The Best Crafting open-world Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : Grim added at rank #23.
Here are our 10 Best Crafting open-world Games for Nintendo Switch, position 11 to 20:
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Subnautica (2018)

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Plunge into Subnautica's alien ocean world, where survival hinges on your ability to adapt. Build, explore, and unravel mysteries in a breathtaking underwater realm. It's not just a game—it's an odyssey beneath the waves that will test your instincts and dazzle your senses.

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What we like:
  • Gorgeous, immersive environments
  • Deep crafting and base-building
  • Compelling exploration and discovery
  • Rich storyline and world-building
  • Dynamic sound design enhancing atmosphere
What could be improved:
  • Occasional performance dips in deep areas
  • Limited inventory space can frustrate resource management

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

12

Subnautica: Below Zero (2019)

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

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?

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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

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

13

Hard Time III (2024)

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The toughest prison sim in the yard is back to serve its 3rd consecutive sentence - combining classic moments from the OG with the best aspects of 2D, while putting out a few hits of its own! Tackle crime from either side of the prison fence, while a larger world beyond it makes life worth living.


  • crime
  • humor
  • wrestling
  • simulation
  • customization
  • life
  • character
  • gun
  • sentence-combining
  • investigation
  • conversation
  • dark
  • crafting
  • choices
  • open-world

14

UNDYING (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Survive a zombie apocalypse in UNDYING, a heart-wrenching tale of a mother teaching her son to survive. Experience a captivating narrative with smooth gameplay and an enjoyable art style. Or solve cryptic puzzles in Quern: Undying Thoughts, a game that pays homage to the classic Myst series with its grim atmosphere and challenging puzzles.


What we like:
  • Emotional and captivating narrative
  • Smooth gameplay
  • Enjoyable art style
  • Challenging puzzles
  • Homage to classic Myst series
What could be improved:
  • Lack of endgame content
  • Repetitive teaching mechanic
  • Dialogue and subtitle issues
  • Unbalanced story mode

  • survival
  • zombies
  • post-apocalyptic
  • rpg
  • crafting
  • story
  • open-world
  • management
  • multiple-endings
  • first-person
  • adventure
  • cooking
  • inventory
  • cinematic
  • choices

15

HammerHelm (2017)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 m PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

HammerHelm is a unique blend of third-person adventuring and strategic town building. Create your dwarf character and build a flourishing town above ground. Complete quests, craft weapons and armor, defeat dangerous enemies and be the leader your townspeople need!

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  • crafting
  • open-world
  • building
  • city-building
  • base-building
  • third-person
  • action-adventure
  • relaxing
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • fantasy
  • survival
  • casual
  • strategy

16

Biomutant (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Biomutant is an ambitious open-world game that encourages players to explore its vibrant sandbox setting full of surprises. Customize your character, build and upgrade weapons, pull off stylish combos in Wung Fu combat, and make moral decisions with lasting consequences. Along the way you'll face giant monsters, discover secrets of a lost civilization, and ride some truly adorable mounts!


What we like:
  • Seamless combat system
  • Extensive customization options
  • Vibrant world with many biomes to explore
  • Interesting moral choices
  • Unique characters and creatures
What could be improved:
  • Occasional technical issues
  • Story may not be memorable for everyone
  • Some bugs still present

  • open-world
  • post-apocalyptic
  • rpg
  • crafting
  • combat
  • fight
  • mech
  • narrative

17

Scrapnaut (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!

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  • survival
  • cooperative
  • crafting
  • building
  • open-world
  • sandbox
  • base-building
  • top-down
  • exploration
  • online
  • post-apocalyptic
  • steampunk
  • farming
  • multiplayer
  • robots

18

Miniland Adventure (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!


  • crafting
  • survival
  • open-world
  • sandbox
  • base-building
  • pixel
  • building
  • farming
  • underground
  • collectathon
  • god-game
  • resource-management
  • inventory
  • relaxing
  • 2d

19

Falcon Age (2019)

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Bond with a baby falcon and go on an adventure. Falcon Age is a first-person, single-player action adventure where you’ll play as Ara in her fight to reclaim her cultural legacy in the lost art of falcon hunting against a force of automated colonizers.

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  • robots
  • cute
  • action-adventure
  • crafting
  • first-person
  • exploration
  • conversation
  • open-world
  • combat
  • vr
  • character
  • customization
  • colourful
  • single-player
  • needle

20

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition (2021)

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early access Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4

The Ultimate Survivor Edition includes ARK: Survival Evolved, along with these huge Expansion Packs: Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, and Genesis Parts 1 & 2. All updated and optimized with every improvement made since the launch of the base game.

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  • survival
  • dinosaurs
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • card
  • japanese

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