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GearBlocks

GearBlocks

Explore a world of creative building, interactive machines, and gears - lots of gears. Build all things mechanical: cars, trucks, cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, anything you can think of. Test your creations to destruction in challenging scenarios, and share them in the workshop!

Released Nov 9, 2023 Developer SmashHammer Games Platforms Windows · Linux BuildingPhysicsSimulationSandboxModdable
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

90.2%positive563 reviews
Recommended · 14 found this helpful

“GearBlocks is a game I dreamed about. There are gears… a lot of gears… more than a lot of gears. I mean, Scrap Mechanic, Trailmakers or Stormworks are great games and made me childhood (especially Scrap), but any of those games dosen't have things I played for... GEARS and other…”

— a player, Steam review · 118 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“GearBlocks is an incredibly fun game that is absolutely worth buying, especially for people who love building with LEGO Technic but always find themselves running out of physical bricks. It’s essentially a digital playground for mechanical engineering. The game has a bit of a…”

— a player, Steam review · 101 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Got this game less than 2 weeks ago. Since then, I have designed and built 2 entirely unique vehicles, one being a trophy truck, and the other being a 18-speed semi truck. Probably the best $15 that I've ever spent.”

— a player, Steam review · 72 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:02 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

36playing at last check
4624-hour peak
242all-time peak
0 100 200 2024 2025 2026 111 avg · Sep 2024

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US14.99 USD
EU14.79 EUR
UK12.79 GBP
Australia21.95 AUD
Canada19.49 CAD
Japan1,700 JPY
Brazil46.99 BRL
China58.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$8.6 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 07, 2026
GearBlocks 0.8.9622

Hey everyone, I've just released another update, mainly focused on fixing bugs (some caused by changes in the previous update)! I won't cover everything here, but I'll mention the major problem areas

Mar 31, 2026
GearBlocks 0.8.9585

Hey everyone, it's update time! This one aims to catch up on a number of outstanding bug fixes and smaller feature requests. There's more in this release (new game settings, part behaviour options, Lu

Jan 13, 2026
GearBlocks 0.7.9508

Happy New Year everyone. Those of you who have recently started playing the game, may have gotten stuck in the "Welcome Tutorial". Unfortunately the previous game update broke it somewhat. Stages that

Dec 10, 2025
Native Linux Build

Hi everyone, GearBlocks now has a native Linux (64-bit) build. Native vs. Proton Performance I've been doing some performance testing, and I'm noticing a useful improvement from a native build over th

Dec 08, 2025
GearBlocks 0.7.9470

Hi all, time for another update. Thank you to those who gave feedback on the recent "logic" additions, there were a lot of requests and suggestions. I tried to address as many of these as I could, but

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Early Access
Player tagsBuilding · Physics · Simulation · Sandbox · Moddable · Destruction · Automobile Sim · Driving · Immersive Sim · Singleplayer · First-Person · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Estimated owners0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.gearblocksgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 4-Core, 3Ghz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 900 series or equivalent, 2 GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space