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Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%2017

$14.99

US Steam price, checked 6 h ago

The verdict

A deep physics-based fort-building RTS with huge skill ceiling, great mods and fun with friends. Skip it if you dislike steep learning curves or sweaty multiplayer vets.

Great for

Players who enjoy building, physics, and competing or goofing around with friends, plus modders

Main risk

Newcomers get crushed by veteran players and a rush-the-meta build order in multiplayer

What players love

Great mod support and workshop

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“Plus if you want new content you can just download mods which is AMAZING.”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗

“The mod support is great, so you always have something to play with.”
Steam review · 121.3 h played ↗

“Huge variety, a pile of quality mods and community maps, I recommend it to everyone.”
Steam review · translated · 264.8 h played ↗

Fun with friends

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“This game is extremely enjoyable to play, even more so with friends.”
Steam review · 26.1 h played ↗

“this really fun with friends. not much else to say tbh”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗

“A game about you and your friends cursing each other out and trying not to start dropping real missiles on a friend's house.”
Steam review · translated · 43.2 h played ↗

Satisfying physics, building and destruction

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“The building mechanics are so well made, it feels so good to build stuff.”
Steam review · 121.3 h played ↗

“I like the physics of the game, really fun with friends, and overall a good game”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗

“The destruction physics are gorgeous: bases fall, beams break, and one good shot can turn hours of building into rubble in seconds.”
Steam review · translated · 132.7 h played ↗

Deep strategy with high skill ceiling

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“Not a hard game but the skill ceiling is very high, a good player could easily 1v4 with certain conditions”
Steam review · 1086.9 h played ↗

“the potential of strategies is almost unlimited, the physics is so cool that u can find weakness in opponent base and hit some vital part and win”
Steam review · 98.2 h played ↗

“Its a game that looks simple but goes very deep in to counterplay and strategies.”
Steam review · 812.4 h played ↗

Lots of content and DLC

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews

“The base game has tons of content, with plenty of weapons, fun devices, and other fun stuff.”
Steam review · 582.8 h played ↗

“Also very worth the price for the amount of stuff you get”
Steam review · 209.1 h played ↗

Runs well on low-end PCs

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews

“Very optimised. If you have a sh!tty laptop with 4gb ram with integrated graphics on linux, this game will work.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗

“runs well on just about anything”
Steam review · 33 h played ↗

What players complain about

Brutal for new players in multiplayer

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“you cant find a single match without running into a 4000 hour veteran who runs the same strategy every game, the new player experience is just terrible”
Steam review · 28.8 h played ↗

“there's no skill-based matchmaking, so it's very hard to learn the game”
Steam review · 14.5 h played ↗

“When I enter competitive mode I want opponents at least slightly equal in skill.”
Steam review · translated · 30.4 h played ↗

Lag, desyncs, crashes

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Constant desyncs make this game unplayable today”
Steam review · 32.4 h played ↗

“After the firecracker DLC, the game has become completely unstable.”
Steam review · 122.7 h played ↗

“The game is good but optimization has become complete garbage now.”
Steam review · translated · 87.6 h played ↗

Steep difficulty and hard to learn

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“extremly hard even easy level. not worth money at all casual player dont buy it.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗

“I've waster almost two hours and still couldn't build even one resource miner”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗

“Even on easy the campaign requires you to complete skill challenges in each map to earn enough points to progress.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗

Repetitive, boring gameplay loop

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“Interesting but the gameplay loop gets tedious quick.”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗

“you can see everything there is to see in about 6-8 hours”
Steam review · 10.2 h played ↗

Same meta, rush to cannons/lasers

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“Same strat every game, Rush cannon or laser and whoever gets there first basically can win.”
Steam review · 20.7 h played ↗

“There are no beginners. It all comes down to build timings with zero variety.”
Steam review · translated · 21.1 h played ↗

Developer controversy over banned creator

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“Giving a content creator access to a new DLC and then punishing them for making content about it is absurd.”
Steam review · 685.2 h played ↗

“Hard to support a game when the devs actively push away the people trying to help it grow.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows Vista, 7, 8, 10, or 11 (64-bit)

ProcessorPentium Dual-Core 2.7GHz

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 520

Storage3 GB available space

OSWindows Vista, 7, 8, 10, or 11 (64-bit)

ProcessorPentium Dual-Core 2.7GHz

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 520

Storage3 GB available space

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