Ice World

Frozen survival game with base building and animal taming

CoolRabbit Games · Released Nov 16, 2024

Reviews: Mixed; 60% of 1,262
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 0; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 4 weeks ago; Aug 25, 2026

What is Ice World?

This open-world survival game takes place after a blizzard leaves humanity near extinction in a decades-long winter. You hunt, fish, mine ice and snow to build shelters, grow crops in greenhouses, and tame or ride animals. You can play alone or with friends on a server you create, switching between first- and third-person views.

For you if...

+you enjoy building shelters and growing food in survival games
+you want to tame and ride animals in a frozen world
+you like playing survival games with friends on your own server

Not for you if...

−you prefer structured levels over open-world resource gathering
−you want to build without hunting or encountering dangerous animals

What players say

60% of 1,262 reviews are positive

Players praise the range of building and crafting options. They complain about animals that keep pursuing them, limited guidance on what to do, and bugs.

Screenshots and trailer

Ice World system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10/11
Processor: INTEL CORE I5-8400 or AMD RYZEN 3 3300Ｘ
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB
Memory: ８ GB RAM
Storage: 20 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default configuration is not performant

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Turkish, Greek, Norwegian, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Finnish, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Kazakh, Russian, Vietnamese.