From Dust
Ubisoft Montpellier · 2011 · God Game, Simulation, Sandbox, Adventure, Strategy
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About From Dust
Guide a primitive tribe through a world of stunning yet deadly environments by wielding godlike powers over nature's elements—water, lava, wind, and more. This groundbreaking real-time nature simulation lets you sculpt entire landscapes dynamically to protect your people from catastrophic disasters and unlock your ancestors' lost powers.
Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous! You control the destiny of a primitive tribe against the backdrop of a world in constant evolution—a universe where mighty Nature reclaims what is hers; and your mastery of the elements is your people’s only chance of survival...
Key Features:
- Ground-Breaking Technology
Play in the sandbox of one of the most advanced real-time nature simulations, where everything you see and interact with evolves dynamically, offering a constantly renewed experience. - Unique Art Direction
Discover a large variety of environments: Tropical islands, volcanic landscapes, deserts and so much more… - Rich Story Mode
Explore 13 breathtaking territories of emergent gameplay. Master the natural forces at play on a mysterious archipelago and help a primitive tribe to recover the lost powers of their ancestors. - Confront Mighty Nature
Protect your tribe against Nature’s most devastating attacks. Face down tsunamis, wildfires, earthquakes, volcanoes, torrential rains… - Master Godlike Powers
Control the forces of nature to sculpt the world in your image. Hold back lava, stop raging waters, empty lakes, grow forests and raise mountains! - Live Up to the Challenge
Race against the clock on 30 additional maps in Challenge Mode. Each scenario is a puzzle-like challenge where time is of the essence... - Online leaderboards
Compare your Challenge Mode scores with the community on worldwide leaderboards.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
masterpice2 found this helpful
This is the first God-game I've played. I've always dreamt of playing Black & White games, but was never able to as its never been ported or brought to any PC platform which made the game a lost relic. The mechanics are unlike anything I've seen and its interesting this kind of tech hasn't been used in other games since (that I know of). The way you terraform the landscape and how it changes with even the smallest alteration makes it very realistic. It's really addictive, and again, the mechanics have me in awe.1 found this helpful
I played From Dust back on the 360 and picked it up again just now because I’m pretty sure I never finished it. What a refreshingly original game, a little like lemmings with physics. I wish more modern games let me play more with physics rather than focus on fidelity. It’s quite the thing to build a mountain and watch the displaced water swamp a village. Or see a volcano flow AND a tsunami get pushed around a village by an invisible force field. The environmental puzzles are fairly straightforward and allow for a bit of experimentation, it’s really not challenging until the second to last level. But rewarding nonetheless. But really, this is mostly about the spectacle of moving around earth and water and seeing how your little villagers respond. There’s a bit of jank with the AI pathfinding (not surprising when you can warp the land at will) and the physics, but that’s part of the fun. Well worth (re)visiting. I wish more games experimented with ideas like this one.
need #2!
buy on sale, you can do a lot worse with £2
A great little god game but with limited content. I would love to see a sequel or extra maps (the challenge maps suck) but that is unlikely to happen. It requires Uplay so buy on sale because who knows when Ubisoft will steal it back from you.
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