Build Lands

About

Build Lands is a single player casual city builder game with a kids theme. It was developed by Yaw Studios and was released on August 4, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

In Build Lands you will have fun and relax building cute islands, freeing your imagination and building your own cute islands, being able to share in the workshop where the community can download them to have fun assembling them! Relaxing fun for all ages!

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Play Modes

Single-Player

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77%

Audience ScoreBased on 30 reviews

music4 positive mentions

grinding5 negative mentions

Relaxing and casual building experience with a chill atmosphere and soothing soundtrack.
Offers both puzzle mode recreating islands and creative mode for freebuilding and sharing custom levels.
Active developer support with potential for future content and improvements.

Gameplay is often tedious and frustrating due to visually similar blocks and finicky placement mechanics.
Buggy performance including crashes, freezes, and occasional soft-locks particularly on certain platforms.
UI and menus are confusing and lack clear labeling or tutorial, with limited control options and visibility features.

music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
The music in the game is consistently praised for being relaxing and soothing, complementing the colorful visuals and enhancing focus during island-building gameplay. The soundtrack contributes significantly to the overall enjoyable and calming experience.
- “The relaxing soundtrack helps you focus while creating your islands.”
- “It has a colorful look, a nice soundtrack and challenging islands to build, great for spending hours having fun.”
- “With a beautiful look and relaxing music, I highly recommend this game.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding in the game is generally considered tedious and uninspiring, with limited controls making building frustrating. The repetitive nature, especially in sections like the lava area, leads to a gameplay experience that feels monotonous and drawn out.
- “After restart I could then play this tedious and uninspiring game, where you really can't do much and the controls are way too finicky and limited to build anything with fun.”
- “Maybe if you really enjoy the tedious placement of block building akin to Minecraft, and only that mechanic, you might find it relaxing.”
- “When you finish the first set of lands that unlocks the creative mode, it becomes tedious for the sake of being tedious.”
gameplay
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The gameplay is considered tedious and unengaging, with block-building mechanics similar to Minecraft but lacking excitement. The puzzle elements are described as boring, making the overall experience unenjoyable for most players.
- “The achievements are not hard to complete but the mechanics of this 'game' are not fun at all.”
- “Maybe if you really enjoy the tedious placement of block building akin to Minecraft, and only that mechanic, you might find it relaxing.”
- “In addition, the 'puzzle' mechanic is plain boring.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from frequent bugs and freezes, particularly after completing puzzles, causing frustration. Players often need to restart levels due to unresponsive interactions, indicating overall poor stability.
- “What should be a relaxing and fun game to play is actually quite buggy and frustrating.”
- “It freezes a lot on puzzle completion but will continue to work after.”
- “The game is also incredibly buggy; I've had to restart numerous levels because I was unable to interact with anything after having to delete a block.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The game lacks a story, background, or any narrative elements, and does not offer modes with objectives or points.
- “Also, there is no mode where you gain points, have a story, an objective, or anything.”
- “There is no story, background, or setup to the game.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The game's replayability is moderate, primarily driven by the ability to explore and play custom builds created by other players. This feature encourages repeated playthroughs with varied experiences.
- “There is some replayability as you can come back and play other’s custom builds.”
graphics
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The graphics are visually appealing and well-suited to the game, providing a pleasant viewing experience.