Cube Life: Island Survival
2015 indie sandbox video game
Cube Life: Island Survival is an indie open world sandbox survival game developed and published by Cypronia. Originally released for the Wii U in June 2015, an HD remake was released on Steam in April 2018, on Android and iOS in August 2018, and for the Nintendo Switch in December 2020.
Cube Life was one of the first sandbox video games released for the Wii U. This has been seen as a niche in the market and is sometimes regarded as one of the main reasons for its relatively large success for an indie Minecraft clone. In 2015, it reached #1 on the European, #2 in the American and #3 in the Japanese Nintendo eShop charts.
Gameplay
Cube Life: Island Survival features three game modes: Survival Mode, Creative Mode, and Multiplayer Mode.
In Survival Mode, the player controls a man named Barry who is stranded on a desert island after a shipwreck. The player maintains Barry's health and explores the game world, which consists of several islands, in order to eventually kill the various bosses, such as a giant spider. At night, cannibals appear on most islands whose aim is to kill the player. Experience is gained for almost every action in the game (running, fighting, adding and removing blocks, etc.). If one has gained enough experience, the player level increases.
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