Cube Life: Island Survival

Adventure· Indie· Open World Survival Craft· Sandbox

Released Apr 2018

Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.

69% positive · 176 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Steam Updated 3 Oct 2026 $9.99

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Evaluation

Cube Life: Island Survival originally launched on Steam on April 20, 2018, having previously been available on Nintendo Wii U since June 2015. After launch, Cypronia maintained an active patching cadence through 2018 and into 2019-2020, delivering several feature patches that added new languages, farming, Creative Mode improvements, and various quality-of-life enhancements. The one major content release in the data was a significant update delivered during this period. The most recent developer communication on record is the bug fix patch v1.9.1, posted on November 19, 2021. Since that date — now over four years ago — there have been no further posts, announcements, or updates of any kind from Cypronia. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced future content, and no roadmap or developer statement indicating further updates are planned. The store description positions the Steam version as a rebuilt port of the original Wii U game, with no mention of ongoing development or future content. Given the complete silence since November 19, 2021 and the lack of any outstanding commitments, the game appears to have reached its final state with that last patch.

Evidence

Patch v1.9.1 released with AI improvements, physics fixes, crafting guide updates, and various bug fixes. This is the last recorded developer communication.

news post · Nov 19, 2021 source development ongoing

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Patch v1.8.1 released with AI improvements, photo mode in Creative Mode, and various bug fixes.

news post · Feb 2, 2020 source development ongoing

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Details

Developer

Cypronia

Publisher

Cypronia

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Open World Survival Craft Adventure Indie Sandbox Building Open World Survival Crafting Exploration Level Editor Atmospheric Pixel Graphics Voxel

About this game

A classic survival adventure — now on Steam for Windows!

Originally created to run on Nintendo Wii U console, Cube Life: Island Survival became one of the first Minecraft-style sandbox survival experiences available on Nintendo’s system.

The game was first released on Nintendo Wii U in June 2015 — months before the official release of Minecraft on Wii U in December 2015.

It quickly made history by reaching the top of the Nintendo eShop charts:

🥇 #1 in Europe
🥈 #2 in America
🥉 #3 in Japan

Within just one month of release, in July 2015, the game earned its own English Wikipedia page, highlighting its impact and recognition in the indie survival genre.

Now rebuilt for PC with expanded shader technology, Cube Life: Island Survival brings its classic sandbox experience to modern Windows systems. Enjoy improved visuals and the original charm that made the game a Nintendo success.

Survive, explore, craft, and build your own adventure — the island is waiting.

EXPLORE:

Explore living world with wild animals on the land, lurking in caves or swimming under the water.

CRAFT:

Gathering resources is a key element to survival. It allows you to craft weapons like swords, axes, and long bows for hunting and fighting.

FIGHT:

Some islands are occupied by local inhabitants and you can choose to befriend them, or if you prefer, be a bad guy and steal their items, animals, and fight them—the choice is yours. During the night, it’s a good idea to hide, because Cannibals will appear and come after you!

VISUALS:

Realistic graphical effects like dynamic sky or realistic water

GAME FEATURES:

- Block building open-world

- Creative mode with Map and Skin editors

- Survival Mode

- Day and Night cycles

- Realistic graphical effects

- Crafting

- Trading

- 500+ Items and Tools

- Ingame survival guide with many recipes

- Japanese decorations

- Explosives

- Stealth attacks! Approach an enemy from behind

- Pets

- Wild animals

- Boats

- Local inhabitants

- Choose behaviour - be friend or if you prefer, be a bad guy

- Fight Enemy Bosses like The Kraken, and Cannibal Boss

- Updates - the game will keep getting better and better!

STORY:

After a shipwreck, you awaken on a mysterious island. Survive, explore, craft, and build your way through a dangerous open-world environment filled with wildlife, enemies, and secrets.

Unlike procedurally generated sandbox games, all islands and the entire world are handcrafted by the developer. Every environment is carefully designed — not random — delivering a structured survival experience with intentional layouts, exploration paths, hidden secrets, environmental storytelling, and unique challenges. The adventure also features boss fights, adding major combat encounters that test your preparation, equipment, and survival skills.