Does anyone know any actually playable alternatives to this game?

[Arikou // average hammer sufferé]

Title. I have searched half the internet for something decent, but found basically nothing.

The few alternatives i found are either unreleased, dead, or just as broken as robocrap.

Does anyone around here potentially know of a game that allows a similar level of freedom when building, WITHOUT it trying to scam me off another 60$ every 10 seconds while barely working?

Finding such a game would be a great help to everyone.

And im just gonna say it, i just want to build some♥♥♥♥♥♥then shoot up♥♥♥♥♥♥with it.

To anyone that will visit this topic:

Im just gonna list what people have found so far here:

Procelio - Original robocrap devs making a game which is gonna be what robocrap aint gonna ever be. Super early in development. So far there are only hovers, wheels, two thrusters, a laser, and robot core, in addition to ofc building blocks of different types.

War Builder League - Go to its site. Get the key. Blast away. War Builder League is basically a SIGNIFICANTLY better alternative to robocrap, weapons are moderately balanced, although as i harshly learned, the chainguns are superior to most other weapons. There are different ways to build your vehicle, there's enough content to last quite a while, and overall the game is a ♥♥♥♥♥on of fun. Only thing the game is severely lacking in is matchmaking... I just lost 4 times in a row.

Dual Universe - from the looks its more like Space Engineers 2 than robocrap, but still seems pretty good.

D.R.O.N.E. - seems decent, havent played it myself due to my laptop sucking♥♥♥♥♥ but seems decent enough. No drone building yet, though.

Crossout - while i found the game to not only be terribly optimized but also rather eh, combined with it being a gaijin game which makes it so that its probably insanely grindy or even P2W, its still a building game and the combat is decent.

[Daddy mode: Actived !]

None, cause F2P indie game companies have to rely on monetising their game constantly instead of coming up with proper and well-thought out content.

[BoneBreaker]

The main problem here is "unreleased"

[DW_Taya]

the only one i can give you is a space game called "Star Made" the steam client isn't really free but the main client from their site is last i knew i have been able to download it and play without having to pay for an account.

[Fox]

i like avorion more then star made

but they are more like eve online as they are mostly only dealing in space not ground so wont be for everyone.

i am hyped for Dual Universe

but in time robocraft will get its act together or something batter will take its place. and that is a fact. it is only a matter of time.

[Farukon]

The two that I can think of are D.R.O.N.E. and Crossout. Crossout is already much higher in quality then Robocraft ever will be, but it is extremely pay-to-progress, and I grew frustrated by it very quickly. D.R.O.N.E. is still pretty early on in development, you can't even build custom drones yet, but it shows a lot of ambition and a lot of promise for the future.

[BoneBreaker]

Originally posted by Farukon:

lD.R.O.N.E. is still pretty early on in development, you can't even build custom drones yet, but it shows a lot of ambition and a lot of promise for the future.

I'll be honest drone has super low Ttk, teamwork will be catastrophic and the bots are so fast that you will keep on bumping in a wall, seriously I watched some streamer play this game and 80% of the stream I watched consisted of bumping in a wall.

[Hotdog Vendor]

War Builder League, if u goto the website warbuilder(dot)org and answer a few questions u get a steam key for game.
Its still new so only 1 map and like 5 weapons. Has wheels, tank tracks, mech legs and hovers so far. Armour plating and some modules.
You have to destroy towers and repair them to rebuild it for your team then it generates points per second (resource based matches) first to 10k wins. Different towers give different buffs to team also.
Also these not even any real cash shop or anything.
here i even got a key for who ever wants to use it 80RP4-HYMFJ-2X7PE if its taken just goto website and answer a few questions and get ur own key

[Arikou // average hammer sufferé]

Originally posted by Fox:

i like avorion more then star made

but they are more like eve online as they are mostly only dealing in space not ground so wont be for everyone.

i am hyped for Dual Universe

but in time robocraft will get its act together or something batter will take its place. and that is a fact. it is only a matter of time.

Dual Universe looks suprisingly good! Basically seems like Empyrion 2 or Space Engineers 2, lets just hope they will actually develop the game to the point where there's something worth doing in it. As for Avorion, i wouldnt really count it as an alternative to robocrap because destroying enemy ship piece by piece isnt really something that can influence gameplay. Building part is pretty much cosmetic by the time you get shields, really.

