Rising World
Open-world survival sandbox centered on detailed building and exploration
JIW-Games · Released Dec 3, 2014 · Early Access
ActionAdventureIndieRPGEarly Access
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 6,014
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 82% of 41 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 96
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 3 weeks ago
- Aug 31, 2026
What is Rising World?
Rising World is an open-world survival and building sandbox set in randomly generated, fully destructible voxel environments. You gather resources, craft tools, explore biomes and underground caves, tame animals, and construct shelters, castles, or cities alone or with other players.
For you if...
- +you enjoy flexible, detailed building systems
- +you prefer relaxed exploration and survival at your own pace
- +you want to build alone or cooperatively with friends
Not for you if...
- −you need clear objectives and substantial progression
- −you dislike complex, hands-on crafting and building systems
- −you expect a densely populated world with frequent discoveries
What players say
86% of 6,014 reviews are positive · 82% of 41 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise the flexible, detailed building system, peaceful exploration, and cooperative play. The most common complaints are sparse content and empty-feeling worlds, along with complicated building and terrain tools that can make construction tedious.
Screenshots and trailer
Rising World system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 (64 bit) or higher
- Processor
- 2+ Cores, e.g. Intel Core i3
- Graphics
- 2 GB VRAM, e.g. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, AMD Radeon HD 7770
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 20 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 (64 bit) or higher
- Processor
- 4+ Cores, e.g. Intel Core i7
- Graphics
- 8+ GB VRAM, e.g. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 25 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, macOS, Linux
- 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
- The native resolution is not the default one
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, German.
Tags
- Open World Survival Craft
- Mining
- Relaxing
- Building
- Base Building
- Voxel
- Sandbox
- Survival
- Crafting
- Exploration
- Adventure
- Atmospheric
- Singleplayer
- Multiplayer
- Co-op
- Hunting
Recent updates
- Aug 31, 2026 · Update 0.9.3: Animal Feeding and Taming, better caves and much more!
- Apr 30, 2026 · Update 0.9.2: Animal Breeding, Item Placement, better Controller Support
- Dec 22, 2025 · Update 0.9.1: Steam Cloud and more
- Oct 31, 2025 · Update 0.9: Points of Interest
- Oct 4, 2025 · Minor Security Update
1 DLC available.
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