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'''''Infinite Craft''''' is a 2024 [[sandbox game|sandbox]]<ref name=PCG1>{{Cite news |last=Litchfield |first=Ted |date=February 4, 2024 |title=This browser-based 'endless crafting game' starts you off with fire and water, but it quickly escalates to God, the Big Bang, and 'Yin-Yoda' |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/this-browser-based-endless-crafting-game-starts-you-off-with-fire-and-water-but-it-quickly-escalates-to-god-the-big-bang-and-yin-yoda/ |access-date=February 10, 2024 |work=[[PC Gamer]] |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212040959/https://www.pcgamer.com/this-browser-based-endless-crafting-game-starts-you-off-with-fire-and-water-but-it-quickly-escalates-to-god-the-big-bang-and-yin-yoda/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[browser game|game]] for [[Browser game|browsers]] and [[Mobile game|mobile]] devices developed by [[Neal Agarwal]] in which players combine elements to form others.
The main difference from similar combination games such as ''[[Little Alchemy]]'' and ''[[Doodle God]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Litchfield |first=Ted |date=February 4, 2024 |title=This browser-based 'endless crafting game' starts you off with fire and water, but it quickly escalates to God, the Big Bang, and 'Yin-Yoda' |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/this-browser-based-endless-crafting-game-starts-you-off-with-fire-and-water-but-it-quickly-escalates-to-god-the-big-bang-and-yin-yoda/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |work=PC Gamer}}</ref> is that combinations are generated by a [[Generative artificial intelligence|generative AI]],<ref name=DOT1>{{Cite web |last=Ganguly |first=Sharmila |date=February 17, 2024 |title=Does ''Infinite Craft'' use AI? |url=https://dotesports.com/general/news/does-infinite-craft-use-ai |access-date=February 17, 2024 |website=[[Dot eSports]] |archive-date=February 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217190719/https://dotesports.com/general/news/does-infinite-craft-use-ai |url-status=live }}</ref> an artificial intelligence that generates content (text, in this case), which makes it possible to have practically infinite content—hence the name.
Agarwal began developing the game on January 16, 2024,<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1747284257582506102 |user=nealagarwal |title=Working on an endless crafting game with llama 2 |first=Neal |last=Agarwal |date=January 16, 2024}}</ref> and announced its public release 15 days later on [[Twitter]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1752716375255101440 |user=nealagarwal |title=The first version of ''Infinite Craft'', an endless crafting game, is out now! |first=Neal |last=Agarwal |date=January 31, 2024 |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref> The game became popular on the internet upon its release, gaining tens of thousands of active users.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1757437669594771780 |user=nealagarwal |title=I'm never going to financially recover from this |first=Neal |last=Agarwal |date=February 13, 2024}}</ref>
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