Build & Survive

Build & Survive

Esti Soft · June 27, 2025 · Simulation, Strategy, Casual, 3D Fighter, Life Sim

Buy Build & Survive from Steam at $3.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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6 user reviews83% · 6
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lowest tracked $0.67
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Build & Survive price by region

Build & Survive costs £3.39 in the United Kingdom, $3.99 in the United States, €3.99 in Europe (EUR), $3.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$4.99 in Canada, A$5.95 in Australia, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, R$13.79 in Brazil and zł17.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Build & Survive offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £3.39 £3.39 — 1
United Statesyour region $3.99 $3.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €3.99 €3.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $3.99 $3.99 — 1
Canada CA$4.99 CA$4.99 — 1
Australia A$5.95 A$5.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$5.99 NZ$5.99 — 1
Brazil R$13.79 R$13.79 — 1
Poland zł17.99 zł17.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Build & Survive

🌍 Welcome to Build & Survive – a vast, dynamic sandbox survival game where every action matters.In the heart of an uncharted land, you are dropped with nothing but your will to survive. No tutorials, no handholding — only raw nature, relentless enemies, and your ability to adapt. Build & Survive offers a deep and rewarding sandbox experience where your choices shape your destiny. Whether you're chopping trees, crafting tools, defending your base, or fishing at sunrise, survival is always one step away from failure.Start with the basics — survive with your hands.
At first, the only thing between you and death is a tree. With primitive tools, begin your journey by chopping wood. This simple act lays the foundation for your shelter, tools, and future advancements. Every tree you cut not only gives you materials but changes the environment — a world that lives, grows, and reacts to your actions. Forests will thin out, paths will open, and nature will fight back.Crafting is survival.Gather stone, wood, fiber, and other raw resources to craft your first set of gear. From crude axes to reinforced walls, the crafting system in Build & Survive is intuitive yet deep, allowing for dozens of custom recipes and combinations. Build campfires for warmth, storage boxes to hoard supplies, and workbenches to unlock more advanced blueprints. As you progress, you'll unlock technology trees that let you build automated systems, defensive traps, and tools for survival in increasingly harsh conditions.But nature is not your only enemy.As day turns to night, waves of increasingly aggressive enemies rise from the shadows. They don’t wait for you to be ready. They destroy what you build. Some strike fast and disappear, others swarm in groups, testing your defenses. Each wave is procedurally generated, adapting to your tactics and base layout. You must evolve, reinforce, and constantly prepare for what’s coming. Strategic defense building is not optional — it’s survival.Build your home, your fortress, your empire.Don’t just survive — thrive. Shape the land around you as you expand your base, reinforce it with walls, gates, towers, and automated turrets. Claim land, redirect rivers, flatten mountains, and raise massive structures that stand as a symbol of your progress. Every plank placed and every stone laid matters. You can build underground bunkers, cliffside shelters, or open field strongholds. The choice is yours — the results are permanent.Slow down. Breathe. Survive with patience.Sometimes survival isn’t about the next wave — it’s about sustainability. Head to rivers, lakes, or coastal waters and cast your line. Fishing is more than a side activity; it's a vital source of food, health regeneration, and even rare items hidden in the depths. Build fishing huts, smoke your catches for long-term storage, and discover unique fish species across different biomes. In a world full of chaos, fishing offers a rare moment of peace — and a valuable path to survival.🧭 Explore, expand, and endure.
Beyond your base lies a massive procedurally generated world filled with biomes, secrets, and dangers. Explore desert ruins, snowy peaks, dark caves, and ancient structures. Each environment brings unique resources and challenges. Will you dare to leave the safety of your camp?🧠 Customize your playstyle.
Want to be a lone wolf with traps and long-range weapons? Or a builder focused on crafting, trading, and farming? The game supports multiple playstyles with dynamic progression systems. Tailor your journey — the game won't stop you.🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Multiplayer coming soon.
The game is being prepared for co-op play — survive with friends, split responsibilities, and defend your camp together. Future updates will include shared bases, trading mechanics, PvP elements, and community events.🔥 Do you have what it takes to survive when the world pushes back?
Adapt to a living ecosystem. Fight the darkness. Build your legacy. Or be forgotten in the ashes of your broken camp.⚔️ Are you ready to Build... and Survive?

Build & Survive — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players appreciate Build & Survive's solid survival crafting foundation with satisfying progression and base-building mechanics, but report significant technical issues that undermine the experience, including non-functional UI elements, missing crafted structures, broken game mechanics like drowning despite upgrades, and apparent lack of playtesting. The core gameplay loop shows promise, but the game feels unfinished and needs substantial bug fixes before it delivers on its potential.

Recommended May 6, 2026
Build & Survive is a survival crafting game developed and published by Esti Soft that centers itself around one of the most satisfying gameplay loops in the survival genre: starting with almost nothing and slowly transforming a dangerous wilderness into a secure and self-sustaining home. The game combines resource gathering, crafting, exploration, combat, and base defense into a straightforward but engaging experience that focuses heavily on progression and player creativity. While it does not attempt to radically reinvent the genre, it succeeds by delivering a familiar survival formula in a way that remains accessible, rewarding, and consistently enjoyable for players who appreciate building and long-term progression systems. The opening hours immediately establish the game’s core survival structure. Players begin vulnerable and poorly equipped, forced to search the environment for basic resources needed to craft tools, gather food, and construct primitive shelter. This early phase captures the tension that makes survival games so addictive because every decision feels important. Simple tasks such as collecting wood or locating stone become meaningful when survival depends on eff…
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Not recommended Sep 8, 2025
A good game conceptually, However it has many flaws, from shop buttons not working, to no save button to fields not popping up I.E. no brick making machine materialized. Even after spending 3K on swimming upgrades you still bloody drown when swimming just a little bit. no storage site ever materialized. Did they even test this game seems like they really did not give a ♥♥♥♥ to code it and test it properly.
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