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Fractal Block World
This is a surreal exploration game. Explore a massive fractal with great complexities. You can shrink infinitely to go deeper into the fractal. Or you can become larger by growing. Inner space awaits you in this infinite world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“smoking weed and playing fractal block world is a spiritual experience best described as the nirvana that buddhist monks spend their entire lives in search of”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“This game is such an absurdist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. It's like if an alien made their own video game. A tutorial from a guy who doesn't know how to teach or educate players, textures from by a guy who doesn't know how to draw textures, game design from a guy who doesn't know game design,…”
— a player, Steam review · 200 hrs played“The most technically creative game I think I've ever played. The moment the geometry of this game clicks, you gain access to literal [b]infinite vastness[/b] to explore. The rough presentation might put some people off, but it so quickly shrinks to the background from how unique…”
— a player, Steam review · 47 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
1.02.00: Icarus mode
Added a truly amazing secret area which required rewriting core parts of the engine! The community can have fun searching for and exploring this area. Now certain "infertile" chunks are not created at
1.01.32: Mountains in I2
Added new area: I2 Mountains. These can be found in Ostrich Ferns (in I2). At the center of these mountains is a new weapon mode for your Laser: the Cold Beam. This costs two ammo but freezes monsters
1.01.31: Gone fishin
The new game menu has been modified. You still enter your player name and then the package you want to play (just like before). However, after this you are given a list of options. The first option is
1.01.30: Supermassive black holes
A new dungeon has been added: Supermassive Black Holes. These are at the center of Galaxies. In the treasure room you can pick up the following new Dark Hole weapon mode: The Quasar Drive. This is lik
1.01.29: Directional lighting for meshes
Now there is optional mesh directional lighting. You can enable this with Options -> Engine -> Rendering. You can change the min and max lighting values. Also note that in the same place you can easil
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Exploration · Open World · FPS · Surreal · Voxel · Indie · Psychedelic · Adventure · First-Person · Nonlinear · Space Sim · Space (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 256 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://danthemanhathaway.com/ComputerGames/FractalBlockWorld/ReleaseMisc/index.html |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Processor: Intel Pentium 1.90GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 Storage: 100 MB available space Sound Card: Sound Blaster Recon3Di