Best Destruction Games on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated destruction games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free destruction games are available at the bottom of the page.
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Screw Drivers
Crazy physics and high-speed races! Craft vehicles cleverly by combining building blocks and mechanical parts to create powerful drivetrains. Unlock new parts, race for the gold, and challenge your friends in multiplayer.
The Powder Toy
The Powder Toy is a classic physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Become a mighty demigod and battle through a decimated Tokyo in a war between angels and demons. Make new allies along your journey, engage in intense, turn-based combat, recruit hundreds of demons and forge your own path to dictate the fate of all existence.
Instruments of Destruction
Break thru walls, tear down buildings, and send structures crashing into each other in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based destruction. Pilot a variety of vehicles across dozens of missions and high score challenges in this highly-interactive world.
Backrooms Break
Explore and break the environments of the Backrooms and Poolrooms! Utilize Thor's demolition hammer, firearms, and explosives to carve your way through the walls and entities. This isn't just another mundane walking simulator game. Now the entities are the victims. Overcome your fears with violence.
Kill It With Fire 2
Arachnophobia. The Game. The Sequel. Take on the arachnid menace alone or with friends in full campaign co-op. Wage the arachnid war across time and space and exterminate every last spider across the multiverse, or jump into Spider Hunt PvP and play as the eight-legged menace for the first time!
9 Days
You have 9 days before the final fight. At your current state, you do not stand a chance! Explore this Open World to gain new skills and abilities for the battle. Choose where you go, what you do carefully. You cannot waste time! You have 9 days.
Monuments Renovator
Monuments Renovator is a game in which you play the role of a professional monument renovator. You choose from among the world's greatest monuments, restore them to their former glory and learn about history and architecture.
Vivaland: Dream House
Dream House is the build mode of the life simulation game called Vivaland, where you can construct and furnish your dream home. Play solo or with friends in co-op mode.
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.
Ultimate Ragdoll Game
Ultimate Ragdoll Game is a Sandbox game without any limits. Have fun with ragdolls available in Steam Workshop and build your very own constructions using wide variety of blocks.
Arena Renovation
Take on the role of a one-man renovation team tasked with restoring various sports facilities to their former glory. Many of them have been destroyed as a result of time or lack of care. Don't let them go into complete oblivion - roll up your sleeves and breathe new life into them!
House Builder
Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!
FUCK STALIN
Avenge millions of innocent victims and inflict brutal violence on the communist dictator Joseph Stalin using a wide range of torture tools thanks to the blessing of the free market.
Angel at Dusk
Overwhelmingly bizarre beauty. Shoot, dodge, and destroy! A shmup where an apocalyptic world awakens to primal desires!
House Flipper 2
Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.
Idle Cave Miner
Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.
THE FINALS
Join THE FINALS, the world-famous, free-to-play, combat-centered game show! Fight alongside your teammates in virtual arenas that you can alter, exploit, and even destroy. Build your own playstyle in this first-person shooter to win escalating tournaments and lasting fame.
DAVIGO: VR vs. PC
DAVIGO is a VR vs. PC physics-based battle game. Become the GIANT in VR or a small KNIGHT on PC and fight your friends in local or online matches. KNIGHTS play for free with DAVIGO KNIGHT'S PASS.
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!
Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.
Nuclear Option
Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics on intense battlefields, facing land, air and sea threats. Wage war against AI or other players with an array of potent weapons. Wield tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, capable of annihilating anything in their path.
Most played destruction games on Steam
Take a look at the top destruction games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of June 15th 2025.
1. THE FINALS
Join THE FINALS, the world-famous, free-to-play, combat-centered game show! Fight alongside your teammates in virtual arenas that you can alter, exploit, and even destroy. Build your own playstyle in this first-person shooter to win escalating tournaments and lasting fame. THE FINALS is a destruction, free to play and multiplayer game developed and published by Embark Studios. Released on December 07th 2023 has received 231,651 reviews of which 180,119 were positive and 51,532 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played destruction game, thanks to its 20,321 peak concurrent players over the last day.
7.7
180,119
51,532
20,321
players
2. BeamNG.drive
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything. BeamNG.drive is a simulation, driving and physics game developed and published by BeamNG. Released on May 29th 2015 has received 322,278 reviews of which 313,873 were positive and 8,405 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.6 out of 10. While seeing 17,051 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among destruction games based on player count.
