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Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “deep, flexible vehicle-building sandbox” (95 of 108 reviews) and “chaotic fun with friends” (15); the most common complaint is “lag from complex spawns and multiplayer” (22). 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
95 of the 108 reviews raise this.
“game itself is good. there is so much problems with it. its like the game was made for sandbox only it is so difficult to get money in career and the missions can be so boring and repetitive and there are a lot of bugs…”
“I think that stormworks is one of the best sandbox physics-and-funny game that money has to buy. I highly recommended this game to anyone who wants to have fun.”
“Stormworks is genuinely one of the best sandbox games out there. Set in a wind and sea swept archipelago, it's up to the player to build a plethora of vehicles to help accomplish various rescue and recovery missions.…”
15 of the 108 reviews raise this.
“Absolutely love this game and multiplayer is super fun too”
“its a really fun game when you have mods and friends i dont have the DLCs yet i will get them when i can but i say 4/5 great game one the best on steam its a MUST have”
“Good game all around, allows you to experience several experiences from flight, rescue, all out warfare. You can do a lot of things while having fun solo or with friends. I think a dislike can be the lag, but that…”
14 of the 108 reviews raise this.
“Good even for lower end pcs like mine this game is awesome with a great community i suggest buying it honestly top teir.”
“jeez this game is SO addicting for me. The mods are great and building and testing is awesome aswell. I thought i'd give this a try because of spycakes and yeah this is fun asf. HIGHLY RECOMMEND”
“Ngl absolute PEAK game almost no flaws the community is also one of the best. No lags even without top configuration.”
9 of the 108 reviews raise this.
“One of the best open world physics sandbox game ive ever played ever this game is genuinely the most peak game ever its extremely fun and the dlcs are very reasonably priced. The performance as well is very good even…”
“This game is extremely fun and i still got many more things to explore and buy for this guy I Really like the physics and it runs smooth on my MacOS just change some settings and your good to go, It is extremely fun my…”
“Good even for lower end pcs like mine this game is awesome with a great community i suggest buying it honestly top teir.”
8 of the 108 reviews raise this.
“I love this game, it’s so easy to sink hundreds of hours into. Search and destroy is a must have tho for me. And the game is not optimized very well tho. But otherwise I would 100% recommend.”
“First played this back in 2019/2020 on my dads account after seeing some youtuber like Camodo or spycakes playing it. truly is a great game with a lot of content. ( I'm have pretty low hours compared to most people who…”
“Great Game Lots of stuff to do, but very difficult to learn at first, if you take some time you will definitely enjoy the game!”
22 of the 108 reviews raise this · 20 of them still recommend the game.
“game itself is good. there is so much problems with it. its like the game was made for sandbox only it is so difficult to get money in career and the missions can be so boring and repetitive and there are a lot of bugs…”
“Runs very badly as it is very badly optimised and the devs refuse to fix the game engine. FPS is fine as the game prefers to put you in slow motion instead of dropping a few tens of fps to make you suffer. Multiplayer…”
“I love this game, it’s so easy to sink hundreds of hours into. Search and destroy is a must have tho for me. And the game is not optimized very well tho. But otherwise I would 100% recommend.”
19 of the 108 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“game itself is good. there is so much problems with it. its like the game was made for sandbox only it is so difficult to get money in career and the missions can be so boring and repetitive and there are a lot of bugs…”
“holy joly holy, it is goodstuff. Was excited to play. Tutorial difficult as they say. haha. 10/10”
“complicated but fun once you learn it just started playing it 8 or 9/10 optimization it runs good on my specs if you ignore half the sim speed but its acceptable”
9 of the 108 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“game itself is good. there is so much problems with it. its like the game was made for sandbox only it is so difficult to get money in career and the missions can be so boring and repetitive and there are a lot of bugs…”
“It’s a solid game overall. There’s a lot of enjoyment in building systems and experimenting with things like rescue operations, logistics chains, fishing setups, or oil exploration. The downsides are hard to ignore…”
“Has a lot of physics bugs and cool things the devs won`t add but i still get amazed by things i haven`t seen before, even after 318h of playtime”
8 of the 108 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Potential to be a really fun game but the multiplayer with 5 people is too unstable.”
“Runs very badly as it is very badly optimised and the devs refuse to fix the game engine. FPS is fine as the game prefers to put you in slow motion instead of dropping a few tens of fps to make you suffer. Multiplayer…”
“B. E. S. T. G. A. M. E. E. V. E. R. M. A. D. E. JUST AWSOME! i LOVE the sandbox. although it lags my freinds alot or when im joining somone and there in workbench in multiplayer for some reason. My favriot kinds of…”
4 of the 108 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Runs very badly as it is very badly optimised and the devs refuse to fix the game engine. FPS is fine as the game prefers to put you in slow motion instead of dropping a few tens of fps to make you suffer. Multiplayer…”
“Multiplayer is still very buggy runs poorly after multiple updates specifically for to make it not do that and after 500 hours of tinkering I can't get the engine on my armoured car to run properly without either…”
“Has a lot of physics bugs and cool things the devs won`t add but i still get amazed by things i haven`t seen before, even after 318h of playtime”
Counted across 108 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“A very cool game of building, has a steep learing curve, but it is also educational”
— a player, Steam review · 460 hrs played“Load up game drive boat crash boat re-load game try to make boat horrible but ok boat grind money fix flaws in boat still bad make a sort of good starter boat happy :) you should buy this game.”
— a player, Steam review · 47 hrs played“I decided to build my first submarine recently. 40 hours, many historical documents, and multiple open tabs later, I now know the entire layout and subsystems of a WW2 era Type VII U-Boat. I seriously had to learn from scratch how everything works. For example, the ballast…”
— a player, Steam review · 580 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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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.
How Does Our New Game Release Impact On Stormworks?
Dear Stormworkers, Our new game, Anymaker, has just released. We want to discuss what this means for Stormworks and what our plans are going forward. 9 years ago, Stormworks beta 1 released to a close
v1.15.23 - The Multiplayer API Update!
Dear Stormworkers, This minor update is mostly focused on fixes and quality of life improvements. One significant change is that we have re-written the multiplayer to use the latest version of the Ste
v1.15.19 - The Small Train Wheels Update!
Dear Stormworkers, In this update we have added a new train wheel component with small wheels, useful for smaller train line vehicles. While this is a minor update with just the one new component, the
v1.15.18 - The Airburst Update!
Dear Stormworkers, In this minor update, we have added airburst weapons for the Search and Destroy DLC. Airburst is when ammunition is set to detonate after a timed delay, in order that it can explode
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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 | Simulation |
| Player tags | Sandbox · Base-Building · Open World · Building · Immersive Sim · Automation · Flight · Physics · PvP · Programming · Exploration · Sailing (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://geometa.co.uk/stormworks |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-4440 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 6000 / GeForce 550 / AMD R7 250 (AMD Radeon HD 7750) Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space