The Best Crafting Games for Playstation 5 - Page 3

Update : Monster Hunter Wilds added at rank #2.
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Starsand (2021)

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

In Starsand, you'll explore a vast and unforgiving desert, scavenging for resources, building a shelter, and hunting to survive. With dynamic weather and day/night changes, you'll have to plan and act wisely to uncover the secrets of an ancient civilization and make it back home. Can you survive in this harsh environment and make it out alive?


What we like:
  • Good survival elements
  • Interesting premise
  • Nice desert atmosphere
  • Nice exploration aspects
  • Unique navigation system
What could be improved:
  • Limited content
  • Clunky gameplay
  • Unforgiving resource allocation
  • Bugs and glitches
  • Lack of save points

  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • inventory
  • 3d
  • management
  • sandbox
  • aliens
  • sci-fi
  • atmospheric
  • realistic
  • first-person

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Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak (2022)

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

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is an expansion to the original Monster Hunter Rise. Featuring improved gameplay and nimble-feeling additions to combat mechanics, unique new monsters and hunting locales, and a new difficulty level in the form of Master Rank quests. As the hunter who saved Kamura from calamity, you must now journey to the far-off reaches of Elgado, an outpost near a Kingdom beset by a sinister new nemesis—the elder dragon Malzeno!


  • rpg
  • fight
  • online
  • battle
  • combat
  • cooperative
  • skill
  • crafting
  • action
  • japanese
  • farming
  • boss
  • difficult
  • dragon
  • customization

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Survival: Fountain of Youth (2023)

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early access Xbox Series X Playstation 5 j PC Windows

Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world survival game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.


  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • realistic
  • sailing
  • underwater
  • building
  • historical
  • immersive
  • base-building
  • simulation

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Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Embark on an adventure to save your hometown in Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key. Explore new areas with a group of 11 party members and discover the Code of the Universe and unravel the mysteries of alchemy with the Key system. Plus, the Digital Deluxe Edition includes 22 costumes and 100,000 Gems, while the Season Pass offers even more content. Don't miss out!


What we like:
  • First open-world Atelier game
  • Best combat in the series
  • Fun exploration
  • Culmination of the story from previous games
  • Huge and varied skill tree
What could be improved:
  • Disappointing story
  • Minimalist UI with missing basic elements
  • Lack of character development
  • Not much emotional hook
  • Poor localization and translation

  • japanese
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • combat
  • jrpg
  • battle
  • turn-based
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • skill
  • real-time
  • cute
  • fight
  • combo

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Merek's Market (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 stadia Playstation 5

Merek's Market is a chaotic crafting game about running a medieval shop. Take charge of your shop as you haggle, barter and craft your way through a comical single player campaign or team up with friends in couch co-op to supply the whole town.


  • cooperative
  • crafting
  • medieval
  • local
  • multiplayer
  • 4-player
  • boss
  • family-friendly
  • funny
  • cartoony

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Forever Skies (2023)

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early access Playstation 5 PC Windows

Forever Skies is a first-person post-apocalyptic survival game. Return to Earth, ravaged by an ecological disaster. Fly, upgrade and customize your mobile high-tech airship base. Scavenge resources to survive, face dangers on the surface and hunt for viral pathogens to cure a mysterious illness.


  • survival
  • crafting
  • base-building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • science
  • inventory
  • first-person
  • exploration
  • procedural
  • sandbox
  • management
  • resource-management
  • fps
  • action-adventure
  • sci-fi

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WW2: Bunker Simulator (2021)

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During WWII you are an American soldier who captured the german bunker in Normandy. You must defend it at all costs and survive this World War II. Complete missions, cook & shoot, search the bodies for medicines, ammo, and food to survive. WW2: Bunker Simulator is a mix of fps and simulator.


  • world-war-2
  • wargame
  • resource-management
  • first-person
  • crafting
  • survival
  • shooter
  • historical
  • military
  • management
  • fps
  • 3d
  • war
  • realistic
  • simulation

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The Outbound Ghost (2022)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows

The Outbound Ghost is an adventure RPG about helping ghosts ascend to the afterlife. Battle the past using figments of your personality. Craft badges to earn abilities. Explore a town of troubled spooks and discover life can be tough, even when you're dead.


  • wholesome
  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • party
  • emotional
  • multiple-endings
  • supernatural
  • choices
  • crafting
  • stylized
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • story
  • action-adventure
  • combat

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Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom (2020)

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

Become an adventurer and a blacksmith in the captivating world of the Sand Kingdom. Explore dungeons, gather materials, and defeat monsters to craft powerful equipment. Will you equip them or sell them in your shop? Meet other adventurers and complete quests to earn rewards. Customize your character for a unique gameplay experience. Embark on the journey of the adventurer blacksmith!


What we like:
  • Simplified Atelier-type game with engaging gameplay loop
  • Interesting mix of JRPG and shop simulation with a touch of visual novel
  • Game mechanics allow for experimentation and class/faith changes
  • Healthy amount of convenience and quality of life enhancements
What could be improved:
  • Gamebreaking bug encountered
  • Repetitive gameplay can become tiresome
  • Lack of mouse support and keyboard-only controls
  • Story leaves much to be desired
  • Grinding can feel monotonous and mind-numbing

  • dungeon
  • crafting
  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • customization
  • party
  • collectathon
  • management
  • adventure
  • visual-novel
  • fantasy
  • arena
  • playoff
  • dungeon-crawler
  • character

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HammerHelm (2017)

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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!


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

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