9.6
313,873
8,405
17,051
players
3. Teardown
Prepare the perfect heist in this simulated and fully destructible voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or explosives to create shortcuts. Stack objects to reach higher. Use the environment to your advantage in the most creative way you can think of. Teardown is a destruction, physics and sandbox game developed and published by Tuxedo Labs. Released on April 21st 2022 has received 109,462 reviews of which 104,653 were positive and 4,809 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. While seeing 2,160 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #3 among destruction games based on player count.
9.4
104,653
4,809
2,160
players
4. Brick Rigs
Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs! Brick Rigs is a sandbox, destruction and building game developed and published by Fluppisoft GmbH. Released on July 14th 2023 has received 50,122 reviews of which 47,391 were positive and 2,731 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. With 1,226 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played destruction games.
9.3
47,391
2,731
1,226
players
5. Just Cause™ 3
With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable. Just Cause™ 3 is a open world, action and destruction game developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Square Enix. Released on November 30th 2015 has received 122,161 reviews of which 102,532 were positive and 19,629 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. With 772 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played destruction games.
8.3
102,532
19,629
772
players
6. BattleBit Remastered
BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server. Battle on a near-fully destructible map with various vehicles! BattleBit Remastered is a fps, multiplayer and shooter game developed by SgtOkiDoki, Vilaskis and TheLiquidHorse and published by SgtOkiDoki. Released on June 15th 2023 has received 143,124 reviews of which 120,458 were positive and 22,666 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. With 693 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played destruction games.
8.3
120,458
22,666
693
players
7. Wreckfest
Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes. Wreckfest is a racing, destruction and automobile sim game developed by Bugbear and published by THQ Nordic. Released on June 14th 2018 has received 38,617 reviews of which 34,031 were positive and 4,586 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. With 417 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played destruction games.
8.7
34,031
4,586
417
players
8. Forts
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble! Forts is a base-building, multiplayer and physics game developed and published by EarthWork Games. Released on April 19th 2017 has received 22,321 reviews of which 20,535 were positive and 1,786 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. With 349 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played destruction games.
9.0
20,535
1,786
349
players
9. Ship Graveyard Simulator 2
Dust off your torch and hammer - it's time to get back to work, you have a new job to do. Visit the new beach coast with the largest, biggest ship graveyard in the world, dismantle huge ship parts and collect tons of precious steel. Roll up your sleeves, it's time to get back to the business. Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 is a simulation, destruction and multiplayer game developed by Games Incubator and Hypnotic Ants and published by Games Incubator and PlayWay S.A.. Released on August 16th 2023 has received 3,038 reviews of which 2,400 were positive and 638 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. With 323 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played destruction games.
7.6
2,400
638
323
players
10. Besiege
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing mechanical machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer! Besiege is a simulation, sandbox and destruction game developed and published by Spiderling Studios. Released on February 18th 2020 has received 49,754 reviews of which 47,491 were positive and 2,263 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. With 218 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played destruction games.
9.4
47,491
2,263
218
players
Best deals on destruction games on Steam
Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of destruction games available on Steam right now, updated on June 15th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted destruction games.
1. FlatOut 2
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars. FlatOut 2 is a racing, combat racing and multiplayer game developed by Bugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Media and Jordan Freeman Group and published by Strategy First. Released on December 21st 2006 has received 18,660 reviews of which 17,923 were positive and 737 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. Featuring a massive 99% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for destruction category.
9.4
17,923
737
-99%
39.99€
0.53€
2. ABRISS - build to destroy
ABRISS is an atmospheric physics-destruction building game.Build structures from parts to let them crash into your targets. Unlock new parts, destroy more, witness entropy at its worst in digital-brutalist cityscapes. Build to destroy. ABRISS - build to destroy is a minimalist, logic and puzzle game developed by Randwerk and published by astragon Entertainment. Released on September 05th 2023 has received 501 reviews of which 423 were positive and 78 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 98% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in destruction games.
