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Run a fantasy workshop in Windspell, scavenging materials and forging or assembling custom commissions while meeting the locals.
Released 29 May 2025
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CraftCraft is a narrative-heavy RPG sim with hands on forging and jewelry making! Create a pretty tiara for a mermaid or a sword made of dragon blood! Be a Moth or a Cat and express your creativity in your cozy crafting studio and change the lives of locals in the mysterious port town of Windspell.
Developed by Placeholder Gameworks, Pineapple Works · Published by Placeholder Gameworks, Hawthorn Games









You play a customizable fantasy artisan running a workshop in the port town of Windspell. The town’s residents bring requests for goods ranging from weapons and armor to jewelry, and their stories unfold through conversations at your shop and around town.
To fill commissions, gather materials from nearby locations, then forge metalwork or assemble and decorate other pieces at your workbench. Customers’ descriptions guide your choices: the materials and decorative traits you use affect how well each item meets their requests.
Dialogue choices and your character’s selected background and race shape parts of the story. The main story spans 11 in-game days, with multiple endings; an endless mode continues the workshop loop beyond the campaign.
Players who enjoy CraftCraft often praise its charming cast, distinctive art, and voice acting, along with the relaxed routine of gathering materials and making personalized commissions. Some also like the character creation and fantasy-town story. Reviews differ on how satisfying the crafting feels, with recurring reservations about the short story, repetitive tasks, and awkward item handling.
CraftCraft is made by a small fully indie studio who made Death and Taxes.
✧ Become a jeweler or a smith in a quaint port town.
✧ Create a moth / elf / cat character!
✧ Meet a lot of different folks and impact their lives. Your choices matter!
✧ Have a cute owlcat as a pet.
✧ Relax and craft!
✧ Make shiny stuff. ✧ ⋆ ˙
✧ Make even MORE shiny stuff. ⋆ ˙ ✧ + * ˙
✧ Make less shiny and more ominous stuff.
Includes:
✧ Full voice acting
✧ Short branching story spanning 11 in game days. About 5-8 hours to finish the game once. (+ a non-story endless mode)
✧ Replayability (multiple backgrounds with unique characters tied to it, some random scavangables and multiple endings).
✧ Original soundtrack using real folk instruments!
✧ Completely unique crafting simulation
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 27 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |