

The game has you exploring the universe as the pilot of a wayward spaceship. Some might even call it “Terraria in space,” but to do so would be to sell Starbound far short. Starbound (PC Game Pass) Watch the trailer on YouTubeĬhucklefish’s procedurally generated 2D sandbox adventure may draw immediate comparisons to Terraria. With his handbook and workbench, you’ll gather materials and craft them into new items, and grow crops, raise animals, befriend the inhabitants of Portia…and maybe even find romance when you can spare the time. Take over the abandoned workshop of your father – a great builder in his own time. In this game from Chinese studio Pathea Games, players work to build the fledgling city-state of Portia into a proud city. “Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia!” My Time at Portia Watch the trailer on YouTube If you have a creative bone in your body, then you owe it to yourself to try Minecraft if somehow you are one of the few gamers left who have yet to do so. Craft, build, explore and shape the game to suit your own unique experience. What is there really left to say about the best-selling video game phenomenon that hasn’t already been said? Explore an unbounded world where the only limit is your imagination. Is it also addictively enjoyable? Absolutely. Forager eschew some of the fluff found in other games of its ilk. It also sets itself apart not only with its colorful pixel art style but also as “a crafting game stripped down to its very bones,” as one reviewer put it. Developed by Argentinian studio HopFrog and published by Humble Bundle, Forager is farming and crafting game in the same vein as games like Stardew Valley.įorager has a personality all its own, however.
