The Best Crafting Games for Nintendo Switch

Update 4 December 2023: While the Iron\'s Hot added at rank #37.

Here are our 10 Best Crafting Games for Nintendo Switch:

Play Video: Wytchwood

PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Mac OS

In Wytchwood, you play as an aging witch and explore a magical countryside. Create your own enchantments, trick wicked characters, and solve puzzles in this crafting adventure game. The unique art style and fairy tale-inspired storybook world will capture your imagination.

• Wonderful art style and entertaining dialogue
• Fun adventure crafting game with engaging questlines
• Unique and unexpected gameplay as an elderly witch
• Relaxing gameplay with charming design
• Multiple maps with engaging challenges

• Repetitive and tedious fetch quests
• Grinding materials becomes very frustrating and obfuscates the story
• Limited combat and focus on crafting
• Backtracking and running between areas can be tedious
• Graphic depictions of animal death

• crafting
• gothic
• conversation
• investigation
• fantasy
• 2.5d
• magic
• stylized
• dark
• exploration
• story
• adventure

Good match + 352 Bad match - 624

Play Video: The Wild at Heart

Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox Series X

The Wild at Heart is a beautiful and joyous tale of discovery, full of quirky characters, exploration and puzzles. You play as Wake, a young scallywag searching for excitement who stumbles upon an adventure to save the world and reunite the Greenshields. With its hand-drawn art style, mysterious creatures and day-night cycle adding tension to the gameplay, you'll be sure to have some exciting escapades!

• Quirky characters with unique traits
• Beautiful artstyle
• Light combat & puzzles that increase in difficulty
• Day-night cycle adding tension to the gameplay

• The standard loop:go here - do that
• Parts of the narrative are well-honed

• puzzle
• hand-drawn
• crafting
• story
• action-adventure
• fantasy
• emotional
• time-management
• 2d
• atmospheric
• colourful
• resource-management
• survival
• exploration
• adventure

Good match + 379 Bad match - 647

Play Video: Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Nintendo Switch

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the ultimate game for those who like to potter, or those addicted to the grind. With a new DIY system that adds some Minecraft-like ideas, Nook Miles system for direction and rewards and the ability to invite real-world friends over to trade fruit, this game has it all.

• Landforming & crafting mechanics revolutionise the experience
• Vibrant island setting works beautifully
• Soothing world
• Beautiful welcoming game that is everything you want it to be

• Random islands can be disappointing

• crafting
• simulation
• real-time
• online
• card
• inventory
• local
• construction
• cute
• relaxing
• customization
• multiplayer

Good match + 173 Bad match - 417

Play Video: Disney Dreamlight Valley

PC Windows IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Immerse yourself in the magical world of Disney Dreamlight Valley. Restore the memories of beloved Disney and Pixar characters, and rebuild a vibrant neighborhood in your unique style. Experience thrilling adventures, solve captivating puzzles, and enjoy the endless customization options. With new content continuously added, there's always a fresh adventure waiting for you!

• Immersive magical world with beloved Disney characters
• Nonlinear gameplay with a variety of quests
• Extensive customization options for character and town
• Engaging storyline with mysteries to uncover
• Regular updates with fresh content

• Gameplay can be repetitive over time
• Limited space for town customization
• High time investment needed for progression
• Occasional technical glitches and crashes

• simulation
• farming
• crafting
• life-sim
• life
• fishing
• cooking
• adventure
• sandbox
• immersive
• character
• relaxing
• customization
• exploration

Good match + 116 Bad match - 230

Play Video: Nova Lands

Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Dive into Nova Lands, where your creativity fuels an open-world adventure of base-building and automation! Master resource management, befriend or battle exotic creatures, and design a thriving industry with adorable helper bots. Unleash your inner strategist and transform untamed wilds into a flourishing empire. Embark on your journey in Nova Lands today!

