Here is a list of open source voxel stuff of those I'd say Veloren likely would interest you the most.
it sounds like you want an internal voxel grid and for all the art and animations to respect that grid. I don't have any recs but I'm posting in solidarity because I feel the same way about pixel art games
Much appreciated nonetheless. And yes, that's precisely what I'm looking for.
there was 3D Dot Game Heroes for the PS3. I think that sorta qualifies? No other games are coming to mind.
It definitely qualifies! Alas, I've already played it. It still astounds me that the game wasn't ported to other platforms, it was good!
I'm not sure why this style isn't more common! My guess is that the main indie engines (Unreal and Unity) aren't built for it without some heavy modification, and so if a dev is interested in this style, they settle for voxel graphics that don't snap to a voxel grid.
I know, I would love to see more games using that style! Then again, I completely understand that it might be easier for some devs to use skeletal animation on voxel models instead of making a static voxel model for every frame of animation.
Perhaps not exactly what your looking for, but there is an indie puzzle game based off picross 3d (one of my all time favorite puzzle games) that uses voxel styling
I loved Picross 3D 2 (or Round 2 or whatever it was called) on the 3DS! As you surmised, it's not what I'm looking for, but I'll try to snag it the first chance I get. Thanks!
Maybe not exactly what you’re looking for, but Vangers is a game that uses voxels AFAIK.
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