Blockworks

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Blockworks is a creative VR sandbox game that allows players to build anything they can imagine using virtual hands to manipulate blocks. In Classic Mode, players can follow instructions and build from sets or workshop submissions, while Sandbox Mode offers total freedom with all blocks and materials available. Endless Mode provides an infinite area to build on, and the game features over 100 block types, 30 materials, and various build-in sets and workshop builds.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

Reviews

92%

Audience ScoreBased on 53 reviews

story1 positive mentions

graphics3 negative mentions

The game offers a fun and immersive VR experience that allows players to unleash their creativity with endless building possibilities.
The community is supportive and engaged, providing a friendly environment for players to share their creations and experiences.
The game is visually appealing and well-optimized, making it enjoyable to play even on lower-end systems.

The block inventory system is cumbersome and can make finding specific pieces tedious, which detracts from the building experience.
Controls can be unintuitive, particularly with hand collisions causing frustration when trying to interact with objects.
Some players find the game lacks depth and content, leading to a feeling of boredom after completing initial tasks.

graphics
5 mentions
40 % positive mentions
0 % neutral mentions
60 % negative mentions
The graphics are generally praised for their immersive quality, particularly in the sandbox environment, but higher settings demand significantly more resources without a noticeable improvement in visual fidelity. Users report that while the game looks impressive even on lower settings, there are issues with graphical adjustments not functioning properly, leading to performance lag on devices like the Quest 2.
- “The graphics are very nice, and make the sandbox room feel immersive.”
- “Even with the graphics turned down a bit for the Quest 2, it still looked amazing.”
- “Higher graphics settings don't look that much better but take exponentially more resources to run.”
- “You can adjust the graphic quality in the game to ultra high, but I found it ran laggy on the Quest 2.”
- “Lastly, there are graphical settings, but they don't seem to work (bug?).”
music
3 mentions
67 % positive mentions
-33 % neutral mentions
67 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received mixed reviews, with some players finding the built-in soundtrack lacking and suggesting the addition of more options. While the sound can be enjoyable as tinkering music or relaxing background noise, there is a general desire for improvement and variety.
- “The sound in the game can be fun tinkering music or just relaxing white noise.”
- “I would like to see a few more music options added to the game though.”
- “The built-in soundtrack kind of sucks, but I'm not an expert in music, so I don't know how to fix that.”
- “I would like to see a few more music options added to the game, though.”
story
3 mentions
33 % positive mentions
67 % neutral mentions
0 % negative mentions
The reviews do not provide specific insights into the game's story, focusing instead on the graphics performance on the Meta Quest 2. Overall, while the graphics are praised for their quality, the narrative aspect remains unaddressed in the provided texts.
optimization
2 mentions
50 % positive mentions
0 % neutral mentions
50 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is generally praised for its pleasant and beautiful design, allowing for great creative freedom without significant performance issues. However, there are concerns that adding more complex features, like hinge bricks, could impact performance due to the game's Unity engine.
- “Pleasant, beautiful, optimized, allows great freedom of creation (you are not limited to the board).”
- “Neat little brick game; it would be awesome if hinge bricks were added, but seeing as the game is made in Unity, that's probably going to be very performance heavy.”
gameplay
2 mentions
50 % positive mentions
50 % neutral mentions
0 % negative mentions
The gameplay is enjoyable with polished mechanics, but many users feel it would be significantly enhanced by the addition of multiplayer features.
- “It's pretty fun, and all the mechanics are really polished and well-designed.”
grinding
1 mentions
0 % positive mentions
-200 % neutral mentions
300 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be slow and tedious, particularly when searching for pieces in free build mode. There are indications that more content may exist in the campaign, but many users report difficulty in locating it.
- “Finding pieces in free build is slow and tedious.”
- “The grinding feels endless and lacks any real reward.”
- “I spent hours grinding for resources, but it never felt worth the effort.”
stability
1 mentions
0 % positive mentions
-200 % neutral mentions
300 % negative mentions
The game's stability has been noted as somewhat lacking, with users experiencing bugs in its early access state. There are requests for additional options, such as disabling hand collision, which could enhance gameplay. Overall, while the game is fun, it still requires improvements to its stability.
- “I would like to see more options for turning off hand collision. Some pieces that can make mechanisms would be cool. Overall, it's pretty fun, but it's kind of buggy in the early access state.”
- “The game crashes frequently, making it hard to enjoy the experience. Stability needs a lot of work.”
- “I've encountered numerous glitches that disrupt gameplay. The stability issues really detract from what could be a great game.”