-apocalyptic open-world game where you explore a world inhabited by nasty and vile creatures. Craft permanent weapons, tools, outfits, and trinkets, farm plants, cook delicious recipes, and solve puzzles to gain upgrades. With over 99% of everything breakable for materials, the possibilities are endless. Enjoy the bittersweet apocalypse and thrive in a dangerous world.


What we like:
  • Progression system is nice
  • Unique story with nice plot twist
  • Great feedback when hitting stuff
  • Cathartic to destroy everything
  • Good value for amount of content
What could be improved:
  • Crafting system is too grindy
  • Building feels like an afterthought
  • Travel is painfully slow
  • Lack of purpose for building and sleeping

  • zombies
  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • post-apocalyptic
  • beast
  • rpg

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Blacktail (2022)

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80
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Xbox Series X Android PC Windows Playstation 5

Experience the mystical and intense archery combat in BLACKTAIL, a dark and magical fairy tale world. Play as Yaga, a witch accused of witchcraft, who hunts down foul spirits to unravel your own mystery while deciding the fate of the land. With BLACKTAIL's Morality system, your decisions affect your skills. Discover hidden treasures, collect lost recipes, and brew elixirs to shape your playstyle. Are you ready to become the guardian of the woods or the terror nightmares are made of?


What we like:
  • Beautiful environment
  • Interesting story
  • Unique characters
  • Great voice acting
  • Seamless integration of morality system
What could be improved:
  • Slow controls
  • Tedious combat
  • Technical issues
  • Poor explanation of mechanics

  • archery
  • mythology
  • first-person
  • crafting
  • dark
  • story
  • exploration
  • survival
  • open-world
  • action-adventure
  • rpg
  • boss-fight
  • combat
  • humor
  • fantasy

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Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (2025)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One

"Atelier Yumia" is a story about “memory”. Explore the field to gather materials and synthesis items. The items you create can be key to advancing the story and can also be used in battles and exploration. Additionally, you can create your own base with “Building" in the field.


  • rpg
  • japanese
  • open-world
  • jrpg
  • crafting
  • exploration
  • collectathon
  • combat
  • battle

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