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Craftopia is a multiplayer open-world survival action game that combines elements from sandbox, open-world, survival, farming, hack-and-slash, factory management, hunting action, and fantasy RPG genres. In the game, you can farm over 20 types of crops, automate activities, and even industrialize your operations for large-scale production. The game allows you to automate item gathering and engage in various activities, making it a versatile and engaging experience.

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81%
Audience ScoreBased on 8,148 reviews
gameplay212 positive mentions
stability496 negative mentions

  • Craftopia offers a vast and diverse open world filled with engaging activities such as crafting, exploration, and combat.
  • The game features a unique blend of mechanics from various popular games, providing a fun and creative experience.
  • The developers are actively updating the game, showing commitment to improving performance and adding new content.
  • The game suffers from significant performance issues, with many players experiencing low frame rates and crashes.
  • The seamless world update has removed a lot of content from the previous version, leading to disappointment among long-time players.
  • Many aspects of the game, including combat and building mechanics, feel unpolished and janky, detracting from the overall experience.
  • gameplay
    881 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay of Craftopia is a mixed bag, featuring a blend of mechanics from various popular games like Breath of the Wild, Genshin Impact, and Minecraft, which creates a chaotic yet engaging sandbox experience. While players appreciate the variety and potential for creativity, many criticize the execution, noting issues with clunky controls, unpolished mechanics, and performance problems, particularly in multiplayer. Overall, the game offers a fun and ambitious gameplay loop, but it requires significant refinement and optimization to reach its full potential.

    • “Already there are a zillion ways to play, a zillion things you can do, a bazillion mechanics to fiddle around with to make an infinite number of zany contraptions to perform any task you can imagine.”
    • “The cooperative gameplay enhances the overall experience, making resource gathering, building, and combat even more enjoyable.”
    • “With its vast open world, extensive crafting system, cooperative gameplay, dynamic day-night cycle, and ongoing development, Craftopia presents players with a compelling and ambitious experience.”
    • “The game is essentially a sandbox that rips elements from basically everything ever and combines them into a sort of weird buffet of gameplay stuff; what the game lacks in polish or sanity, it makes up for in being fun.”
    • “It's painfully obvious that this game is a work in progress with lots of bugs, mis-translations, and crashes over 16 hours of gameplay.”
    • “The core gameplay just isn't there anymore; the combat is bad and the gameplay loop is very grindy.”
  • graphics
    574 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game have received mixed reviews, with many players praising the vibrant art style reminiscent of "Breath of the Wild" and "Genshin Impact." However, numerous complaints highlight poor optimization, inconsistent textures, and performance issues, particularly on lower-end systems. While some players find the visuals charming and enjoyable, others feel that the graphical quality falls short of expectations, especially given the game's 2020 release.

    • “The graphics are beautiful, like a cartoony look but still makes you feel like it's real life.”
    • “The graphics are charming and colorful, with a distinct anime-inspired art style that adds to the game's appeal.”
    • “Craftopia is a vast exploration/building game with an amazing art style, and VRM compatibility.”
    • “I wish I could play this game again, but the graphics, oh boy, they look worse than Project Zomboid when this game is only from 2020.”
    • “The graphics, despite the game's 2020 release, seem to fall short of expectations.”
    • “Graphics-wise, it tries to copy Breath of the Wild and Genshin Impact and fails at both. While the graphics are not terrible, I'd say it reminds me of PS3-era graphics, with some textures looking okay, while others are just plain terrible and have clipping issues in many places.”
  • stability
    506 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is a significant concern among players, with many describing it as "buggy" and "janky." While some enjoy the fun aspects despite the glitches, others find the performance issues and frequent crashes make it unplayable, especially in multiplayer. Overall, the game is still in early access, and while it shows potential, it requires substantial optimization and bug fixes to enhance the player experience.

    • “Runs great.”
    • “This has since been fixed, and other than some memory leak issues that only reveal themselves after 6 hours of continuous play, it runs great now.”
    • “Great game, frequently updated, friendly community, not that buggy compared to what I expected.”
    • “The game is very buggy as of this day (9th August 2024), too buggy for an early access even; it's like they're releasing the first prototype of every single module they have without testing.”
    • “This game is a buggy mess, and I love everything about it.”
    • “It's so horribly unoptimized and buggy that putting it on the lowest settings with a PC that can run almost all games on highest settings still lags out my computer.”
  • story
    439 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story is largely considered minimal or non-existent, with many players noting that it lacks a coherent narrative or meaningful quests. While some updates have introduced a basic storyline and quest system, the quests often feel generic and repetitive, serving more as tutorials than engaging content. Overall, players seem to appreciate the gameplay mechanics and sandbox elements but express a desire for a more developed and immersive story experience.

