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Top Crafting Games

60+ crafting games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Open World, Sandbox, Multiplayer, Survival.

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  1. #1 Terraria
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
    Developer: Re-Logic
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 33.2hMean: 149.0h≥1hr: 92%

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

  2. #2 Rust
    98% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
    Developer: Facepunch Studios
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 52.0hMean: 416.6h≥1hr: 96%

    The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

  3. #3 ARK: Survival Evolved
    98% matchVery Positive83% of 763,144 reviews2017
    Developer: Studio Wildcard
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 10.2hMean: 200.9h≥1hr: 79%

    Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

  4. #4 The Forest
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
    Developer: Endnight Games Ltd
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 13.1hMean: 37.0h≥1hr: 93%

    As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

  5. #5 Raft
    95% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
    Developer: Redbeet InteractivePublisher: Axolot Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 14.5hMean: 36.8h≥1hr: 95%

    Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

  6. #6 Stardew Valley
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 992,215 reviews2016
    Developer: ConcernedApe
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 22.7hMean: 83.6h≥1hr: 92%

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

  7. #7 Satisfactory
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
    Developer: Coffee Stain StudiosPublisher: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 31.8hMean: 108.4h≥1hr: 94%

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

  8. #8 Valheim
    93% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
    Developer: Iron Gate ABPublisher: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 25.6hMean: 76.1h≥1hr: 93%

    A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

  9. #9 Palworld
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
    Developer: Pocketpair
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 34.2hMean: 70.0h≥1hr: 97%

    Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

  10. #10 Unturned
    90% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
    Developer: Smartly Dressed Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 5.2hMean: 71.6h≥1hr: 76%

    You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

  11. #11 Subnautica
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
    Developer: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 13.4hMean: 40.0h≥1hr: 90%

    Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

  12. #12 Factorio
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
    Developer: Wube Software LTD.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 44.8hMean: 188.9h≥1hr: 95%

    Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

  13. #13 Muck
    88% matchVery Positive93% of 182,033 reviews2021
    Developer: Dani
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.4hMean: 7.7h≥1hr: 70%

    Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.

  14. #14 Sons Of The Forest
    87% matchVery Positive88% of 299,895 reviews2024
    Developer: Endnight Games LtdPublisher: Newnight
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 14.9hMean: 32.0h≥1hr: 94%

    Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

  15. #15 Don't Starve
    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
    Developer: Klei Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.2hMean: 28.2h≥1hr: 82%

    Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

  16. #16 Project Zomboid
    85% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
    Developer: The Indie Stone
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 14.8hMean: 82.3h≥1hr: 92%

    Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

  17. #17 Black Desert
    86% matchMostly Positive74% of 92,177 reviews2017
    Developer: Pearl Abyss
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.0hMean: 178.7h≥1hr: 75%

    Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!

  18. #18 Schedule I
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 288,530 reviews2025
    Developer: TVGS
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 18.5hMean: 27.8h≥1hr: 97%

    From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

  19. #19 V Rising
    82% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024
    Developer: Stunlock Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 21.0hMean: 57.1h≥1hr: 91%

    Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

  20. #20 Graveyard Keeper
    83% matchVery Positive86% of 46,799 reviews2018
    Developer: Lazy Bear GamesPublisher: tinyBuild
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 9.2hMean: 31.9h≥1hr: 87%

    Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

  21. #21 Scrap Mechanic
    82% matchVery Positive92% of 117,049 reviews2016
    Developer: Axolot Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 11.1hMean: 57.3h≥1hr: 91%

    Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

  22. #22 Conan Exiles
    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
    Developer: Funcom
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 16.9hMean: 111.3h≥1hr: 94%

    An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.

  23. #23 Grounded
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 92,875 reviews2022
    Developer: Obsidian EntertainmentPublisher: Xbox Game Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 12.2hMean: 40.8h≥1hr: 94%

    The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

  24. #24 Don't Starve Together
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
    Developer: Klei Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 8.0hMean: 64.1h≥1hr: 89%

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

  25. #25 Enshrouded
    78% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
    Developer: Keen Games GmbH
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 18.3hMean: 44.1h≥1hr: 94%

    You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

  26. #26 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
    78% matchVery Positive93% of 42,947 reviews2022
    Developer: niceplay gamesPublisher: tinyBuild
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.4hMean: 10.9h≥1hr: 86%

    Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.

  27. #27 Medieval Dynasty
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
    Developer: Render CubePublisher: Toplitz Productions
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 11.7hMean: 35.7h≥1hr: 91%

    Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

  28. #28 Green Hell
    77% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 reviews2019
    Developer: Creepy Jar
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.1hMean: 18.7h≥1hr: 88%

    Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

  29. #29 Forager
    77% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
    Developer: HopFrogPublisher: Balor Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 9.3hMean: 22.3h≥1hr: 92%

    The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

  30. #30 Starbound
    76% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
    Developer: Chucklefish
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 17.2hMean: 64.1h≥1hr: 91%

    You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

  31. #31 My Time at Portia
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 44,040 reviews2019
    Developer: Pathea GamesPublisher: Focus Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 6.0hMean: 36.1h≥1hr: 88%

    Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!

  32. #32 ARK: Survival Ascended
    75% matchMixed60% of 100,735 reviews2023
    Developer: Studio Wildcard
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 28.6hMean: 195.6h≥1hr: 92%

    ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

  33. #33 Stranded Deep
    75% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
    Developer: Beam Team GamesPublisher: Beam Team Publishing
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.5hMean: 21.1h≥1hr: 83%

    Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

  34. #34 SCUM
    75% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,922 reviews2025
    Developer: Gamepires
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 11.9hMean: 102.0h≥1hr: 93%

    Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.

