Nostalgia and childhood memories
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“This game is like opening up a time capsule back to the late 2000s and early 2010s and seeing what everything was like back then.”
Steam review · 37.9 h played ↗
Blockland
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 71%Mostly Positive · 71%Eric Hartman, Ben Garney, Anthony Rotondo2013Sandbox · Action · Adventure
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A nostalgic Lego-style sandbox with deep add-on and gamemode support, but servers are nearly empty and the dev has abandoned it. Skip it unless you have friends to play with or want nostalgia.
Great for
Nostalgic veterans and small friend groups who want freeform brick building with add-ons
Main risk
Servers are nearly empty and the game is abandoned, so you may be playing alone
What players love
Free-form Lego-style building
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“You can pretty much do anything you want in this lego building environment, and in terms of it's building mechanics, you will find none better than Blockland.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Fun community gamemodes and servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“many of the community gamemodes are what remain among the most memorable things of Blockland.”
Steam review · 8069.4 h played ↗
Powerful add-on and modding system
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Lots of freedom to make anything you want with its robust Add-on system that allows you to literally create anything you want.”
Steam review · 1662.2 h played ↗
Fun with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“completely dead game but fun if you have friends”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Low system requirements
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews
“It's also really optimized and could literally be played on your grandmother's computer.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Dead playerbase and empty servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“You will be hard pressed to find a server that has more than 3 people in it today”
Steam review · 704.5 h played ↗
Abandoned by developer, no updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“There hasn't been a real update in a legitimate decade”
Steam review · 364.8 h played ↗
Removal of maps and loss of Return to Blockland
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“V21 killed Blockland. Kitchen, Bedroom, and other iconic maps were removed in exchange for some fancy shaders”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗
Awkward, clunky controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“the default controls are horrendous: select a brick, click with mouse to choose it's position, move it on the X,Y & Z axis with [b][u]all[/u][/b] of the numpad keys”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Better alternatives like Brickadia
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“I recommend you save your money and buy Brickadia instead, it's better in every way imaginable.”
Steam review · 1833.7 h played ↗
Toxic community
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“now the few servers you have are just toxic.”
Steam review · 70.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or higher
Processor1 GHz
Memory512 MB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL compatible graphics chip
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 7 or higher
Processor1 GHz
Memory512 MB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL compatible graphics chip
Storage2 GB available space
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