    • “The lore isn't so deep or progressive, but at least it has one instead of being dropped into a world with no backstory like other survival games.”
    • “After this most recent update, the game got less sandbox-y but way more structured, as they introduced a storyline and quests and a lot more features.”
    • “The atmosphere is very relaxing, and the missions give you a sense of direction.”
    • “The story is irrelevant, and you can just pretend you never heard it, because there's no story-related questing.”
    • “The quests feel a bit all over the place and you really don't get much of anything for completing them.”
    • “There's no overarching story line besides the 'mission/tutorial' that doesn't do a good job explaining things after you start advancing.”
  • grinding
    429 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The reviews highlight a mixed reception regarding the grinding aspect of the game. While some players find the extensive grinding rewarding and engaging, contributing to a sense of progression and creativity, others describe it as tedious and frustrating, particularly in late-game scenarios where resource requirements become excessive. Overall, the game offers a variety of activities, but the grind can feel overwhelming, especially for those not fond of repetitive tasks.

    • “Think Genshin Impact, with one character, and no grinding for immeasurable loot that you'd wish you could get rid of... because there's a selling stall!”
    • “The game gives me Genshin Impact vibes but no microtransactions and next to no grinding, which I love about this game.”
    • “Not grindy but not speeding through all the missions too quickly.”
    • “The grind is unbearable and the automation is so slow to ramp up that you likely won't ever feel like you're not still required to go do more grinding and grinding back to back.”
    • “This game tries really hard to be a cross between Zelda, Genshin Impact, any farming simulator, Pokémon, Fortnite, and like.. Scrap Mechanic, except it doesn't do any of them particularly well.”
    • “The collection book is just contributing hundreds to thousands of an item which gives some passive stats but it's so grindy and gives such a small yield that it seems just not worth it.”
  • optimization
    389 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's optimization has received overwhelmingly negative feedback, with many players reporting severe performance issues regardless of their hardware specifications. Common complaints include low frame rates, stuttering, and crashes, particularly after recent updates that were intended to improve performance. While some users have noted improvements after hardware upgrades or specific tweaks, the general consensus is that the game remains poorly optimized and requires significant work to become playable for a broader audience.

    • “Edit: I changed my review to positive after upgrading to a 4070 Super/i9-12900KF and this has removed any performance issues I had before. The new update that just rolled out has most likely helped with performance as well.”
    • “Craftopia is continuously being developed and updated by the developers, with regular content additions, bug fixes, and optimizations.”
    • “Despite all of this, what really killed my friends' and my own enjoyment of the game is the sheer amount of bugs, glitches, crashes, and performance issues.”
    • “The game is incredibly unoptimized and is laggy for systems that have specs that exceed requirements.”
    • “With everything said, it's a laggy unoptimized mess, becomes a chore to play and also unpleasant to look at.”
    • “The performance is atrocious, even on a high-end PC (4070ti and 7950x).”
  • music
    154 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is generally praised for its relaxing and pleasant qualities, enhancing the overall atmosphere and immersion. However, many players note that the soundtrack is repetitive and lacks diversity, leading to potential burnout over time. While some find the music soothing and fitting for exploration, others suggest it can become annoying or monotonous, especially during combat or dungeon sequences.

    • “The soundtrack is soothing and reminds me of Uncharted Waters Online.”
    • “The music is beautiful, but maybe needs more diversity.”
    • “The soundtrack perfectly complements the atmosphere, with melodies that range from tranquil to exciting, depending on the environment and action.”
    • “Music is limited and repetitive; I recommend playing your own music.”
    • “The music puts you to sleep.”
    • “The music is so relaxing, although some of the features are still bugged.”
  • humor
    153 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is largely derived from its numerous bugs, glitches, and poorly translated text, which many players find entertaining rather than frustrating. The chaotic gameplay, quirky mechanics, and absurd scenarios—such as using villagers as weapons or witnessing bizarre AI behavior—contribute to a lighthearted experience that is best enjoyed with friends. Overall, while the game has its rough edges, its comedic elements and unexpected moments of hilarity make it a fun, albeit janky, adventure.

    • “The short version: this game is a full plate of progression nuggets, vibrant colors, and humorous tidbits that are enough to ignore the hiccups until you really get automating.”
    • “You're thrown from laughing your butt off from the hilarious translation ('the goblin screamed, which made everyone drunk'), to an actually engaging boss fight, to a resource gathering process, while exploring a massive map, with so many different features and builds for character skills... and did I mention it has VRoid integration?”
    • “The engrish translations are honestly funny and charming.”
    • “The combat is very easy and not funny.”
    • “The jokes fall flat and feel forced.”
    • “I expected more humor, but it just didn't land.”
  • monetization
    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization aspect of the game has drawn significant criticism, with many users labeling it a "cash grab" due to its incomplete state and lack of meaningful content despite being available for purchase. While some players appreciate the absence of in-game purchases and microtransactions, the overall sentiment suggests a distrust in the developers' commitment to delivering a quality product, leading to concerns about the game's long-term viability and potential abandonment.

