The Best Crafting Games for Playstation 4

Update 4 December 2023: While the Iron\'s Hot added at rank #35.

Here are our 10 Best Crafting Games for Playstation 4:

Play Video: Wytchwood

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

In Wytchwood, you play as an aging witch and explore a magical countryside. Create your own enchantments, trick wicked characters, and solve puzzles in this crafting adventure game. The unique art style and fairy tale-inspired storybook world will capture your imagination.

• Wonderful art style and entertaining dialogue
• Fun adventure crafting game with engaging questlines
• Unique and unexpected gameplay as an elderly witch
• Relaxing gameplay with charming design
• Multiple maps with engaging challenges

• Repetitive and tedious fetch quests
• Grinding materials becomes very frustrating and obfuscates the story
• Limited combat and focus on crafting
• Backtracking and running between areas can be tedious
• Graphic depictions of animal death

• crafting
• gothic
• conversation
• investigation
• fantasy
• 2.5d
• magic
• stylized
• dark
• exploration
• story
• adventure

Good match + 353 Bad match - 771

Play Video: The Wild at Heart

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

The Wild at Heart is a beautiful and joyous tale of discovery, full of quirky characters, exploration and puzzles. You play as Wake, a young scallywag searching for excitement who stumbles upon an adventure to save the world and reunite the Greenshields. With its hand-drawn art style, mysterious creatures and day-night cycle adding tension to the gameplay, you'll be sure to have some exciting escapades!

• Quirky characters with unique traits
• Beautiful artstyle
• Light combat & puzzles that increase in difficulty
• Day-night cycle adding tension to the gameplay

• The standard loop:go here - do that
• Parts of the narrative are well-honed

• puzzle
• hand-drawn
• crafting
• story
• action-adventure
• fantasy
• emotional
• time-management
• 2d
• atmospheric
• colourful
• resource-management
• survival
• exploration
• adventure

Good match + 353 Bad match - 734

Play Video: Disney Dreamlight Valley

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

Immerse yourself in the magical world of Disney Dreamlight Valley. Restore the memories of beloved Disney and Pixar characters, and rebuild a vibrant neighborhood in your unique style. Experience thrilling adventures, solve captivating puzzles, and enjoy the endless customization options. With new content continuously added, there's always a fresh adventure waiting for you!

• Immersive magical world with beloved Disney characters
• Nonlinear gameplay with a variety of quests
• Extensive customization options for character and town
• Engaging storyline with mysteries to uncover
• Regular updates with fresh content

• Gameplay can be repetitive over time
• Limited space for town customization
• High time investment needed for progression
• Occasional technical glitches and crashes

• simulation
• farming
• crafting
• life-sim
• life
• fishing
• cooking
• adventure
• sandbox
• immersive
• character
• relaxing
• customization
• exploration

Good match + 109 Bad match - 236

Play Video: Nova Lands

Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Dive into Nova Lands, where your creativity fuels an open-world adventure of base-building and automation! Master resource management, befriend or battle exotic creatures, and design a thriving industry with adorable helper bots. Unleash your inner strategist and transform untamed wilds into a flourishing empire. Embark on your journey in Nova Lands today!

• Engaging base-building and automation
• Diverse biomes with unique challenges
• Customizable helper bot AI adds depth
• Satisfying progression and skill tree
• Charming pixel art and soundtrack

• Late-game content a bit slow

• management
• crafting
• open-world
• resource-management
• automation
• resource
• pixel
• survival
• base-building
• farming
• simulation
• 2d
• boss-fight
• boss
• building

Good match + 13 Bad match

Play Video: Cozy Grove

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

Cozy Grove offers a charming, narrative-driven island-style setting game where you play as a Spirit Scout who helps ghosts trapped on an island. With a range of activities such as fishing, crafting, and collecting resources, this game has an unexpected depth with ghost bear characters having their narratives ranging from comedic to bittersweet and impactful.

