Craftopia
–——– Thought I’d update my early review to explain where the game’s at right now ———-
45 hours in, I still haven’t gotten bored. 80-something hours in, I still haven’t gotten bored.
This game WAS a buggy mess, multiplayer USED TO BE fucked and the gameplay loop can still feel kinda same-y and repetitive. This game is like if you let a child open five different flavors of ice cream out of the freezer, throw some of each in a bowl, and stirred it around until it all turned into a weird, brown soup with little “unique” bits sticking out of it everywhere. That said, that’s a sweet fucking soup and dear god does this game not lack in the charm-department.
– Real player with 101.2 hrs in game
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Fantastic game. Got this a while ago and at first the multiplayer barely worked, but with subsequent patches (the devs are working hard on it) this improved and became playable.
Game has a lot of depth to it and found time after time there was an additional layer of complexity after ascending ages, or figuring out new mechanics with gear, or skill trees. The game gets even better with friends as you can actually make a composition of tank, heal (kinda) and dps, and I definitely reccommend this game to be played with friends.
– Real player with 96.7 hrs in game
No Man’s Island
No Man’s Island is an uncompromising wilderness Survival game.
Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style. Play your way as you unravel the mysteries of this strange land.
Key Features:
Uncompromising Survival & World Exploration:
No instructions. No help. No hand holding. Start with nothing and craft, hunt, research, farm and fight to survive.
Isometric game:
3D characters and odd creatures inhabiting a unique 3D world.
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Player controls (mouse, keyboard)
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Inventory system
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Crafting system
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Equipment (attached to character)
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Resource gathering
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Character attributes (health, hunger, thirst…)
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Animals
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Hunting and Fishing
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Farming (Sowing seeds, and plant/fruit growth)
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Eating and cooking
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Basic material (wood, grass, rock, …)
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Gathering tools (axe, pickaxe, fishing rod, …)
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Weapons/armor
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Food (berries, apples, nuts, meat, fish, …)
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Cooked food (fish & chips, skewer, bread…)
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Constructions (fire, shelter, house…)
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Environment (trees, bushes, rocks, floor patterns…)
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Farming plants (corn, potatoes, wheat…)
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Combat (against wild animals)
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Item durability and food spoilage
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Storage boxes (chest)
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Pets (follow, attack and dig behaviors)
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Bonus effects (Consumable or equipment that boost stats).
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Temperature, cold and heat sources.
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Game clock, day/night cycle
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Save/Load system
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5 biomes, with different enemies
The island contains 5 biomes.
Pre-Alpha: 2 Biomes. Difficulty * / Difficulty **
Alpha: 3 Biomes. Difficulty ** / Difficulty ***
Beta: 5 Biomes. Difficulty *** / Difficulty **** / Difficulty *****
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SantaCraft
I’m a big fan of Milkbag Games. They make fun, relaxing games with a lot of thought and creativity in them just for the player’s enjoyment! Santacraft was a lot of fun to play. I was hooked and couldn’t stop. My desire to completely clear the map will probably send me back into the game very soon! Music, characters, and pop culture references are all on point!
EDIT for 2021 update: Love all the new stuff added, including a way to keep building! Thank you so much, Owen and Matt for making SantaCraft even more fun!
– Real player with 12.3 hrs in game
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A perfectly witty and wholesome Christmas game just in time for the holidays! Definitely worth the $5!
On top of being fun for me, I’ve found that it is a great way to teach my 6 year old to use a mouse as he finds controllers too difficult and has given up on other games like Minecraft. This game is right up his alley with the cute characters as well as incorporating the crafting and building that he loves to do!
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
Captain Bones: Prologue
The Ambience alone is worth downloading this game. It sounds very calming and if you love the ocean you will like this game. There isn’t much going on in this game yet, but somehow it doesn’t suffer from that. If you need explosions and constant gun fighting, then you probably won’t look twice at downloading this as it isn’t for you. If you want a lite island exploration game that is also about crafting and fighting off sharks while diving for treasure, and you don’t want to pay for it, then this IS for you.
