The Best Crafting Games - Page 3

Update : Abiotic Factor added at rank #14.
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TerraTech (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

TerraTech is the perfect game for creative kids who love to build their own vehicles and explore a randomly generated world. Construct powerful machines, bases, and weapons to defend against rival miners, gather resources, and improve your standing with the Mining Corporations. Explore treacherous mountain ranges, luscious grasslands, and huge deserts while building and creating your own unique style. The gameplay is fun and intuitive, and the simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware.


What we like:
  • Fun and intuitive gameplay
  • Creative freedom with lots of room for your own style
  • Enticing game with interesting mechanics
  • Simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware
  • Provides a unique and addictive experience
What could be improved:
  • Feels empty with repetitive fetch quests
  • Lack of big updates
  • Multiplayer needs a lot of work

  • sandbox
  • building
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • construction
  • vehicle
  • survival
  • robots
  • physics
  • early-access
  • exploration
  • funny-looking
  • online
  • vehicles

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Forager (2019)

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Android Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Forager is a 2D open-world game inspired by many other farming, crafting and exploration games. You play as a little white unnamed humanoid thing and start on a single small island filled with rocks, trees, flowers and other resources. You use the starting tool to chop down trees or mine rocks to start crafting objects. As you progress, you earn experience points to unlock new skills and craft new tools as well as purchase more land to expand your area of exploration. There are also puzzles to solve that award special treasure chests or items.


What we like:
  • Fun gameplay
  • Earn experience points
  • Craft new tools
  • Expand land area
  • Solve puzzles for rewards
  • Extra content unlocked from feats in game
What could be improved:
  • No real story needed
  • Stamina must be monitored closely
  • Price tag for the game may seem high compared to content offered

  • crafting
  • farming
  • dungeon
  • open-world
  • survival
  • exploration
  • puzzle
  • skill

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No Man's Sky (2016)

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No Man's Sky is a massive universe-sim sandbox experience that lets you explore an infinite number of planets with unique lifeforms and environments. Upgrade your ship and suit for survival and choose your own path - whether you want to be a trader, fighter, or explorer. The game offers great graphics and good VR support with the ability to play with friends and share your discoveries.


What we like:
  • Deliver on promises
  • Great graphics
  • Cross-play enabled
  • Good VR support
What could be improved:
  • Some bugs present
  • Not challenging enough
  • No co-op progression

  • inventory
  • survival
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • crafting
  • pirates
  • resource
  • discovery
  • aliens
  • trading
  • multiplayer
  • space
  • sandbox
  • open-world
  • management

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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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The Escapists 2 (2017)

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Xbox One Android Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows

The Escapists 2 is a thrilling prison escape game that will put your creativity to the test. As a prisoner, you must sneak your way out of some of the toughest prisons in existence by creating intricate plans and crafting clever weapons. You can even team up with friends to escape together! With a diverse range of levels, crafting items and interactive combat, you'll be hooked in no time.


What we like:
  • Multiplayer adds value to the gameplay
  • Exciting new combat system
  • Fun mechanic of knocking out guards and swapping outfits
  • Opportunity to use creative strategies to escape
  • Includes a Prison Map Editor
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive prisons
  • Goofy escape routes feel unimportant
  • Co-op only levels make single player feel limited

  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • cooperative
  • simulation
  • strategy
  • multiplayer
  • online
  • pixel
  • local
  • stealth
  • retro
  • difficult
  • crime

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DYSMANTLE (2021)

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

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
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • post-apocalyptic
  • beast
  • rpg
  • hunting

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My Time at Portia (2019)

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Android Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

My Time at Portia is an immersive post-apocalyptic game, where you build your own life as a builder. You will be crafting items out of raw resources, taking commissions from the Commerce Guild, growing plants, tending to livestock and even exploring ruins for rare materials. You can also fight enemies and loot for materials or woo a special someone for marriage.


What we like:
  • Plenty of activities to do
  • Immersive post-apocalyptic game setting
  • Plenty of tasks to keep you busy with rewards for progress made
  • Friendly townsfolk with plenty of interactions available
What could be improved:
  • Combat is simplistic and straightforward at best

  • farming
  • crafting
  • simulation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • dungeon
  • rpg

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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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Core Keeper (2024)

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

Core Keeper is a mining/crafting-adventure game that combines elements from games like Terraria, Stardew Valley, and Valheim. Dive into a subterranean world where you mine, build, and battle in an ever-expanding cave of wonders. Forge your path, unearth relics, and conquer monstrous foes, solo or with friends. It's a sandbox of secrets waiting for you to uncover!


What we like:
  • Infinite exploration with diverse biomes
  • Complete creative freedom in a fully destructible environment
  • Rich in secrets and stunning vistas
  • Varied gameplay with distinct regions
  • Extensive mod support enhances replayability
What could be improved:
  • Challenging navigation without clear landmarks
  • Limited inventory and storage space

  • survival
  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • cooperative
  • mining
  • cooking
  • farming
  • pixel
  • open-world
  • building
  • boss
  • procedural
  • simulation

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The Planet Crafter (2024)

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A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.


  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • sandbox
  • automation
  • exploration
  • base-building
  • sci-fi
  • building
  • resource-management
  • space

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