    • “What I really like about this game is that there are no in-game purchases to maximize your experience.”
    • “I'm very impressed by how much the game is tastefully inspired by Breath of the Wild and has a similar appeal to Genshin Impact without the abomination of microtransactions and abhorrent always-online requirements.”
    • “Tl;dr: Breath of the Wild and Genshin Impact had a beautiful baby without microtransactions, and Pokémon was BOTW's sidekick.”
    • “This game was used as a cash grab and has been left incomplete but available for sale for over 3 years.”
    • “Yay... I feel like it was a waste of money for empty promises and starts a poor trend for cash grab early access games.”
    • “I was borderline thinking this game was a cash grab vs an actually quality ambitious game, and I would definitely say all the positive reviews are overly optimistic for the future of the game and are completely disregarding the current status of the game.”
  • atmosphere
    24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's atmosphere is generally described as relaxing and immersive, with a strong resemblance to the aesthetic of "Breath of the Wild." While the music enhances the experience and contributes to a tranquil environment, some users note that the graphics and textures could use improvement. Overall, the atmosphere is charming and enjoyable, though some players feel it lacks depth and narrative to fully engage them.

    • “While some textures may lack polish and optimization, the overall aesthetic contributes to the game's immersive atmosphere.”
    • “The soundtrack perfectly complements the atmosphere, with melodies that range from tranquil to exciting, depending on the environment and action.”
    • “The graphics resemble mostly Breath of the Wild, which gives it a very calming and peaceful atmosphere to enjoy.”
    • “Built from the same few assets, flatly lit, ugly and without any atmosphere or flair.”
    • “Compared to a game like Valheim, this one may not have the atmosphere to boast of, but its crafting, progression and playability is much more streamlined.”
    • “The game has plenty of charm and atmosphere but it needs a tale to tell in my opinion.”
  • replayability
    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Overall, the game exhibits a high level of replayability, bolstered by its detailed crafting system and skill trees, which offer players diverse gameplay experiences. However, some users express concerns about the current state of playability and the repetitive nature of the same map, suggesting that future updates could enhance the replay value further. Despite these issues, many players remain optimistic about the game's potential for replayability as it evolves.

    • “✅ infinitely replayable”
    • “This game already has an incredible amount of playability and replayability, despite just hitting the scene.”
    • “The game's crafting system is highly detailed and allows players to create a wide variety of items and weapons, providing a lot of depth and replayability to the game.”
    • “Having the same map ruins the replayability the game once had.”
    • “While some of the current fixes did fix a few major issues, it has not made the game any more playable.”
    • “I'll be sure to check in later and hopefully it's in a more playable state.”
  • emotional
    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional responses to the game are mixed, with some players finding it heartwarming and beautiful, while others express disappointment and frustration over its lackluster development and gameplay mechanics. Many users appreciate the potential for emotional connections through multiplayer interactions, but others feel let down by the game's execution, leading to feelings of heartbreak and dissatisfaction. Overall, the game evokes a range of emotions, from joy and nostalgia to frustration and disappointment, highlighting its current state as a work in progress.

    • “This game is wholesome, beautiful, soothing crack.”
    • “The scenery is beautiful; I love the wind effect with the twinkle effect, which really makes it emotional.”
    • “I can easily say that among other early-access games in development, this is most certainly a unique and heartwarming experience added to the open world survival genre.”
  • character development
    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Character development in the game is praised for its depth and variety, offering engaging systems that enhance gameplay, such as crafting and exploration. Players appreciate the charming character designs and the layered mechanics that contribute to a rich experience, often comparing it favorably to larger MMORPGs. Overall, the character development is seen as a standout feature that adds significant value to the game.

    • “Interesting environment and engaging character development.”
    • “There are layers to the character development, layers to the base building, and environments in which you can get materials, and even layers to the crafting system.”
    • “Character development here is even better than some MMORPGs I've played recently!”
    • “There are layers to the character development, layers to the base building and environments in which you can get materials, and even layers to the crafting system.”
    • “After 18 hours of playing, I must say I'm very impressed with the state of the game; core features in most games that seem to be lacking are included in this, as well as some very interesting and unique ideals for character development and play styles.”

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14h Median play time
31h Average play time
5-50h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 99 analyzed playthroughs

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