– Real player with 7.7 hrs in game
The prologue appears to be the same as the demo, which I’ve played for about 3.5 hours. It’s definitely a fun prologue, though there isn’t a ton to do outside of the story. There are some chests to find and loot, but ultimately, there isn’t anything worth buying with your booty. There is a scrap merchant who sells ship parts, but no ships that you can repair/build outside of the raft, which degrades quickly. Having a couple islands to sail to and a ship would go a long way, though I suspect that will be a motivation to buy the full game.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Doom & Destiny Worlds
Was a huge fan of the first two games, so I was excited about diving into the world of Do&De again. Crafting games aren’t normally my favorite, but this one keeps things simple enough that I can manage (no hunger/thirst meters, THANK YOU), I’m also not a fan of item deterioration, but it makes sense with the crafting. so far I’ve explored 11 different islands. the puzzles are pretty straighforward so far, but the crafting really drags out progressing the story, especially when your weapons and armor break and you have to make new ones.
– Real player with 210.8 hrs in game
Doom & Destiny Worlds third part from the D&D series. In this part we will find a completely new approach to the game. First of all, an open world which is very large. Many of different islands with challenges and lot of strange monsters to defeat. Crafting is also new thing. You can create all your equipment. Lots of weird potions to kick up your nerds. Being able to build and destroy almost anything. Simply a wonderful adventure for hours. Just Gigawesome game! I also recommend the previous parts which are just as great as this one. I already have, and you?
– Real player with 201.8 hrs in game
DYSMANTLE
At first I thought maybe I wasn’t going to like it. The combat felt a little bit jank and you spend the vast majority of the game doing exactly what the game’s title implies–-you break stuff. A lot. Almost constantly.
Once I got to around the 5 hour mark (when you first leave the tutorial/intro area and the credits roll), that’s where I really began to question if I was really going to have a good time. I wasn’t sure I was enjoying the combat. And I wasn’t sure I just wanted to tediously break stuff for 120 hours.
– Real player with 65.8 hrs in game
The game is very addicting and generous in content. There is a lot to see and to explore and quite a diversity in scenaries and actions. I like how the story is told and the fact that you keep on discovering things and paths with great freedom. I also like how you have to discover things yourself by experimenting and being curious.
Be warned that it can feel like a grind and that if you don’t like repetition and farming, you might not enjoy it, because you often do the same things ; mostly exploring, breaking stuff, fighting, and crafting. If you enjoy the gameplay loop, you are in for a long time. If you don’t, you might feel bored or exhausted before the end. I enjoy the game and like to discover the new places and grow more potent.
– Real player with 55.3 hrs in game
Erzurum
In short - a quick and dirty ripp-off of The Long Dark - about 5% of the fun, it only deserves 5% of the price also.
Its only WASD - no directional key control remaping except for looking around…I don’t like or use WASD controls..also there is no strafing.
Made in Unreal engine with so many bugs I thought it initially must be a Unity game.
Very large single map (maybe too big?) - will take long time to get around. Graphics always popping in right in front of you. Nice looking environment but weather is terrible at best - its like someone turned on the snow or off again - its instant with no warning and too simplistic. My own game is far better than this.
– Real player with 28.6 hrs in game
Played enough to complete the main story, not really interested in the other game modes (Kill 20 bears in 24 hrs, survive 7 days -25 degrees Celsius) where it just feels empty. Visually, it look great, especially the high-res textures, which almost make the environment seem real enough. Once you go third person, you realize the dev is using a character model from one of their other games. Main character doesn’t look horrible, but definitely does not fit with the game, looks like the guy from The Division with that iconic jacket he wears lol. The survival aspect felt okay for a game this big. By the end was able to stay warm using the best animal pelt I had found. I really did not have much trouble at all with food or water, for it was everywhere, though by the end I started to worry about not being over-encumbered. Seeing the other games the devs have made, this one seems like their best one in my opinion, I suppose it captures the Turkish feel(never been there), and the high-res textures really made all the objects pop-out(the assets placed all over the world, I mean). Overall, for a small-time game, this is good for killing the time and enjoying the environment when there’s boredom in the real world. Edit: hope the devs can make a game better than this in the future.
