The Best Crafting open-world Games for PC Windows - Page 3

Update : Dune: Awakening added at rank #29.
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Horizon Zero Dawna (2020)

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Review score
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PC Windows

Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!

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  • open-world
  • stealth
  • robots
  • crafting
  • combat
  • dinosaurs
  • rpg
  • fight
  • post-apocalyptic
  • shooter
  • battle

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Schedule I (2025)

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94
Review score
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PC Windows

From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

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  • crime
  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • simulation
  • empire
  • management
  • business
  • comedy
  • automation
  • crafting
  • first-person
  • full-blown
  • multiplayer
  • base-building
  • drug

23

Blacktail (2022)

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80
Review score
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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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Urge (2021)

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100
Review score
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PC Windows

Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

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  • crafting
  • survival
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • survival-horror
  • building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • sandbox
  • loot
  • gore
  • atmospheric
  • horror
  • shooter
  • exploration
  • first-person

25

Necesse (2019)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Necesse is an open-world, top-down sandbox game with a huge amount of potential. Explore procedurally generated islands, build towns, recruit settlers and complete quests - either on your own or with friends. There are forest, snow, swamp and desert biomes to discover as well as mobs and boss battles to fight. The crafting recipes are intuitive and the base building is fun and easy to learn.

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What we like:
  • Procedurally generated world of islands
  • Mobs to fight
  • Boss battles
  • Intuitive crafting recipes
  • Base building system
  • Online multiplayer
What could be improved:
  • Not much verticality in the build system yet
  • Minimal cosmetic changes for builds
  • Some bullet hell elements during boss fights

  • crafting
  • survival
  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • colony
  • building
  • sandbox
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • survival-craft
  • replay-value
  • 2d
  • multiplayer
  • farming
  • online

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Subnautica: Below Zero (2021)

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90
Review score
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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X Mac OS Playstation 4

Plunge into the icy depths of Subnautica: Below Zero! Unravel the mystery of your sister's disappearance while braving the alien arctic. Craft, explore, and survive in a world teeming with otherworldly wonders. Each discovery propels you through a story rich with adventure and intrigue. Are you ready to uncover the secrets beneath the ice?


What we like:
  • Stunning alien underwater environments
  • Engaging narrative with a personal quest
  • Diverse biomes filled with unique creatures
  • Streamlined survival mechanics
  • Inviting to both series veterans and newcomers
What could be improved:
  • Some resources can be challenging to locate
  • Exploration may be hindered by confusing terrain

  • underwater
  • survival
  • crafting
  • exploration
  • open-world

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

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78
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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X PC Windows

"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.

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  • japanese
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • jrpg
  • crafting
  • exploration
  • battle
  • combat
  • long-running

28

9th Dawn III (2020)

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89
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PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Android

"description": "Embark on an epic adventure in 9th Dawn III: Shadow of Erthil, a thrilling 2D open world RPG filled with dungeons, monsters, and secrets. Explore vast landscapes, discover hidden crypts and villages, and fight over 270 unique monsters to become the ultimate warrior. With over 1,400 items to collect, customize your gear, recruit monsters, and play the original card game Fyued. With an original orchestral soundtrack, side quests, and more, can you uncover the mysterious evil force threatening the lands?"


What we like:
  • Massive open-world
  • Unique space to flip movement mechanics
  • Deep nostalgic pull to older games
  • Simple and familiar RPG flavor
  • Impressive take on 2D Hack and Slash gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • Weak gearing system
  • Difficulty understanding attributes, skills, and abilities impact on player stats
  • No modding tools and no way to split stacks or divide items in inventory

  • open-world
  • rpg
  • dungeon-crawler
  • crafting
  • card
  • fishing
  • hunting
  • mining
  • dungeon
  • collectathon
  • twin-stick
  • campaign
  • hack-and-slash
  • old-school
  • 2d

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Dune: Awakening (2025)

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78
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PC Windows

Rise from survival to greatness and challenge the power of an Imperium in Dune: Awakening, a brand-new open world survival and crafting game. Alone or together with others, you must survive the sandworm, build a home, craft your ornithopter, and unravel the story of the missing Fremen.

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  • survival
  • mmo
  • multiplayer
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • sci-fi

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Atomfall (2025)

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75
Review score
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Xbox Series X IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.


  • survival
  • stealth
  • open-world
  • survival-action
  • exploration
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • combat
  • first-person
  • mystery
  • action-survival
  • open-ended
  • shooter
  • robots
  • inventory

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