Gather, craft, build, thrive, and sometimes survive. Here's what 2026 has in store for the open-world crafting genre.

Eduardo Ariedo is a video game journalist known among friends for leading Bohemians, an Irish football club, to a Champions League title in Football Manager—just mention the game, and his eyes light ...

The best crafting games can let you unleash your creativity as you put your exploration and scavenging skills to use. From building up your own base to making gear and weapons and much more besides, ...

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Dive into the ultimate clicker-based resource management and base-building adventure! Gather, craft, and automate your world as you grow from humble beginnings to a sprawling empire. Inspired by the ...

Arctico is sort of like Subnautica without all the underwater dread. Walk into a body of water in Arctico and you'll suddenly be in a kayak, cruising over the calm blue surface toward a fishing spot.

Project Bloomwalker is an all-new cozy crafting adventure game. Bloomwalker translates to “one who walks while blooming flowers,” reflecting a vision of a world where the protagonist’s footsteps bring ...

Publisher Radical Theory and developer The Breach Studios have announced Westlanders, a Western-themed open-world survival, crafting, building, and management game planned for release across ...

The coming years are shaping up to be some of the richest in a while for gamers who crave detailed crafting loops and satisfying base-building mechanics. There are sequels to iconic titles, brand-new ...