Cube Life: Island Survival
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.
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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.
STEAM VERSION NOTES:
✅ Playable on Windows PCs
🎮 Optimized for PC controls
❌ Multiplayer is not supported in the Steam version
🎮 Designed especially for fans of retro sandbox survival games
