Best Video Games for crafting system

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Best for crafting system

Diablo IV

4.5 feature score

Highest scored product for this feature based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

Hades II

4.3 feature score

Balances feature score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.

Most evidence

Arc Raiders

10 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this feature.

Best overall product

Hollow Knight: Silksong

4.3 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this feature.

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#1 Diablo IV
4.5
4 reviews

Crafting and Horadric Cube evidence was strongly positive, with reviewers valuing refinement, gear forging, and buildcraft expansion.

Pros: lore depth, art direction

Cons: mission variety, protagonist appeal

#2 Monster Hunter Wilds
4.5
1 review

Crafting-related preparation was praised where food and hunt-prep systems became smoother without fully removing their purpose.

Pros: art direction, cross-play support

Cons: dialogue quality, monetization fairness

#3 The Alters
4.5
1 review

The crafting and production automation earned positive evidence for reducing food and essential-goods micromanagement.

Pros: controls responsiveness, onboarding experience

Cons: crash stability, grind level

#4 The Last of Us Part II Remastered
4.5
1 review

Crafting was praised as part of the game’s excellent survival-combat foundation.

Pros: core gameplay loop, level design

Cons: family friendliness, puzzle design

#5 Cronos: The New Dawn
4.3
5 reviews

Crafting was widely framed as useful and survival-focused, often acting as a lifeline when ammo and healing were tight.

Pros: core gameplay loop, emotional impact

Cons: checkpoint system, bug frequency

#6 Hades II
4.3
5 reviews

Crafting and cauldron systems are mostly viewed as thematically strong and useful, though some reviewers find the material load excessive.

Pros: skill tree depth, dialogue quality

Cons: emotional impact, economy and resource balance

#7 The First Berserker: Khazan
4.3
2 reviews

Crafting is positively described as easy to understand and relatively self-explanatory.

Pros: core gameplay loop, controls responsiveness

Cons: mission design, learning curve

#8 Assassin's Creed Shadows
4.0
1 review

The hideout/resource system is treated as useful and customizable, with one review crediting it for turning resources into gear and scout benefits.

Pros: environmental detail, cross-save support

Cons: writing quality, enemy variety

#9 Ghost of Yōtei
4.0
1 review

Crafting/resource gathering is lightly but positively scored because materials are more generalized, making upgrades easier to engage with.

Pros: movement feel, environmental detail

Cons: puzzle design, age appropriateness

#10 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
3.8
9 reviews

Crafting split reviewers: blacksmithing and alchemy could be charming and rewarding, but several found parts clunky, slow, or repetitive.

Pros: soundtrack quality, fun factor

Cons: checkpoint system, family friendliness

#11 Arc Raiders
3.6
10 reviews

Crafting was seen as deep and useful, but several reviewers found the required inventory sorting, item tracking, and unclear components frustrating.

Pros: frame rate stability, platform-specific feature support

Cons: voice acting, writing quality

#12 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2.8
1 review

Crafting receives limited support and one reviewer found little need to engage with it.

Pros: world-building, art direction

Cons: mission design, stealth mechanics

#13 Crimson Desert
2.8
4 reviews

Reviewer evidence is negative or mixed: crafting system was often criticized, even where some reviewers found redeeming moments across 4 review(s).

Pros: level design, replay value

Cons: stealth mechanics, save system reliability

#14 Hollow Knight: Silksong
2.2
1 review

Crafting has negative evidence where shard requirements pull the player away from action into repetitive resource hunting.

Pros: core gameplay loop, world interactivity

Cons: loot system, accessibility options