• Engaging base-building and automation
• Diverse biomes with unique challenges
• Customizable helper bot AI adds depth
• Satisfying progression and skill tree
• Charming pixel art and soundtrack

• Late-game content a bit slow

• management
• crafting
• open-world
• resource-management
• automation
• resource
• pixel
• survival
• base-building
• farming
• simulation
• 2d
• boss-fight
• boss
• building

Good match + 19 Bad match

Play Video: Cozy Grove

Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows

Cozy Grove offers a charming, narrative-driven island-style setting game where you play as a Spirit Scout who helps ghosts trapped on an island. With a range of activities such as fishing, crafting, and collecting resources, this game has an unexpected depth with ghost bear characters having their narratives ranging from comedic to bittersweet and impactful.

• Adorable cast of characters
• Beautiful hand-drawn visuals
• Charming soundtrack
• Deep layer of complex themes
• Available on multiple platforms

• Lack of cross-save functionality
• Smaller scale compared to Animal Crossing
• Limited storage
• Time-limited quests
• Limited play each day

• relaxing
• crafting
• hand-drawn
• life-sim
• simulation
• inventory
• cute
• real-time
• cozy
• narrative
• collectathon
• isometric
• story
• resource
• difficult

Good match + 275 Bad match - 399

Play Video: Forager

Android Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Forager is a 2D open-world game inspired by many other farming, crafting and exploration games. You play as a little white unnamed humanoid thing and start on a single small island filled with rocks, trees, flowers and other resources. You use the starting tool to chop down trees or mine rocks to start crafting objects. As you progress, you earn experience points to unlock new skills and craft new tools as well as purchase more land to expand your area of exploration. There are also puzzles to solve that award special treasure chests or items.

• Fun gameplay
• Earn experience points
• Craft new tools
• Expand land area
• Solve puzzles for rewards
• Extra content unlocked from feats in game

• No real story needed
• Stamina must be monitored closely
• Price tag for the game may seem high compared to content offered

• crafting
• farming
• dungeon
• open-world
• survival
• exploration
• puzzle
• skill

Good match + 246 Bad match - 325

Play Video: DYSMANTLE

Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android

DYSMANTLE is a post-apocalyptic open-world game where you explore a world inhabited by nasty and vile creatures. Craft permanent weapons, tools, outfits, and trinkets, farm plants, cook delicious recipes, and solve puzzles to gain upgrades. With over 99% of everything breakable for materials, the possibilities are endless. Enjoy the bittersweet apocalypse and thrive in a dangerous world.

• Progression system is nice
• Unique story with nice plot twist
• Great feedback when hitting stuff
• Cathartic to destroy everything
• Good value for amount of content

• Crafting system is too grindy
• Building feels like an afterthought
• Travel is painfully slow
• Lack of purpose for building and sleeping

• zombies
• crafting
• survival
• open-world
• post-apocalyptic
• beast
• rpg

Good match + 152 Bad match - 267

Play Video: Wizard With a Gun

Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

Dive into 'Wizard with a Gun', an enchanting survival adventure where you craft bullets, battle beasts, and bend time! Team up with friends or brave it alone in a world where your magical firepower is your lifeline. Customize your wizard and tower, uncover secrets, and master the art of gunomancy in this bewitching, chaotic realm.

• Stunning art style
• Engaging crafting and customization
• Co-op gameplay enhances fun
• Unique time-travel gameplay mechanic
• Captivating story with deep lore

• Potential grind for gear
• Some clunky inventory management

• survival
• sandbox
• crafting
• cooperative
• rogue-like
• isometric
• twin-stick
• set
• boss
• shooter
• magical
• tower
• exploration
• online
• resource

Good match + 1 Bad match

Play Video: DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2

Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One Android

Embark on an epic journey to rebuild destroyed lands and battle against the evil Children of Hargon in the open-world fantasy block-building RPG, DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2. With unlimited building combinations and online play, the creative possibilities are endless. Try the DEMO to experience this critically acclaimed game now!

• Fun and addictive gameplay
• Engaging story and characters
• Large variety of building materials
• Lots of customization options

• Limited multiplayer options
• Tedious early game building
• Repetitive music
• Some rooms/recipes not well-explained in-game

• rpg
• farming
• crafting
• japanese
• sandbox
• building
• jrpg
• combat
• cult
• adventure
• boss-fight
• multiplayer
• narrative
• first-person
• survival

Good match + 14 Bad match

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