Mods and Workshop add huge variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The workshop creators genuinely carry it hands down. The consistency of new content makes it never really feel old”
Steam review · 976.8 h played ↗
People Playground
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%mestiez2019Sandbox · Psychological Horror · Simulation
The verdict
A deep, brutal physics sandbox with great building and mods, but its Workshop has repeatedly been hit by malware and is currently shut down. Skip it if you mainly want mods or are worried about security.
Great for
Players who enjoy gory ragdoll physics, building contraptions and experimenting, happy to play vanilla
Main risk
Workshop mods are disabled after repeated malware incidents, leaving a vanilla game that many find thin
What changed in the last 30 days
224 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews overwhelmingly cite a third Workshop malware incident in September, the Workshop being taken offline and old C# mods lost. Many say the game is still fun but they can't recommend it now. Fairly confident.
224 recent reviews
What players love
Fun physics sandbox with endless experimenting
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“One of the only games i have played that is a true sandbox. There are almost no limits beyond the 2D nature of the game”
Steam review · 21.8 h played ↗
Building contraptions and engineering
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“building your own contraptions/machines is also very cool”
Steam review · 65.7 h played ↗
Great stress relief through gore and violence
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“this is THE game to let out stress, anger, or just a boredom killer.”
Steam review · 229.3 h played ↗
Still fun without the Workshop
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“it still is a fun game without mods and with the promise of an improved modding system I would still recommend this game to new players.”
Steam review · 2027.7 h played ↗
Runs well on weak PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“Since I have a weak computer, this game suits my computer very well.”
Steam review · translated · 3.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Workshop malware and security incidents
Mentioned in ~4 in 5 negative reviews
“Multiple times at this point, the workshop has had mods infected by whatever std it gets and has gotten onto the pc’s of people just trying out mods.”
Steam review · 324.7 h played ↗
Dev seen as negligent and dismissive
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“the developer and admins are making fun of the situation and the people who have been seriously affected by the ongoing issues with the workshop”
Steam review · 220.1 h played ↗
Workshop removed, mods unavailable
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Amazing game, but modding IS a core chunk of the game. Since that's currently down and probably will be for a while I can't really reccomend this right now.”
Steam review · 206.4 h played ↗
Boring and thin without mods
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Without mods the game lasts 2-3 hours at most.”
Steam review · translated · 31.3 h played ↗
No updates, game feels abandoned
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“No new content since 2023 and now this guy got pwned so hard he had to remove the workshop.”
Steam review · 163.8 h played ↗
Lag and poor optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 negative reviews
“I have a powerful PC and it lags badly after 50 spawned people.”
Steam review · translated · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable350 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP2+
Processor2 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
Storage350 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
Processor3 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
Storage1 GB available space
OSWindows 7 SP2+
Processor2 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
Storage350 MB available space
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