Garry's Mod

7.9 / 10

Release Date

24 December 2004

Platforms

Linux • PC • Mac

Publisher

Valve

Developer

Facepunch Studios

Store Pages

01Overview

Garry’s Mod is a physics-based sandbox built on Valve’s Source engine. In its base Sandbox mode, there are no predefined objectives or goals. Players can spawn props, ragdolls, vehicles, and NPCs, then manipulate them using tools such as the Physics Gun, which can move, rotate, and freeze objects in place. The Tool Gun provides additional functions for constructing contraptions, including welding objects together and applying other effects. Creations can range from simple scenes to functioning vehicles and machines, with the physics system determining how objects interact. Garry’s Mod can be played offline or through multiplayer servers, where its community-created content greatly expands what the game can become. Steam Workshop support allows players to download maps, models, weapons, tools, vehicles, and other addons. Community game modes such as Trouble in Terrorist Town and Prop Hunt introduce their own rules and objectives, turning the sandbox into social deduction, hide-and-seek, role-playing, racing, and other experiences. Some servers and modes require content from other Source engine games to display their assets correctly.