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Garry's Mod

2004 79 / 100 Indie Simulator
Garry's Mod is a physics-based sandbox game built on Valve's Source engine. In its base mode, there are no objectives. Players can spawn non-player characters, ragdolls, and props, then manipulate them using a physics gun that can pick up, rotate, and freeze objects in place. A tool gun provides additional functionality such as welding objects together or adjusting facial expressions on ragdolls. The game supports ex Show full summary

Garry's Mod is a physics-based sandbox game built on Valve's Source engine. In its base mode, there are no objectives. Players can spawn non-player characters, ragdolls, and props, then manipulate them using a physics gun that can pick up, rotate, and freeze objects in place. A tool gun provides additional functionality such as welding objects together or adjusting facial expressions on ragdolls. The game supports extensive Lua-based modding, and community-created game modes like Trouble in Terrorist Town and Prop Hunt have become widely popular in their own right. Originally released as a free mod for Half-Life 2 in 2004, it became a standalone commercial release in 2006 and holds the record as the best-selling PC-exclusive game.

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Simulator Genre Co-operative Mode Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode First person Perspective Co-op Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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Garry's Mod is a physics-based sandbox game built on Valve's Source engine. In its base mode, there are no objectives. Players can spawn non-player characters, ragdolls, and props, then manipulate them using a physics gun that can pick up, rotate, and freeze objects in place. A tool gun provides additional functionality such as welding objects together or adjusting facial expressions on ragdolls. The game supports extensive Lua-based modding, and community-created game modes like Trouble in Terrorist Town and Prop Hunt have become widely popular in their own right. Originally released as a free mod for Half-Life 2 in 2004, it became a standalone commercial release in 2006 and holds the record as the best-selling PC-exclusive game.

StructureSandbox Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer GenreIndie GenreSimulator ThemeSandbox Trait3d Traitdedicated servers Traitin-game anti-piracy effects Traitmod support Traitvehicles

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Facepunch Studios
Publisher
Valve
Franchise
Standalone
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Modi
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Sandbox
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Platform releases

  • Linux Oct 01, 2013
  • Mac Sep 23, 2010
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Dec 24, 2004

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