7.9
423
78
-98%
14.99€
0.44€
3. Demolish & Build 2017
Become a boss of Demolition & Build company. Destroy small wooden huts and huge concrete buildings. Manage your workers. Invest earned cash in your own land properties and rent them for profit in open sandbox world. Use various hand tools, buy new machines and customize their parts. Demolish & Build 2017 is a simulation, building and destruction game developed by Noble Muffins and published by Demolish Games S.A.. Released on October 18th 2016 has received 615 reviews of which 488 were positive and 127 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 97% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in destruction games.
7.5
488
127
-97%
19.99€
0.69€
4. Besiege
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing mechanical machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer! Besiege is a simulation, sandbox and destruction game developed and published by Spiderling Studios. Released on February 18th 2020 has received 49,754 reviews of which 47,491 were positive and 2,263 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 96% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for destruction games.
9.4
47,491
2,263
-96%
14.79€
0.70€
5. Landlord's Super
Your quintessential construction simulator is here. Take a dodgy loan, restore a property, move in the locals, attend to their grievances, then celebrate with a pint in this fully-simulated, open-world 1980's Britain. Landlord's Super is a building, simulation and open world game developed by Minskworks and published by Yogscast Games. Released on May 25th 2023 has received 1,494 reviews of which 1,247 were positive and 247 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 96% discount, this title has earned the #5 position in the best deals for destruction games.
8.0
1,247
247
-96%
19.50€
0.80€
6. Kill It With Fire
Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage. Kill It With Fire is a action, simulation and comedy game developed by Casey Donnellan Games LLC and published by tinyBuild. Released on August 13th 2020 has received 5,018 reviews of which 4,744 were positive and 274 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 95% discount, this title has earned the #6 position in the best deals for destruction games.
9.1
4,744
274
-95%
12.79€
0.64€
7. Red Faction
JOIN THE REVOLUTION! Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company. But all is not as it seems. A deadly plague is sweeping through the barracks, and miners suffer daily abuse at the hands of the Ultor guards. Red Faction is a action, fps and destruction game developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver. Released on August 05th 2009 has received 2,780 reviews of which 2,404 were positive and 376 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 95% discount, this title has earned the #7 position in the best deals for destruction games.
8.3
2,404
376
-95%
9.99€
0.51€
8. Crashday Redline Edition
Crashday, the explosive cult classic multiplayer racer, is back! Retooled and remastered, Crashday: Redline Edition brings back the fun and memories of the original with this lovingly crafted tribute edition, featuring all-new and expanded features, including Steam Workshop support. Today is Crashday! Crashday Redline Edition is a combat racing, racing and vehicular combat game developed by Moonbyte and published by 2tainment GmbH. Released on August 10th 2017 has received 1,808 reviews of which 1,593 were positive and 215 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 94% discount, this title has earned the #8 position in the best deals for destruction games.
8.4
1,593
215
-94%
11.99€
0.74€
9. Terror of Hemasaurus
A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven. Terror of Hemasaurus is a physics, villain protagonist and destruction game developed and published by Loren Lemcke. Released on October 17th 2022 has received 923 reviews of which 846 were positive and 77 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 93% discount, this title has earned the #9 position in the best deals for destruction games.
8.6
846
77
-93%
10.79€
0.82€
10. Anarcute
Anarcute is a rampaging riot simulator, combining adorable aesthetics with huge-scale chaos, colourful destruction and crowd-beat’em all gameplay! Anarcute is a cute, action and indie game developed by Anarteam and published by Anarteam, Plug In Digital and Dear Villagers. Released on July 12th 2016 has received 721 reviews of which 666 were positive and 55 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 91% discount, this title has earned the #10 position in the best deals for destruction games.
8.7
666
55
-91%
14.99€
1.47€
Free destruction games on Steam
Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play destruction games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on June 15th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play destruction games.
1. THE FINALS
Join THE FINALS, the world-famous, free-to-play, combat-centered game show! Fight alongside your teammates in virtual arenas that you can alter, exploit, and even destroy. Build your own playstyle in this first-person shooter to win escalating tournaments and lasting fame. THE FINALS is a destruction, free to play and multiplayer game developed and published by Embark Studios. Released on December 07th 2023 has received 231,651 reviews of which 180,119 were positive and 51,532 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. With 20,321 active players enjoying it for free, this strategy game has reached the #1 spot among the top free destruction games on Steam.
7.7
180,119
51,532
20,321
players