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Forts
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “fun fort-building destruction” (67 of 103 reviews) and “mods and varied match tactics” (9); the most common complaint is “steep, uneven learning curve” (7). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
67 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“i love building my fort for 5 minutes to just discombubulate in a sec to the most sweatiest guy running overdrive 5 cannons, 3 howies. still would recommend the hard campaign is like a very nice tutorial”
“This game may seem simple, but it is very difficult yet rewarding. I went against my friend in a 1v1, and atomized his base using incendiary missiles (one of the commander's abilities). It was a very satisfying feeling…”
“Sophisticated angry birds 10/10 no other game can i launch my core at the enemy.”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Someone kicked me from a lobby for double one shotting hanging forts one after another, then doing it again in another round. Very funny moment which is what led me to write this review Anyways I've known of this game…”
“One of the best features of this game that I love is built in mod workshop so you can download mods without having to go through different websites just to download mods.”
“Forts is a easy to pick up and fun game, I have already done the base campaign twice and have loved it. Just got two DLC's to try out as well!”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great game, DLC for updates that should have already been added to the game is a bad idea though. There also lots of pro MLG gamerz that show up in multiplayer lobbies and will absolutely shred you. Co-op is the best…”
“Really fun game if you have friends. Its fun in just online mode but its a but wonky and inconsistent”
“great game to play by self and withj freinds, campaigns are good and would highly recomend”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“i love building my fort for 5 minutes to just discombubulate in a sec to the most sweatiest guy running overdrive 5 cannons, 3 howies. still would recommend the hard campaign is like a very nice tutorial”
“This game may seem simple, but it is very difficult yet rewarding. I went against my friend in a 1v1, and atomized his base using incendiary missiles (one of the commander's abilities). It was a very satisfying feeling…”
“Fun game for people who enjoy Multitasking. Combat is really nice and the game itself is satisfying. In general the game is easy to grasp and have fun with even while not knowing much.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“i like it because my boyfriend showed me it and i also like the youtuber cloud_ and i like buster from this game”
“The game is awesome!!, especially if you like to blow ♥♥♥♥ up. good progression, and so far a decent campaign/story. would recommend!”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is very addictive, it seems like a lot of info to take in at first. Once you start getting the hang of defense and building your economy, the game becomes very fun!”
“Fun and complex, many strategies and ways to play. Recommend watching gameplay on youtube to learn how to be effective, because this game can be sweaty af.”
“So far, I've been destroyed and been destroying other people and id say its pretty fun. This game is a little difficult to get the hang of, even with the tutorials since they are way too easy. If they made an advanced…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This is the most funnest game ever but the mods could be less laggier because... when i go into a host's game and the game only has about 4 mods my computer crashes i am not saying it is 100% steam's fault i know it…”
“Criminally underrated game. Runs well, devs are some of the best devs I've had an opportunity to meet. Had a bug running the game on linux, and thhe issue was resolved within a week.”
“No protection against purpuseful lagging. Game wont let you exit or close it. If host wishes it you will stare on single frame for minutes”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game has a small player base that does the same meta strat every round and discourages new players from well, playing. The content is fine but the game has the same common issue of having a tiny dedicated…”
“Too many grifters ad you can't even see names next to cursors. More unstable then ever with constant driver crashes and desyncs. Used to be good.”
“what was that? youre new to the game and wanted to play multiplayer? have fun with the like 10 grifter chuds that are left playing this raping you in the ass while you have zero way to recover.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Really fun game if you have friends. Its fun in just online mode but its a but wonky and inconsistent”
“good game but bad for friendships”
“No protection against purpuseful lagging. Game wont let you exit or close it. If host wishes it you will stare on single frame for minutes”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“i hate this game so much the bot AI is so annoying, it just does not stop pestering you the whole game other than that awesome game 10/10 :]”
“one of the funnest srat games i ever played campain kinda suck though”
“It's enjoyable, but the game is massively flawed in its core design. This is because it's very, extremely RNG heavy. Many matches are won or lost due to luck, or even just building too much and everything crashing down…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“i just got the game and was playing it but my sister came in and completely ruined my will to play. good game tho”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I dont know how I havent rated this game yet. It is so peak this is honestly one of if not my most favourite game with constant updates and bug fixes and the endless streams of mods and the plentiful communitiy that then comes with it. This game is action packed with multiplayer…”
— a player, Steam review · 215 hrs played“bult a death lazer and insta killed one person good game”
— a player, Steam review · 127 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Base-Building · Multiplayer · Physics · Strategy · Destruction · Building · Moddable · Sandbox · Action · 2D · Military · Tactical (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Hungarian, Traditional Chinese, Slovak, Ukrainian * |
| Achievements | 54 |
| Official site | http://www.earthworkgames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, or 11 (64-bit) Processor: Pentium Dual-Core 2.7GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 520 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space