  35. #35 Albion Online
    75% matchMostly Positive79% of 90,120 reviews2018
    Developer: Sandbox Interactive GmbH
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.5hMean: 81.4h≥1hr: 73%

    Albion Online is a fantasy sandbox MMORPG featuring a player-driven economy, classless combat system, and intense PvP battles. Explore a vast open world full of danger and opportunity. Grow your wealth, forge alliances, and leave your mark on the world of Albion.

  36. #36 The Long Dark
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
    Developer: Hinterland Studio Inc.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 6.3hMean: 46.9h≥1hr: 84%

    THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

  37. #37 Craftopia
    74% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,974 reviews2020
    Developer: Pocketpair
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.8hMean: 22.1h≥1hr: 85%

    Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.

  38. #38 Russian Fishing 4
    74% matchMixed59% of 84,285 reviews2021
    Developer: FishSoft LLC
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.3hMean: 72.2h≥1hr: 55%

    Russian Fishing 4 is a fishing simulator with RPG elements. There is no story line and the whole process is based on the concept of an open, free to roam and free to play game.

  39. #39 Trove
    73% matchVery Positive80% of 92,653 reviews2015
    Developer: gamigo US Inc.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.4hMean: 49.0h≥1hr: 69%

    Grab your friends, hone your blades, and set off for an epic procedurally generated adventure in Trove! Battle the Shadow in realms filled with dungeons and items created by your fellow players. Whether hunting treasure or building realms of your own, it’s never been this good to be square!

  40. #40 ICARUS
    73% matchMostly Positive74% of 62,078 reviews2021
    Developer: RocketWerkz
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 10.0hMean: 44.6h≥1hr: 87%

    ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

  41. #41 Kenshi
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,425 reviews2018
    Developer: Lo-Fi Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 9.9hMean: 70.4h≥1hr: 83%

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

  42. #42 The Planet Crafter
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
    Developer: Miju Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 21.1hMean: 37.2h≥1hr: 91%

    A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

  43. #43 Abiotic Factor
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,861 reviews2025
    Developer: Deep Field GamesPublisher: Playstack
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 19.3hMean: 42.7h≥1hr: 95%

    Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

  44. #44 This War of Mine
    72% matchVery Positive94% of 96,656 reviews2014
    Developer: 11 bit studios
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.3hMean: 16.6h≥1hr: 83%

    In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

  45. #45 Hurtworld
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
    Developer: Bankroll Studios
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 6.7hMean: 63.2h≥1hr: 88%

    Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.

  46. #46 Core Keeper
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
    Developer: PugstormPublisher: Fireshine Games
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 12.0hMean: 33.7h≥1hr: 91%

    Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

  47. #47 Craft The World
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 16,818 reviews2014
    Developer: Dekovir EntertainmentPublisher: Dekovir Ltd
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 7.2hMean: 38.5h≥1hr: 89%

    Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

  48. #48 Crossout
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 68,141 reviews2017
    Developer: Targem GamesPublisher: Gaijin Network Ltd
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.9hMean: 55.3h≥1hr: 81%

    Crossout - the postapocalyptic MMO action game where you can create a unique design for an armoured vehicle from dozens of parts and then drive it into multiplayer battles raging on land and in the skies alike.

  49. #49 Portal Knights
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 22,116 reviews2017
    Developer: Keen Games GmbHPublisher: 505 Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.7hMean: 21.2h≥1hr: 82%

    The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!

  50. #50 My Time at Sandrock
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 28,280 reviews2023
    Developer: Pathea Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.8hMean: 39.3h≥1hr: 91%

    Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!

  51. #51 Subsistence
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
    Developer: ColdGames
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.0hMean: 40.0h≥1hr: 78%

    Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

  52. #52 The Escapists
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 16,161 reviews2015
    Developer: Mouldy Toof StudiosPublisher: Team17
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.7hMean: 10.9h≥1hr: 82%

    The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

  53. #53 ATLAS
    68% matchMixed47% of 42,842 reviews2018
    Developer: Grapeshot Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 12.5hMean: 112.2h≥1hr: 82%

    Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!

  54. #54 Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 26,225 reviews2020
    Developer: Humble North
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 8.5hMean: 131.4h≥1hr: 83%

    Blow leaves, upgrade your gear, and automate your progress as you explore the Leaf Universe. A satisfying incremental idle game where every leaf blown brings you closer to the next big upgrade. Simple, relaxing, and endlessly rewarding. Let the leaves fall, and your progress rise!

  55. #55 How to Survive
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 17,095 reviews2014
    Developer: Eko SoftwarePublisher: 505 Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.3hMean: 7.6h≥1hr: 80%

    “A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?

  56. #56 Palia
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 40,274 reviews2024
    Developer: Singularity 6 Corporation
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.0hMean: 24.9h≥1hr: 66%

    Discover a welcoming world in Palia, a free-to-play fantasy life sim adventure where you can craft, explore, and create the life and home of your dreams. With nearly endless ways to make Palia your home, you’ll find relaxation and joy in every corner of this vibrant, heartwarming world.

  57. #57 Far Cry® Primal
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 39,079 reviews2016
    Developer: Ubisoft
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.0hMean: 26.1h≥1hr: 87%

    The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.

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