Huge creative freedom in building
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The things you can make in this game can range from a basic vehicle to an ICBM missile. The only limit is your imagination.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 95%Spiderling Studios2020Sandbox · Simulation · Puzzle
The verdict
A deep physics sandbox for building absurd war machines, with great creative freedom and a huge Workshop. Skip it if you want hand-holding or a quick siege game, since the tutorial is weak and the controls fight you.
Great for
Tinkerers who enjoy engineering trial and error, building crazy machines, and Workshop creations
Main risk
Poor tutorial, steep learning curve and clunky camera/controls make building feel like frustrating work
What changed in the last 30 days
54 recent reviews
Recent negatives cite crashes when spawning planes, camera and control frustration, and annoyance at new DLC-linked achievements. Evidence is thin, so we're not certain of a single cause.
54 recent reviews
What players love
Satisfying physics and destruction
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The plane crash physics in this game are the best ive ever seen.”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗
Great value, often very cheap on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“i paid $1.49 for this and it is absolutely money well spent.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Steam Workshop and mods add endless content
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“the Steam Workshop adds infinite replayability”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗
Continued updates and worthwhile DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“I bought this game in like 2016 and its still getting updates??”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Runs well on modest hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“peak game even with my potato pc!”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Awkward camera and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This game looks like it would be really fun if the camera would rotate with right-click drag like it says.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Weak tutorial and steep learning curve
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The first scene had maybe 2 text pop ups. Then I'm unleashed on the 2nd scene knowing literally nothing.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and poor optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The physics calculations are extremely heavy and very unoptimized.”
Steam review · 55.5 h played ↗
Janky, fragile building and physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“super clunky and awkward to use and build things.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Not the siege game expected; puzzle-heavy campaign
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“the rest are puzzles that involve using the not at all explained mechanics and parts to build a machine that is hyper-specialised to solve that one puzzle.”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗
DLC and achievement paywalls
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“you are FORCED TO BUY THE DLC's if you are a Completionist and want 54/54 achievements.”
Steam review · 15 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP 64bit (latest SP)
Processor2.2Ghz Dual Core
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics1 GB Dedicated VRAM
Storage3 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
Processor4Ghz Quad Core
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics3 GB Dedicated VRAM
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows XP 64bit (latest SP)
Processor2.2Ghz Dual Core
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics1 GB Dedicated VRAM
Storage3 GB available space
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