Gather, craft, build, thrive, and sometimes survive. Here's what 2026 has in store for the open-world crafting genre.

Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...

Open-world games often hand players a vast digital playground, but only a few truly empower them to reshape, rebuild, and reimagine the world itself. From survival crafting sandboxes to systems-driven ...

Publisher Radical Theory and developer The Breach Studios have announced Westlanders, a Western-themed open-world survival, crafting, building, and management game planned for release across ...

StarRupture gets a new trailer and a co-op playtest announcement. Check out the latest StarRupture trailer for this sci-fi open-world base-building survival game. The co-op playtest features an early ...

The indie side of open-world gaming is looking promising for 2026. Here's what gamers have to look forward to.