Best Crafting Games on Steam

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Stash Stash is an MMO with turn based grid combat, custom housing, a tabletop art style, and more loot than you can fit in a portable hole. Stash has the charm of a pen-and-paper gaming group with the gameplay of a deep, interesting, unique RPG. Join our friendly community!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.4
Release 07 Sep 2017
Prison Boss VR Prison Boss VR is a crafting and trading game turning your VR space into a jail cell! Craft cigarettes, alcohol and cookies for other inmates! Customize your cell as your reputation grows! Earn cash until you can’t store it anymore and become the Prison Boss!

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 29 Aug 2017
ARK: Survival Evolved Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.3
Release 27 Aug 2017
Robocraft Build insane, fully customisable robot battle vehicles that drive, hover, walk and fly in the free-to-play action game Robocraft. Add weapons from the future and jump in the driving seat as you take your creation into battle against other players online!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 24 Aug 2017
The Escapists 2 Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?

Price -97% 0.72€
Rating 8.9
Release 21 Aug 2017
Darkwood Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Price -85% 2.34€
Rating 9.3
Release 17 Aug 2017
Castle Story Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.

Price 9.75€
Rating 6.4
Release 17 Aug 2017
The Trail: Frontier Challenge Are you ready to discover the undiscovered? Are you ready to climb the tallest mountains, wear the finest clothes, and earn a fortune beyond compare? Then welcome to the New World! Welcome to The Trail: Frontier Challenge!

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 15 Aug 2017
The Long Dark THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Price -24% 12.95€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 Aug 2017
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.

Price -91% 1.87€
Rating 9.0
Release 28 Jul 2017
Crossout Crossout - the postapocalyptic MMO action game where you can create a unique design for an armoured vehicle from dozens of parts and then drive it into multiplayer battles raging on land and in the skies alike.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 26 Jul 2017
Airmen Airmen is a first person ship building and battling game featuring airships, landships and watercraft. Crew your ship solo or alongside friends on dangerous expeditions into the archipelago to complete contracts, collect resources, and upgrade your ships.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 Jul 2017
Kingdoms and Castles Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 20 Jul 2017
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game. Yonder is set in the world of Gemea. A natural island paradise with eight distinct environments ranging from tropical beaches to snow-capped summits.

Price -83% 4.02€
Rating 7.9
Release 17 Jul 2017
Unturned You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 07 Jul 2017
SAELIG SÆLIG is a game that blends together elements of simulation, strategy, RPG, and business management. Centred around the life of you and your family, you must try to survive and bring wealth and prosperity to your household.

Price -20% 9.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 30 Jun 2017
Colony Survival Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

Price 24.95€
Rating 8.9
Release 16 Jun 2017
Pixel Worlds: MMO Sandbox Award winning indie game studio Kukouri welcomes you to our multiplatform MMO sandbox: Pixel Worlds! (” Best Indie Game Developer ” Global Mobile Game Awards 2019) Play free with friends, create your own worlds and stories. Fight off the enemies and get awesome items in this award winning indie MMO!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 08 Jun 2017
IKEA VR Pancake Kitchen Welcome to the IKEA Virtual Reality kitchen experience, where you can make some virtual pancakes. Our IKEA kitchen specialist will guide you through some of the key aspects of a well-planned kitchen. And look out for the instructions that will help you to prepare those perfect pancakes.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.9
Release 29 May 2017
Life is Feudal: Forest Village LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

Price -98% 0.54€
Rating 6.5
Release 26 May 2017
Black Desert Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 24 May 2017
Portal Knights The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!

Price -98% 0.56€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 May 2017
Creativerse A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.

Price 22.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 08 May 2017
Card Creator Card Creator is a powerful, deep and easy to use card creation software, the best tool for games designers (amateurs or pro) and fans of card and tabletop games. Card creation made easy, fast and fun!

Price 38.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 18 Apr 2017
Fallout Shelter Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 29 Mar 2017
Weapon Shop Fantasy A shop game with RPG? Or is it RPG with a shop? Collect materials, Craft weapons, Train your staff and defeat your enemy! This is Weapon Shop Fantasy!

Price -93% 0.64€
Rating 7.7
Release 27 Mar 2017
Therian Saga Therian Saga is a MMORPG that tries to stand out of the crowd by offering a compelling storytelling surrounded by a massive mathematical set of rules that define the world your hero will evolve in. It could be said that it borrows elements from old-time MUD games, strategy games and even tabletops RPG.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 27 Mar 2017
Train Mechanic Simulator 2017 Take your opportunity as real Train Mechanic. Find locomotives around game world that needs your help and repair them in one of 3 workshops localized in huge 25 km2 open world. You will be face all types of damages in all genres of trains: Diesel, Electric and even Old-School Steam units.

Price -29% 4.68€
Rating 6.5
Release 23 Mar 2017
The Fishing Club 3D: Co-op Sport Angling Go fishing and relax. Craft baits, catch legendary fish and complete your catch album - or take part in epic fishing competitions against other anglers or fishing clubs. Create or join a fishing club and chat with fellow anglers in the in-game chat. Play now for free! Tight lines!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 23 Mar 2017
Revhead Revhead is a car racing simulation game, where you have to build your own race car. You start your journey somewhere in a small village in Australia. You have to think as a real Revhead! You can buy or sell cars and components, fix and tweak your car to make it the fastest around.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 09 Mar 2017
Phoning Home A tale of survival about two shipwrecked robots - ION and ANI - on their life-defining journey in this unique genre-mix of exploration, puzzle and survival.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 07 Feb 2017
Force of Nature Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

Price 7.79€
Rating 7.4
Release 13 Dec 2016
Exoplanet: First Contact Build your path in this alien world. Do a dirty job for food or become the one who makes calls. Sometimes the right word makes a bigger impact than a big gun. Explore local culture and mysteries, and discover the harsh yet beautiful nature in this handcrafted singleplayer action RPG.

Price -28% 14.11€
Rating 7.1
Release 09 Dec 2016
Junk Jack Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 30 Nov 2016
Radiation Island Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.

Price 8.19€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Nov 2016
The Herbalist "The Herbalist" is a smooth and meditative game from the creators of "Everlasting Summer". You'll need to recreate some recipes of ancient potions with Slavya.

Price 5.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Nov 2016

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