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

Arctico is sort of like Subnautica without all the underwater dread. Walk into a body of water in Arctico and you'll suddenly be in a kayak, cruising over the calm blue surface toward a fishing spot.

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Fall into the world of Guardians of the Wild Sky, a survival-crafting adventure where magical creatures called Guardians are your greatest allies. Sail through the skies on your trusty airship and ...

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 ...

As revealed during the PC Gaming Show 2025, survival-meets-extraction shooter Lost Rift is in-line for a shiny new Steam Next Fest demo. Despite starting out as a niche genre, extraction shooters are ...

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