Crashlands

That pick-up-and-play-anytime mentality extends to your choice of platform; a single save can transfer between mobile and PC platforms with ease, so it’s easy to pop in and gather some more materials whenever and wherever you are. Crashlands unfolds a structured progression and ongoing story in a branch of games that often feels too freeform for many players; that framework is what makes this the crafting game that could finally appeal to those who’ve never grasped the genre’s charms.

Fun combat, great writing, and a great look, but with pacing and progression tuned for a mobile experience, not the PC.

Ambitious Crashlands takes the crafting and exploration genre popularised by the likes of Minecraft and Terraria and imbues it with its own unique personality and distinctive story mode. You play as Flux, an intergalactic delivery driver whose cargo...