CasualIndieSimulationSandboxModdableMultiplayerPhysicsBuilding

Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

Developer: Facepunch Studios
Publisher: Valve
Franchise: —
Release date: Nov 29, 2006
Store page updated: Apr 22, 2026
Price: $9.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

92.0/ 100

Based on 375 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 97% of 7,133

All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 97% of 1,265,695

“addictive gameplay, 638 hours played”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+3.87

Freedom +4.61 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way

“can build some really wonderful stuff” (99)

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Story & World

+2.43

Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.

World +2.92 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

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Content Volume

+4.08

Volume +4.10 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

“высокая переиграемость, эквивалент всех игр Steam” (9)

游戏可玩性高，买了这款游戏相当于买了所以steam游戏，建议新手无脑入库，真的很好玩，缺点是创意工坊模组可能会有一点难找，但到网上查询就可以找到

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Visuals & Sound

+1.33

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Visuals +1.12 · Graphics, art style, and animation

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Multiplayer

+3.24

Playing together +3.78 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

“playing with friends messing around is so much fun” (81)

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Pricing & Fairness

+1.03

Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.

Pricing +1.72 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

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Tech & Support

-0.51

Performance -0.86 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times

“sometimes stutters, optimization not very good” (22)

游戏很棒吐槽一下：有时候会很卡顿，优化感觉不是很好。很棒的地方：这款游戏使我的素质提高了很多，里面的服务器的人都特别友好，而且还有罕见的战术配合，使我的游戏体验感得到很高，强烈推荐超级爱。而且这个游戏的创意工坊使我爱上建模，我要学建模，我要建可爱白丝小猫娘！

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time

since launch, by month · major update

Oct 2010Sep 2026

Reviews

per day · 7,109 reviews, peak 363/day

Aug 21Sep 18

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