Originally posted by Farukon:

The two that I can think of are D.R.O.N.E. and Crossout. Crossout is already much higher in quality then Robocraft ever will be, but it is extremely pay-to-progress, and I grew frustrated by it very quickly. D.R.O.N.E. is still pretty early on in development, you can't even build custom drones yet, but it shows a lot of ambition and a lot of promise for the future.

I saw D.R.O.N.E., seems decent but we still gotta wait until they actually make drone building possible, and in my case - until they make the game optimized enough to be playable. As for crossout, while it sure is better than robocrap, i long since stopped trusting gayjin games, usually they are INFURIATINGLY grindy.

Originally posted by Hotdog Vendor:

War Builder League, if u goto the website warbuilder(dot)org and answer a few questions u get a steam key for game.
Its still new so only 1 map and like 5 weapons. Has wheels, tank tracks, mech legs and hovers so far. Armour plating and some modules.
You have to destroy towers and repair them to rebuild it for your team then it generates points per second (resource based matches) first to 10k wins. Different towers give different buffs to team also.
Also these not even any real cash shop or anything.
here i even got a key for who ever wants to use it 80RP4-HYMFJ-2X7PE if its taken just goto website and answer a few questions and get ur own key

This is by far the most Robocraft-like game we've got, and freaking hell, i wish i knew about their site earlier! Im gonna check it out ASAP.

[Cyber Prophet]

Thank you for mentioning War Builder League. I'm really happy you enjoy it!
I'm aware of the many issues it still has and working hard to solve them all and improve the game. I agree that matchmaking is the most important problem that needs to be addressed. I expect that during Early Access, when there will be more players, this will be much, much better.

[Arikou // average hammer sufferé]

Originally posted by Cyber Prophet:

Thank you for mentioning War Builder League. I'm really happy you enjoy it!
I'm aware of the many issues it still has and working hard to solve them all and improve the game. I agree that matchmaking is the most important problem that needs to be addressed. I expect that during Early Access, when there will be more players, this will be much, much better.

No problem, just keep up the great work and avoid stressing yourself out!

By the way, just a question - how is optimiziation, and possibly mechs going? Last time i played the chainguns could tank my FPS to single digits when like, three or more people shot 5 of them at once. As for mechs, im just kinda curious when they will be accessible.

[darkace78]

Redprints and Kekoraptor are both possibilities. Redprints is super far behind procelio in content other than blocks. KekoRaptor is really close to Procelio in terms of content. it also has elimination as a gamemode.

[Cyber Prophet]

Originally posted by Li:

By the way, just a question - how is optimiziation, and possibly mechs going? Last time i played the chainguns could tank my FPS to single digits when like, three or more people shot 5 of them at once. As for mechs, im just kinda curious when they will be accessible.

The game is working fast on i5 processors and better. On the slower there may happen drops when there is a lot going on in the battle. I don't know when you have recently played, but since optimizing the physics code I didn't have any complaints that the game is slowing down.
Mechs are going to be introduced when thay're polished from the gameplay point of view.

[VileRedFalcon]

Warbuilder plays much like old RC. Keeping an eye on this one. Might be my next mech game.

[arandompersons]

no one noticed or listed From The Depths...? wow. its not too bad. full of possabilites. but its complex learning curve can drive away anyone. you may also really wanna lower the graphics too... the simple graphics look fine. but anything that isn't set to the lowest. will generally lag your game...

[Arikou // average hammer sufferé]

Originally posted by arandompersons:

no one noticed or listed From The Depths...? wow. its not too bad. full of possabilites. but its complex learning curve can drive away anyone. you may also really wanna lower the graphics too... the simple graphics look fine. but anything that isn't set to the lowest. will generally lag your game...

From the Depths is first off, in 99.9% over water, and then second, more of an RTS where you build your own massive, extremely complex AI controlled ships, at least from what i've seen.
And then there is what you said, AKA absurd learning curve and the game being very laggy.

In the end, From the Depths may be a building game, but its a far cry from simple 4v4 team battles.