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Craftlings

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2026

Should you play it?

Inspired by legendary classics from the ’90s, Craftlings will take you on a journey full of strategic decisions and test your skills in optimizing automated production chains and Craftlings’ paths. Gather, deliver, build, and fight for wealth and glory in the unique, nostalgic world of Craftlings.

What works

  • Unique blend of lemmings and settlers gameplay
  • Engaging logistics and puzzle challenges
  • Pleasant pixel art and music
  • Good value for price
  • Active developer and community engagement

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve and micromanagement early on
  • Limited number of levels
  • Some ui and tutorial shortcomings
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Repetitive gameplay in later levels

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • AutoForge

  • Factory Town

  • The Wandering Village

  • Ark of Charon

  • Nimbus

  • Oozi: Earth Adventure

  • Tribloos 2

  • Learning Factory

  • Alwa's Legacy

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Slash/Jump

  • Mega Serval

  • Garlic Builder

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How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Craftlings: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fantasy, Violence, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Status, Competition.

Last update: 25/07/2026