Gather, craft, build, thrive, and sometimes survive. Here's what 2026 has in store for the open-world crafting genre.

From Valheim to Fallout, these open-world games give players the power to reshape terrain, build from scratch, and leave creative marks on worlds.

Since Minecraft first burrowed its blocky way into players' brains back in 2009, survival games have gone on to become one of ...