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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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Infinite creative possibilities and freedom” (80 of 101 reviews) and “Runs surprisingly well on low-end” (10); the most common complaint is “Toxic players abusive admins racism” (5). 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 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-09.
What reviewers agree on
80 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“super funny and a mod downloading game.If this was giving stars this would be a 5 star game.”
“Very good and fun game, especially with friends! Trust me, you will not regret buying this game. This game is like a main game for me, that always takes away boredom, even when all the other games get boring. This game…”
“Honestly I don't know how anyone can hate on this game, the game itself is great, too many DarkRP and RP servers in general (you can do tons more on GMod than RP...), but that's not the game itself's fault, if you…”
10 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“better than s&box this game raised me when i was a kid back then, i remember begging my dad to buy this game for me, then woke up one day with this game in his steam library back in 2015 or so. but there is a reason…”
“As someone who doesn't have any other computer besides a 2020 M1 MacBook Air, it's really cool that I can play a large sandbox game such as GMod. I had to change the version/beta to the x86-64 branch for it to work, but…”
“Really good game to mess around with your friend also runs really good in low spec pc/laptop”
9 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“With Garry's Mod turning 20 years old soon enough, I'd like to leave a review about it, more so because at one point beautiful creations really deserve the best efforts. Garry's Mod is just that. When I was 6, this game…”
“If i were to be honest this game was a 10/10 but my opinion has swindled since, it seems like this game doesnt quite age like wine but like a old family photo book full of memories and reminding us all of when times…”
“One of the first must-buys for people who are new to Steam. A cultural institution, cheap fun, long history, huge gigantic workshop like oh my god have you seen it, don't wait for it to go on sale it's still worth $10.…”
5 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“When I tell you that in this game you can do anything you want, I MEAN IT. Wanna simulate a battle between the Romans and the US ARMY, go do it. Maybe you wanna create some cool vehicle or device, do it. Maybe you even…”
“ABSOLUTE GOAT, I don't need to explain because this game is already good. The moment you try the game, you don't know what you're doing but as soon as you keep playing for as long as you can imagine, this game becomes…”
“One of if not my favorite game but due to not having lots of friends to play with it is SCARY playing alone and sad so GREAT game but its way better if you have hbs to play with!”
4 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“The world you grew up in might not still exist, but GMod sure does, and it's more fun than ever. Modders have pushed this game beyond the limits of what was believed to be possible using the Source engine. This is one…”
“This game is one of my most played games in my Steam Library. I am very happy it was created as it lead to many great memories with friends. Loved the modding community especially the "Wire Mod" as it allowed greater…”
“Definitely rate it, great times spent in this game, making people rage and meeting new people, loved DRP.”
5 of the 101 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I love surfing in Gmod. Negative review because the community in this game is 75% the worst people you can think of. Great game ruined by people. i can still enjoy it because i can mute people but, buyer beware, people…”
“i remember vividly, watching vanoss and the crew playing gmod sandbox, hide n seek, etc etc and wanting to play it but not being able to afford a pc at the time or able to convince my aunt and uncle for one, however…”
“Though the game is infested with people who are on some sort of register, when I have played it with friends it is pretty fun. With friends = Fun. With randoms = Creep Simulator.”
3 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game, only if you spawn a little toomany parts your game would lag very hard”
“It's a sandbox game where you can mess around with your friends. Getting it to work on Linux requires being on the 64-bit branch (in the Betas section of the Properties menu in Steam) and installing a fan-made patch.…”
3 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This is hilarious and the mods can be very good even though they won't work forever on all of them I find this game funny and no wonder why I am addicted to this game for 3 years now.”
“Great game. Lots of fun. There are quite a bit of errors with some addons but thats fine. You should get this game, quite cheap anyway.”
“Garry's mod is a fun and goofy game i love the mods it does crash from time to time but i love the way it looks like half-life 2. it doe get boring playing by myself. and IF people say its a stupid game its not your…”
3 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“this game is fun! Its really old but stillis amazing, the base game is kinda boring after a while but with mods it can get very fun! just recommend playing with friends though or else it can get a bit repetetive”
“fun, creative, worth 20 fun wise, gets rpetitive after a few hours without fresh mods”
“Garry's mod is a fun and goofy game i love the mods it does crash from time to time but i love the way it looks like half-life 2. it doe get boring playing by myself. and IF people say its a stupid game its not your…”
3 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I personally enjoy the game a lot, the mods definetly spice the game up of course, and the game is very cheap to buy, but a big downside of the game is how difficult it is to get the mods you download to actually work,…”
“my only critique is that some games don't have workshop mods, and aren't mountable. e.g. Sons Of The Forest. the maps can be great, and have a lot offer. with the classic Half-Life 2 assets, physgun, and tool gun, your…”
“its a nice game but i would like a addon that if i click on a character or a button that it would ask me what to do with it with the animations”
Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-09
“Don’t even bother getting s&box being a “gmod spiritual successor” At least with the actual gmod there is no ai slop, poor performance or heavily monetised items by the devs that try to make it a 1:1 copy of Roblox, and the default characters in gmod are at least more visually…”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played“GMOD's endless possibilities make it unpredictable, yet extremely entertaining”
— a player, Steam review · 112 hrs played“I’ve logged so many hours in this, with great memories to go along with them. So many great servers and played with so many fun people back in the day. Plus its the quintessential sandbox game where u can make pretty much any game and upload almost any asset you want. I cant say…”
— a player, Steam review · 601 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 2026-10-20.
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.
September 2026 Update
"Just one more thing!" The September 2026 Update is now live. 64-bit binaries on Windows This update brings 64-bit binaries for the Windows game client, dedicated servers and most developer tools, suc
September 2026 Update is coming soon
Hello everyone, The next Garry's Mod update is coming soon. The current plan is to release the next Garry's Mod update on 16th of September at 3PM GMT. This update will be backwards compatible with ex
April 2026 Update
New mountable gamesWith community effort and permission from the respective game developers, 2 new games are now available to be mounted in Garry's Mod: Black Mesa and Military Conflict: Vietnam!As wi
April 2026 Update is coming soon
Hello everyone, The next Garry's Mod update is coming soon.The current plan is to release the next Garry's Mod update on 29th of April at 3PM GMT.This update will require existing servers to update be
December 2025 Patch
Hello everyone,A new small patch has been released.This one contains mostly fixes for regressions introduced by the November Update, as well as some other minor fixes.Sandbox servers and clients are r
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-09.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Sandbox · Moddable · Multiplayer · Physics · Building · Casual · Funny · First-Person · Singleplayer · FPS · Simulation · Comedy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chine… |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Official site | https://gmod.facepunch.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows® 10 Processor: 2 GHz Processor or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1GB dedicated VRAM or better DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 10 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX® 9 compatible Additional Notes: Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor