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ActionIndieSimulationStrategyDestructionPhysicsSandboxVoxelMultiplayer

1,652 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 3,778

Peak in the last 7 days: 4,480

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Game description

Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.

Basic info

DeveloperTuxedo Labs
PublisherTuxedo Labs
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateApr 21, 2022
Price
  • Steam store −50% $29.99 $14.99 · Steam ↗
  • Lowest-price store $14.99 · Steam
  • Historical low $12.74 · 3-month low $14.99Other stores ↗

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10
ProcessorQuad Core CPU
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or similar. 4 Gb VRAM.
Storage12 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 417 reviews from the past 1 year

89.4/ 100
Top 20%

Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (96%)

Metacritic: 80 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

Fully destructible voxel worlds make Teardown fun for 118 reviewers; it scores 89.4, top 20% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

Gameplay ranks 12th of 1396. 80 reviews praise its sandbox freedom, some citing mods that unlock creative destruction, and 67 praise the visuals, with the most upvoted saying it looks incredibly realistic for a voxel game. Multiplayer ranks 95th of 642 and Content Volume 173rd of 1351. Players enjoy planning heists in story mode and blasting their own routes through the environment.

👎 Where it falls short

Tech & Support comes up in 33% of analyzed reviews. 57 reviews raise performance problems, some saying it lags without high end hardware, and 22 find the sandbox repetitive after long play. 14 question its price, and some call it overpriced next to similar sandbox games. Story & World ranks 747th of 1096. Others dislike the sixty second mission timer in a game they want to play slowly, and some report crashes when joining public lobbies.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“constant fun and laughs with early 2000s gaming feel” · 118 reviews
“sandbox game with mods allowing creative destruction and freedom” · 80 reviews
“looks incredibly realistic for a voxel game; polished to mirror sheen” · 67 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 53% of reviews · Top 1% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +4.16 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “sandbox game with mods allowing creative destruction and freedom” · 80 reviews
Negative “alarm system forces speedrunning and trial-error instead of freedom” · 8 reviews

Progression 4% · Difficulty 9% · Onboarding 2% · Strategy 12% · Controls & feel 6%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 18% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Story +1.91 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “story mode planning heists and destroying environment for routes is fun” · 11 reviews
Negative “story is too short and DLC not as good as first part” · 6 reviews

Characters 0% · World 2%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 27% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Replayability +4.11 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+
Positive “workshop enables endless creative possibilities, 35 world wars, highly recommended” · 11 reviews

Volume 14% · Variety 12%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 26% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.95 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “looks incredibly realistic for a voxel game; polished to mirror sheen” · 67 reviews
Negative “temporal anti-aliasing makes game look smeared and blurry” · 2 reviews

Audio 3%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 28% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +3.43 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Negative “friends left and now plays alone” · 9 reviews

Community 4% · Servers & Connection 2%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 12% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.07 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “object physics imbalanced, 5-ton house on tiny voxel” · 8 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 10% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 33% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Performance -0.21 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Negative “game lags computer unless you have high-end hardware” · 57 reviews
Positive “game is very well optimized” · 10 reviews

Stability 6% · Developer support 9%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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