Blockscape
Early access since Jul 2014
The ultimate block building game. Start with nothing and build an empire. Smooth voxel worlds, settlers, crafting, vehicles, and Steam multiplayer. Survival or Just Build — every item in your inventory is also a building block.
46% positive · 899 reviews
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In early access, still in active development
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Active Development
Not yet
In early access, still in active development
High confidence
Active Development
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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Blockscape has been in Early Access since July 3, 2014 and remains actively developed by sole developer Jens. The store description opens with "This is the project of my life. It is not finished" — a clear statement that the game is ongoing. The developer has maintained a consistent pattern of substantial updates over many years: major releases include Halloween 2020 (Steam multiplayer, Workshop), Easter 2021 (new landscape, vehicles), Christmas 2021 (new biome, horses, redesigned systems), Blockscape 2024 (May 2024, full rendering overhaul, new world type), and most recently the August 2026 update (August 20, 2026), which overhauled multiplayer sync, introduced a new Mesa landscape, rewrote lighting, added new creatures and combat systems, and much more. This was followed just six days later by a feature patch on August 26, 2026 refining building tools, tree visuals, creature pathfinding, and UI. Development is clearly active and ongoing, with no indication from the developer that a 1.0 release or content conclusion is planned.
Evidence
August 2026 Update 2 (feature patch): smoother building tools, new voxel-based tree leaves, sapling growth models, improved creature pathfinding, inventory and gear fixes, and visual improvements.
August 2026 major update shipped: full multiplayer sync overhaul, new Mesa landscape, rewritten lighting system, new creatures (fire golems), new world map, combat improvements, and extensive building/crafting changes.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
ioneo
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game
Early Access — and not going anywhere
This is the project of my life. It is not finished. There will be missing features and bugs. Quiet periods mean I am working, not that I have left. I will never abandon Blockscape.Start with nothing. Build an empire.
You are sent to this world to start a new civilization. Explore, gather, craft, and build. Place beds and people move in. Feed them and they work for you.Blockscape is a voxel world that is not just cubes. Terrain is smooth: mountains, cliffs, caves, rivers, and shorelines you can sculpt. Then everything you pick up — tools, furniture, armor, even creatures — can also be placed as a building block.
Play how you want
- Survival — Start with almost nothing. Mine, hunt, stay warm, find recipes, and grow a settlement. Hostile creatures will try to stop you.
- Just Build — Peaceful creative mode. Instant mining, infinite resources, and you cannot die. Sculpt the landscape and build anything.
Worlds
Every seed is different. Choose a landscape:- Mesa — High plateaus, coastal cliffs, and eroded shorelines. The current recommended world.
- Realistic — Softer hills and naturalistic slopes.
- Wild — Rougher, more chaotic landforms.
- Flat — An empty plane when you only want to build.
Build
- Hundreds of materials and block shapes — slopes, beams, roofs, windows, furniture, and more.
- Sculpt terrain: raise, lower, level, and smooth. Copy, paste, and fill with the selection tool.
- Paint materials, set grain direction, and design custom pieces on a building plate.
- Share models on the Steam Workshop.
Survive and settle
- Craft tools, weapons, armor, furniture, and machines. Many recipes are found in the world, not given to you.
- Settlers move into beds you place. Feed them and they craft, plant, harvest, and build.
- Farm, cook, and hunt. Dress for heat and cold. Dive with a helmet. Map the land once you craft a world map.
- Fight what lives here: bugs, snakes, worms, golems, ghosts, protectors, and more. Armor and rare metals matter.
Machines and vehicles
- Electric networks for lights, doors, and other components. Auto-routed cables.
- Water networks to supply generators and water machines. Auto-routed pipes.
- Coal generators and wind generators.
- Vehicles you craft and unlock: a digging drill, a copter, a hang glider, and more.
Play together
Host a world on Steam and build, explore, and fight with friends. Inventories, settlers, vehicles, and the world stay in sync.Main features
- Fully procedural worlds. Every game looks and plays different.
- Smooth voxel terrain you can mine and sculpt.
- Crafting: furniture, tools, weapons, armor, materials, and machines.
- NPCs: beds, food, and workers (crafting, farming, construction).
- Hundreds of block types and materials.
- Everything is a block. Everything in your inventory can be used as a building block — even creatures.
- Electricity and water networks.
- Vehicles.
- Steam multiplayer.
- Steam Workshop.
- Just Build mode with infinite resources.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Aug 30, 2026
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