Brick: One Block at a Time

Brick: One Block at a Time is a first-person urban survival sandbox set in a living, Newark-inspired open world. You start with almost nothing, scavenge materials and build up weapons, vehicles, territory and a fortified home. You can survive alone, command AI recruits or play online with another player, who may become a clan member or an enemy.

Explore the city

The world includes active neighborhoods, businesses, homes, rival territory, forests, rocky hills and dangerous points of interest. You can search enterable homes and businesses, gather natural resources and find wildlife or abandoned loot sites in the forests. High-value locations such as the Warehouse and Bunker can be raided, while armed Commandos guard rare timed crates. City landmarks include markets, a gym, the lighthouse, the Police HQ and Tony's vehicle shop.

A full day-and-night cycle brings rain, snow, storms, blackouts and changing visibility. The city is safer during the day; at night, the forest becomes nearly pitch black, so torches, vehicle headlights and preparation matter.

Gather and survive

You harvest trees, stone, metal, sulfur, bushes and other resource nodes, smash salvage crates for components and collect food from supply caches. You can also fish, farm, hunt, mine and recycle unwanted components. Survival means managing health, hunger, stamina, body weight, equipment and weapon durability. After death, you can try to recover your dropped loot before another survivor or AI claims it.

Your skills improve through use, including driving, harvesting, mining, fishing, shooting, scavenging, exercise, trade and strength. Eating more increases body weight and carrying capacity but slows movement. Exercise at the city gym to lose weight, improve mobility and develop your survivor differently.

Unlock and craft gear

Earn BITS, discover resources and use Workbenches to unlock blueprints before crafting equipment. Each Workbench shows the clothing, armor, weapons, ammunition, placeables and building components available at its level. Researching a weapon automatically unlocks compatible ammunition, and Workbenches can be upgraded in place to access higher-tier technology.

You craft doors, gates, defenses, storage, traps, turrets and other placeable items, then move crafted equipment between your inventory, backpack, equipment slots and hotbar. Resources can be taken directly from authorized storage containers within your claimed territory, making an organized base a crafting center.

Build and defend your base

Claim territory and build anything from a temporary shelter to a fortified compound. The Build Kit's radial menu lets you place foundations, walls, ceilings, stairs, ramps, doorways, windows and other structural pieces. Doors, Compound Walls, gates, traps and other placeables are crafted separately and positioned from your hotbar.

Use Resource Cabinets to claim land and maintain base upkeep, and keep supplies in protected containers across your claim. A Hammer lets you upgrade and repair structures. You can build garages, defensive walls, towers, traps and automated defenses; protect foundations to stop unsupported pieces from collapsing. Larger, richer and more notorious bases attract stronger attacks. Raiding enemy structures requires appropriate weapons. Destroying a rival Resource Cabinet lets you seize its stored resources and earn bonus BITS.

Face AI rivals

AI survivors have their own personalities, professions, priorities, relationships and histories. They harvest, mine, fish, scavenge, drive, claim Wards, form clans, build bases, defend territory, raid enemies and compete for resources. Farmers may prefer trade, raiders may demand tribute, builders fortify their territory, and threatened clans may form temporary defensive alliances.

Named rivals can remember defeats, stolen territory, destroyed bases and betrayals. They use chat to report plans, make offers, issue threats and respond to player questions or taunts.

Lead your recruits

You can recruit survivors into your clan and assign them jobs. Order them to follow, harvest, mine, farm, defend or do other work, and send them to gather resources while you explore or visit the Arcade. Hungry recruits stop working, so keep Food Boxes supplied. You can call recruits back and have them navigate gates and compound entrances, or take followers in vehicles while other recruits continue their assignments. Recruits remember their jobs and locations when the game is saved.

Navigate crime and danger

Robbery, violence, vehicle theft and trespassing can draw attention. Witnesses report crimes, and police pursue wanted suspects, make arrests and impound vehicles. As your wanted level rises, stronger police and SWAT responses arrive. At maximum wanted status, law enforcement may follow you beyond the city and attack your base until the threat is eliminated.

Police sweeps, gang wars, convoy robberies, resource shortages, storms and citywide blackouts can change the danger across the world. You can also take randomized theft, rescue, assassination, delivery, defense and territory contracts. Missions may involve police activity, rival interference, resource shortages or changing weather.

Steal and drive vehicles

Find vehicles around the world, break into them and escape through active traffic. You can hotwire vehicles that do not belong to you, then take eligible stolen vehicles to Tony to purchase a legal title. Owned vehicles can be customized with different colors; trunks store supplies, and vehicles can carry clan members and recruits. Headlights help you navigate the forest after dark. Rain and snow affect handling, high-speed turns can cause skidding, and careless driving can damage vehicles or injure anyone in your path.

Control the Wards

Capture Wards, expand your influence and develop histories with rival groups. Other clans can become trading partners, temporary allies or raid targets. Contracts include territory objectives as well as theft, rescue, assassination, delivery and defense missions.

Play alone or in co-op

You can play as a lone survivor or share the city online with another player. Everyone begins as a potential enemy. Inviting another player into your clan gives them shared access and lets you combine recruiting strength, build together and coordinate attacks. Players outside your clan cannot use your storage, doors, building pieces or placeables, so another human survivor may be more dangerous than an AI rival if you do not trust them. Co-op has proximity and clan voice options for coordinating or negotiating in-game.

Visit the UndaWirrld Arcade

The UndaWirrld Arcade Safezone is marked with an A. It contains six playable machines featuring free games from the publisher. You can assign your recruits jobs and take a break from the streets without worrying about an immediate attack.

Set the difficulty

Choose Casual, Standard, UndaWirrld or Custom difficulty. Settings let you adjust loot, AI aggression, raids, hunger and death penalties. New-game modifiers include Scarce Resources, Permanent Death, Hostile City, Endless Winter and All-Out Clan Warfare.