Games Compilations The Best Crafting Games of All Time

The Best Crafting Games of All Time

TOP: games with crafting and construction on PC and console. The editors of VGTimes have compiled a list of the best crafting games of all time. Crafting (from the English craft) is a gameplay mechanic that allows players to create items from various resources. Typically, games that feature crafting mechanics also feature resource gathering or construction.

The mechanics are suitable for many genres, but most often crafting is given a lot of attention in survival simulators. Among the best survival simulators with crafting, resource collection and construction, Minecraft deserves special mention. It was this game that popularized the mechanics of crafting and served as a reference point for many imitators.

In some games, crafting takes up a significant part of the game time, while in others it can only play a supporting role. For example, in Conan Exiles, building and crafting are fundamental mechanics, but in The Last of Us Part 2, they are just one of many game features.

Valheim

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Crafting, Survival, Open world

February 2, 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and plundering tombs, setting up...

Fallout 4

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

November 9, 2015

VGTimes: 7.5/10

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Continuation of the iconic series of role-playing games in a post-apocalyptic world. The game has completely revamped the leveling system, gameplay, changed the RPG...

Minecraft

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Sandbox, Survival, Crafting, Online

August 15, 2011

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Exciting sandbox with a focus on freedom of action and exploration of an almost infinite open world. Created by procedural generation, it is filled with...

Terraria

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike

May 16, 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Terraria is an adventure sandbox with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful world where you can create various items, build structures...

Stardew Valley

Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie

February 26, 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Stardew Valley is a farming simulator with role-playing elements, an open-world sandbox with an isometric camera and visual style reminiscent of '90s arcades...

No Man's Sky

Online, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Survival

August 9, 2016

VGTimes: 5.6/10

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 75/100

No Man's Sky is an adventure simulator with a first-person view in a futuristic setting. You will embark on an exploration of space and planets, some of which may...

Project Zomboid

Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Survival, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies, Open world

November 8, 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

A zombie apocalypse is about to occur in the world of Project Zomboid. So far, humanity has not understood what happened, but the houses still have water and...

The Forest

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival

April 30, 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

The Forest is an adventure action-horror game with survival elements set in an open world and featuring a first-person perspective. The main character is the sole...

The Long Dark

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

August 1, 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Post-apocalyptic action adventure with first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of pilot Will McKennzie, who caught his plane in a...

Subnautica

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world

December 14, 2014

VGTimes: 8.4/10

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Subnautica is a single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke...

Rust

Online, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Survival, Cooperative (co-op), Crafting

February 8, 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Rust has come a difficult path from the alpha version of another DayZ clone in 2013 to an independent survival simulator. The basics of the game are standard for...

ARK: Survival Evolved

Online, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Shooter, Survival, Open world

August 27, 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 56/100

ARK: Survival Evolved is an open-world action game with a first-person view and survival elements. You have to become a real dinosaur hunter. You will go to a large...

Slime Rancher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view

August 1, 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Slime Rancher is an arcade shooter with a first-person view. You have to become the owner of a funny farm of slugs that live on a new planet colonized by humanity...

Craft The World

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Platformer

November 24, 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 88/100

V Rising

Isometric, Action, Slasher, Online, MMO, Fantasy

May 17, 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Players take on the role of a vampire awakened from centuries of sleep, stripped of his dark powers. To regain his strength and quench his thirst for blood, he...

Starbound

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival

July 22, 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship. Fleeing from...

Conan Exiles

Role-playing game, Online, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival

May 8, 2018

VGTimes: 7.3/10

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Conan Exiles is an open-world fantasy game about the legendary Cimmerian. The game includes not only single playthrough, but also multiplayer. Everyone will be able...

Scrap Mechanic

Simulation, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

January 20, 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Scrap Mechanic is a simulator in which players have to build various mechanisms, extract resources and fight futuristic robots. The events of the game will tell...

This War of Mine

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

November 14, 2014

VGTimes: 8.8/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...

Green Hell

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

September 5, 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Green Hell is a survival-adventure game with a first-person view, where the danger comes from wildlife in the unexplored corners of the Amazon jungle. An open world...

Don't Starve

Simulation, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Survival

April 23, 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Don't Starve is an adventure game about survival in a randomly generated world. In it you have to collect resources, stock up on food, grow berries and vegetables...

Craftopia

Action, Slasher, Third-person view

September 4, 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Craftopia is an open world role-playing game. The game features multiplayer, co-op, hunting, fishing, construction, survival elements, the ability to drive...

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Legend of Zelda, Action, Adventure

March 3, 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 97/100

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a continuation of the popular series of games about Link with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to climb...

Forager

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Open world, Adventure

April 18, 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Forager is a fun top-down arcade clicker game with RPG elements, inspired by Stardew Valley, Terraria and Zelda. You will explore everything around, create objects...

Crossout

Arcade, Online, Action, Racing, MMO, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

May 30, 2017

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Crossout is a multiplayer arcade racer with a third-person view in a post-apocalyptic world. The events of the game will take place in 2047 immediately after a...

Oxygen Not Included

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Side view

May 18, 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Oxygen Not Included is a side-view management simulator. You have to set up a space colony on an asteroid and help the residents survive in difficult conditions...

LEGO Worlds

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

February 24, 2017

VGTimes: 7.5/10

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 66/100

LEGO Worlds is a fun adventure game with a third-person view, where you will go to conquer procedurally generated worlds made from the familiar LEGO construction...

How to Survive

Action, Horror, Hack and slash, Beat them all, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic

October 23, 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Hurtworld

Action, First-person view, Third-person view

December 4, 2015

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer action game with a focus on a deep survival system that doesn't become trivial once the basic needs are covered. Those feelings...

Rising World

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie

December 3, 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Dead Rising 2 Remaster

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view

September 13, 2016

Dead Rising 2 Remaster is a re-release of the zombie action game with a third-person view and horror elements. The game takes place in the resort town of Fortuna...