• Adorable cast of characters
• Beautiful hand-drawn visuals
• Charming soundtrack
• Deep layer of complex themes
• Available on multiple platforms

• Lack of cross-save functionality
• Smaller scale compared to Animal Crossing
• Limited storage
• Time-limited quests
• Limited play each day

• relaxing
• crafting
• hand-drawn
• life-sim
• simulation
• inventory
• cute
• real-time
• cozy
• narrative
• collectathon
• isometric
• story
• resource
• difficult

Good match + 280 Bad match - 499

Play Video: DYSMANTLE

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

DYSMANTLE is a post-apocalyptic open-world game where you explore a world inhabited by nasty and vile creatures. Craft permanent weapons, tools, outfits, and trinkets, farm plants, cook delicious recipes, and solve puzzles to gain upgrades. With over 99% of everything breakable for materials, the possibilities are endless. Enjoy the bittersweet apocalypse and thrive in a dangerous world.

• Progression system is nice
• Unique story with nice plot twist
• Great feedback when hitting stuff
• Cathartic to destroy everything
• Good value for amount of content

• Crafting system is too grindy
• Building feels like an afterthought
• Travel is painfully slow
• Lack of purpose for building and sleeping

• zombies
• crafting
• survival
• open-world
• post-apocalyptic
• beast
• rpg

Good match + 145 Bad match - 295

Play Video: Monster Hunter: World

Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4

In Monster Hunter: World, you embark on an exciting journey to hunt down ferocious creatures in a living ecosystem. Explore stunning locations, use a variety of weapons, and craft new gear by collecting materials from the fallen beasts. This exciting and immersive RPG offers fun gameplay and addictive combat, with the ability to hunt alone or alongside up to three other players. You can even put your personal flair on the game with stickers, gestures, and armor customization.

• Immersive world
• Amazing creature designs
• Engaging main quest
• Fun gameplay
• Addictive

• Combat may take time to get used to
• Tricky controls on mouse and keyboard
• Lots of grinding for specific items
• Some fights require large groups of players

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

Good match + 9 Bad match

Play Video: Eastshade

PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One

Embark on a peaceful and wholesome adventure as a traveling painter exploring the beautiful island of Eastshade. Engage with unique and captivating characters, complete quests, and create works of art that impact the world around you. With stunning visuals and a mesmerizing score, Eastshade offers a unique and uplifting experience that will leave a lasting impression on you.

• Captivating characters and engaging quests
• Stunning visuals and attention to detail
• Art creation adds an extra layer of gameplay depth
• Soothing and relaxing experience
• Strong plot and exploration opportunities.

• Technical flaws including glitches and crashes
• Mixed bag of voice acting.

• open-world
• relaxing
• exploration
• walking-simulator
• crafting
• beautiful
• combat-free
• rpg
• first-person
• atmospheric
• photography
• adventure
• story
• fantasy
• violent

Good match + 56 Bad match - 98

Play Video: DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2

Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One Android

Embark on an epic journey to rebuild destroyed lands and battle against the evil Children of Hargon in the open-world fantasy block-building RPG, DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2. With unlimited building combinations and online play, the creative possibilities are endless. Try the DEMO to experience this critically acclaimed game now!

• Fun and addictive gameplay
• Engaging story and characters
• Large variety of building materials
• Lots of customization options

• Limited multiplayer options
• Tedious early game building
• Repetitive music
• Some rooms/recipes not well-explained in-game

• rpg
• farming
• crafting
• japanese
• sandbox
• building
• jrpg
• combat
• cult
• adventure
• boss-fight
• multiplayer
• narrative
• first-person
• survival

Good match + 9 Bad match

Play Video: TerraTech

PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

TerraTech is the perfect game for creative kids who love to build their own vehicles and explore a randomly generated world. Construct powerful machines, bases, and weapons to defend against rival miners, gather resources, and improve your standing with the Mining Corporations. Explore treacherous mountain ranges, luscious grasslands, and huge deserts while building and creating your own unique style. The gameplay is fun and intuitive, and the simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware.

• Fun and intuitive gameplay
• Creative freedom with lots of room for your own style
• Enticing game with interesting mechanics
• Simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware
• Provides a unique and addictive experience

• Feels empty with repetitive fetch quests
• Lack of big updates
• Multiplayer needs a lot of work

• sandbox
• building
• crafting
• open-world
• construction
• vehicle
• survival
• robots
• physics
• early-access
• exploration
• funny-looking
• online
• vehicles

Good match + 117 Bad match - 281

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