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Craft The World
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “fun and addictive core mechanics” (40 of 67 reviews) and “good value for the price” (5); the most common complaint is “lacks search function and info” (7). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
40 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“Bought the game and DLCs on sale. The game concept is great, but needs a lot of work and refinement. On sale I would consider the game worth giving a try, but I just can't get over the cash grab design. The home screen…”
“There are positive things about the game, but I feel they are overshadowed by the negatives. Pros: + The premise is sound. A mix of Lemmings (the dwarves are very stupid), Terraria and a few other games. + The art style…”
“who needs MINE when you can CRAFT the world!? this game is a masterpiece its 100% awesome and a 10/10 you need to find out for yourself when you play this. good luck!! dont attack goblins with bosses and monsters…”
5 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“Great game. Lots of fun if you like strategy, designing bases, PvE or PvP. Great art style. If the video looks fun to you, just get it. That's why I got it and I wasn't let down at all. Worth the full price but…”
“Just bought main game on crazy sale totally worth it”
5 of the 67 reviews raise this.
4 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“Great game overall, with a very satisfying progression system , Great too see it still gets love after all these years!!”
“A pretty good game kinda like Oxygen not Included although they've been updating the game since 2014 which I think is crazy”
7 of the 67 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“There are positive things about the game, but I feel they are overshadowed by the negatives. Pros: + The premise is sound. A mix of Lemmings (the dwarves are very stupid), Terraria and a few other games. + The art style…”
“As an example of the amazing design this game has, if you try to place an obsidian harvester it needs to have all the dirt cleared out around it, but if you clear the dirt out your dwarves can't reach it to build it,…”
“Just get Terraria instead. Craft the World suffers from clunky gameplay and lacks QoL. I still kind of like it, but it's wasting way too much time for basic things. I would not recommend it unless you really, really…”
6 of the 67 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“There are positive things about the game, but I feel they are overshadowed by the negatives. Pros: + The premise is sound. A mix of Lemmings (the dwarves are very stupid), Terraria and a few other games. + The art style…”
“As an example of the amazing design this game has, if you try to place an obsidian harvester it needs to have all the dirt cleared out around it, but if you clear the dirt out your dwarves can't reach it to build it,…”
“Just get Terraria instead. Craft the World suffers from clunky gameplay and lacks QoL. I still kind of like it, but it's wasting way too much time for basic things. I would not recommend it unless you really, really…”
6 of the 67 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Bought the game and DLCs on sale. The game concept is great, but needs a lot of work and refinement. On sale I would consider the game worth giving a try, but I just can't get over the cash grab design. The home screen…”
“please fix pathing and dwarves interaction. they stand there and get ded when they fight with low health. imps are still broke, they sleep or get glitched and dont pick up items. dwarves do nothing when there are items…”
“First let me say I do like this game. I really do. However, the lack of any real updates other than fixing some bugs or giving us small goodies is a huge issue. I do not play co-op but am aware of the issues that still…”
5 of the 67 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Bought the game and DLCs on sale. The game concept is great, but needs a lot of work and refinement. On sale I would consider the game worth giving a try, but I just can't get over the cash grab design. The home screen…”
“Always happy to find games like this where you command your little colony. This one is basically Terraria but your dwarfs do all the exploring and fighting for you. It's a lot of fun. The dlc situation feels a little…”
“Pretty neat game. Would love more content to be added, one that isn't DLC's would be nice. I recommend this game if you like the sandbox colony-survival style. This game got infinite potential. A way to make more…”
3 of the 67 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“First let me say I do like this game. I really do. However, the lack of any real updates other than fixing some bugs or giving us small goodies is a huge issue. I do not play co-op but am aware of the issues that still…”
“My favorite cozy game since childhood, but please optimize your game”
Counted across 67 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Dev should spend more time in UI and QoL, for example, - Ctrl + click to remove item from toolbar instead of dragging from bottom to crafting menu. - More item to see in crafting menu. - Simple hint when you have unused item (for the 1st time), you can DISASSEMBLE it 😂 - idk,…”
— a player, Steam review · 188 hrs played“As of this review I have 841 hours in this game, it's my game that is always installed on my pc and laptop. It's the game I go to when I need a comfort game. The developers never gave up on it, even after all these years so I'm not either.”
— a player, Steam review · 845 hrs played“It’s fun for the first few hours, but as you progress, the flaws start to pile up and eventually ruin the overall experience.”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Playtest is live!
The playtest allows us to test key mechanics in real conditions: how the interface works, how clear the tutorial is, whether the first steps and battles are too difficult. We want to see how you build
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Dwarf · Colony Sim · Crafting · Building · Sandbox · Survival · Open World · Strategy · Indie · Simulation · City Builder · RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 94 |
| Official site | http://dekovir.com/craft-the-world/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista or later Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Graphics DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space