The Best Crafting base-building multiplayer Games

Update : Sengoku Dynasty added at rank #36.
Here are our 10 Best Crafting base-building multiplayer Games:
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Factorio (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux

Factorio is an absorbing factory management game. You play the role of a handy person who needs to build a rocket and craft almost anything with little more than spit and elbow grease. Automation is the key to success as you establish production chains and assembly lines to make sure all the hard work is done for you.


What we like:
  • Complex puzzle-solving
  • Open-ended gameplay
  • Automation mechanics
  • Creative assembly lines
  • Captivating story
What could be improved:
  • Tedious combat
  • Limited environmental resources
  • Environmental consequences of mass manufacturing

  • management
  • construction
  • automation
  • robots
  • simulation
  • base-building
  • trains
  • crafting
  • empire
  • sandbox
  • resource-management
  • multiplayer
  • cooperative
  • resource
  • aliens

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Astroneer (2016)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone

Embark on a cosmic journey in Astroneer, where you can shape worlds to your heart's content. Dig, build, and survive in a sandbox universe, creating bases and vehicles with friends. Uncover mysteries and enjoy a crafting odyssey across vibrant planets—your space adventure awaits!


What we like:
  • Engaging crafting and building mechanics
  • Vibrant, immersive worlds
  • Relaxing, open-ended gameplay
  • Satisfying cooperative multiplayer
  • Regular updates with new content
What could be improved:
  • Occasional control and camera issues

  • survival
  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • cooperative
  • open-world
  • exploration
  • space
  • drop-in
  • base-building
  • drop-out
  • resource
  • adventure

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Scrap Mechanic (2016)

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early access Android PC Windows

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!


  • building
  • sandbox
  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • physics
  • simulation
  • cooperative
  • moddable
  • third-person
  • multiplayer

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Valheim (2022)

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early access Xbox One Android Mac OS Linux PC Windows Xbox Series X

Valheim is an epic, Viking-tinged survival-creation game with blocky graphics and a modern twist. You are dropped in a wild forest with runes to guide you on your mission to conjure and defeat supernatural beasts. Players must craft weapons and armor, puzzle out how to summon the beasts, and build structures for shelter along the way.


What we like:
  • Simple default building system
  • Instant rebuilding/repairing
  • Randomly generated 3D universe
  • Easy-to-read color highlights for structural integrity
  • Level up abilities by repeating actions
  • Robust physics engine underlies all actions
What could be improved:
  • Wonky battling system
  • Limited traversal over rivers and oceans at this point

  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • boss
  • exploration

5

Enshrouded (2024)

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early access PC Windows

You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

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  • survival
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • multiplayer

6

Foxhole (2017)

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Android PC Windows

Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where thousands of players shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more.


  • multiplayer
  • mmo
  • war
  • top-down
  • wargame
  • world-war-2
  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • military
  • pvp
  • tactical
  • team
  • shooter
  • open-world
  • crafting

7

PixARK (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4

In addition, the player must ensure their survival by mining resources, making objects, building structures and defending himself against enemy animals and other players. The world has several areas such as jungle, desert and caves and is generated procedurally, so it is not prefabricated. Likewise, the quest system is procedural and always creates new challenges.


  • dinosaurs
  • survival
  • multiplayer
  • mmo
  • open-world
  • sandbox
  • adventure
  • voxel
  • building
  • endless

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Raft Survival: Multiplayer (2022)

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Dive into the vast blue in Raft, where survival meets creativity! You'll hook debris, craft your floating abode, and unveil mysteries with friends or solo. Outwit the lurking shark and thrive amidst the waves. Your survival saga awaits!


What we like:
  • Engaging and intuitive gameplay
  • Ideal for cooperative play
  • Rich sandbox mechanics
  • Engaging storyline
  • Encourages creative survival strategies
What could be improved:
  • Limited in length and additional objectives
  • Story lacks depth
  • Restricted technological advancement

  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • raft
  • base-building
  • building
  • multiplayer

9

Volcanoids (2019)

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early access Linux PC Windows

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces the typical base with a modular drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and battle robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

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  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • steampunk
  • cooperative
  • base-building
  • building
  • sandbox
  • atmospheric
  • shooter
  • exploration
  • first-person

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Eco (2018)

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early access Android PC Windows

Create a civilization capable of stopping a meteor without destroying the ecosystem in the process.


  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • building
  • economy
  • sandbox
  • cooperative

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