– Real player with 8.1 hrs in game
Hollow Island
I heard about this game from Vindsvept, which is the person who does the music in the game, and I love his music in generally and the price for the game was very cheap so I figured I wanna support him at the same time attempt to play single player (Which I normally can’t do).
However I most say this game was very pleasing, Very relaxing and rewarding at the same time. It was the kinda game where you were given the easy option out but you didn’t want to take that road because it felt like the game would end to quickly. I normally take those easy options in a game but not in this one.
– Real player with 40.6 hrs in game
Hollow Island is an extraordinarily relaxing and straight forward experience. And well worth the price of admission.
People will drawn comparisons with Stardew Valley, and I agree up until a point - It has a really laid back atmosphere that’s felt down to the smallest sound effect, you’re the new kid on the block and your success is down to your own pursuits, you can farm or go mining, and good lord the soundtrack is incredible and perfect for the setting.
But there’s less of an emphasis on community relationships, and much more of an emphasis on exploration, dungeon delving and combat.
– Real player with 36.9 hrs in game
Project Create
Project Create encourages exploration and creativity. Survive in this voxel world by gathering resources to build tools, weapons, armor, and fortifications against the wildlings roaming about looking for an easy meal.
Be on the lookout for the Mysterious Wanderer as he might have some useful insight into this world and beyond.
Key Features:
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Endless procedurally generated worlds – Explore a world procedurally generated to discover unique land masses, NPCs, and structures.
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Co-op - - Whether you want to survive the night alone or create mega-builds with friends, Project Create supports independent, player-hosted servers and unlimited world creation.
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Skill and level progression – Practice makes perfect (or at least progress). Improve your skills (mining, black smithing, fishing, woodcutting, etc) through use to unlock abilities and increase efficiencies
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Travel through time – Discover new materials, blocks, and blueprints by traveling to different time periods. Talk with the Mysterious Wanderer to learn more…
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Hire NPCs – Nobody has time for resource gather. Hire NPCs to do the dirty work.
Sea of Craft
Join Sea of Craft, the new wave of realistic physics-based construction and adventure games. With hundreds of building materials and weapons at your disposal, there is no limitation to the unique and wonderful seafaring vessels that you can create. When you’re done building, take to the treacherous waves of the Beela South Sea where wild adventures and rich bounty await you. Band together with players from around the world and do battle with mysterious monsters lurking in the depths, or battle your enemies and claim the spoils!
Sea of Craft features 3 unique gameplay styles allowing you to enjoy the game your way!
#### Challenge Mode
Head to single-player and progress through varied and brain-teasing challenges test your creativity and engineering skills to the limits. Race against the clock, navigate difficult terrain, take down targets with formidable firepower and much more.
Open Sea
Navigate to the Beela South Sea in the Open Sea mode. Join forces with players around the world to battle mysterious and fearsome monsters or turn your cannons on the other players and battle for supremacy in intensive PVP Battles!
Sail across a boundless ocean unlocking points of interest on your map and picking up material to build vessels as you do, remember here resources are scarce and you will only be able to build with what you scavenge from wrecks. Navigate to a factory and turn your materials into ship parts or purchase parts at the purchasing station. Buy or sell ship designs at the Ship Expo. Meet your friends at the Customshouse. Join in the many varied wonderful and exciting game modes within the Open sea that rise from the ocean depths!
Sandbox
Hard day at sea? Why not retire to the tranquillity of Creative Mode for the evening. Make the build of your dreams using unlimited resources. Experiment, test, rinse and repeat. The only limit is your imagination!
#### Features
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3 Distinct game modes catering for every playstyle
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Puzzle-based single-player challenge chapters
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Sandbox mode with unlimited resources to let your creativity run wild
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Unique and exciting minigames on both land and sea
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Open Sea with resource management elements
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Blueprints trading at the Ship Expo – share your ships with the world!
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Battle in open-world PvP
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Ability to build huge complex vessels
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In-depth building mechanics featuring pistons, pulleys, hinges and more
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Ornamental shipbuilding parts and colourful spray paints
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Large 64km² open-world map (to be expanded with future DLC)
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Explore the map collecting resources scattered throughout the world
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Realistic water physics