What it does best
A physics playground with almost no wrong answer
A toybox where your ideas become the content
A community that turns one sandbox into countless games
Physics accidents become the best stories
What might put you off
Minimal structure and almost no built-in goals
Unmoderated community-server culture
The setup
What you are walking into
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.
Where it lives
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