Best Moddable 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 moddable games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free moddable games are available at the bottom of the page.

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Embark

Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.

Price 24.50€
Rating 6.0
Release 18 Apr 2019

No Time

Go on a trip through time! Experience the freedom of traveling into any date, hour and minute in time between the years 1 and 2077! Help your best friend Edward in his scientific affairs! Watch out for the Time Agents & avoid yourself!

Price -20% 9.59€
Rating 9.3
Release 14 Apr 2019

Drunken Wrestlers 2

Drunken Wrestlers 2 is a funny physics-based multiplayer fighting game. Features include character customization and a powerful mod editor integrated with Steam Workshop.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 01 Apr 2019

Aurora Dusk: Steam Age

An amazing mix of RPG, strategy, simulation, sandbox and survival game. Aurora Dusk looks like many other games, but instead of being alone, you live in a community. You can play one or more villagers and evolve from the Wood Age to the Steam Age.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 08 Mar 2019

Production Line : Car factory simulation

Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?

Price 24.50€
Rating 8.0
Release 07 Mar 2019

Mutilate-a-Doll 2

A highly customizable virtual stressball and physics sandbox about mutilating ragdolls in various ways using an overwhelming amount of weapons and tools.

Price 8.00€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 Mar 2019

Garden Paws

You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.7
Release 18 Dec 2018

BallisticNG

BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.

Price 12.49€
Rating 9.0
Release 14 Dec 2018

Contractors

Contractors is a team-based competitive multiplayer shooter game for virtual reality devices. Experience the next level virtual warfare with hardcore controls, lethal weapons, customizable load-outs, and intense firefights. BECOME AN OPERATOR.

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.1
Release 14 Dec 2018

Simson Tuningwerkstatt 3D

Simson Tuningwerkstatt 3D

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 03 Dec 2018

Parkitect

Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!

Price -46% 13.58€
Rating 9.1
Release 29 Nov 2018

Farming Simulator 19

The best-selling franchise takes a giant leap forward with a complete overhaul of the graphics engine, offering the most striking and immersive visuals and effects, along with the deepest and most complete farming experience ever.

Price -30% 12.59€
Rating 9.3
Release 19 Nov 2018

河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu : The Books of Dragon)

Ho Tu Lo Shu: The Books of Dragon offers a highly freedom to play in an wuxia style open world. With realistic art style and rich character development, you can explore a vast wuxia world and create your own adventure with the company of various memorable characters.

Price 15.50€
Rating 8.0
Release 14 Nov 2018

Project Hospital

Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.

Price -66% 8.49€
Rating 8.6
Release 30 Oct 2018

RimWorld

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Price -18% 26.36€
Rating 9.7
Release 17 Oct 2018

Mashinky

Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.

Price -15% 19.43€
Rating 8.1
Release 06 Oct 2018

Deity Empires

Deity Empires is a 4X, turn-based strategy game with a powerful “just one more turn” feel! Enter an intricate fantasy world as one of many deities posed to become ruler of the world.

Price 20.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 25 Sep 2018

Star Control®: Origins

Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.1
Release 20 Sep 2018

Megaquarium

The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.

Price 24.50€
Rating 9.1
Release 13 Sep 2018

Airships: Conquer the Skies

Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!

Price -60% 9.80€
Rating 9.3
Release 16 Aug 2018

Dustwind

ARE YOU READY FOR CLASSIC REALTIME TACTICS? Be the nameless heroine in the wastelands of DUSTWIND's story campaign, fight against and with human players in the elaborate Multiplayer mode or design your very own story campaigns and maps in the mighty map editor!

Price 20.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 15 Aug 2018

Star Traders: Frontiers

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.

Price -50% 7.39€
Rating 8.1
Release 31 Jul 2018

Racket: Nx

Racquetball meets Breakout inside a giant pinball machine! Racket: Nx is a new kind of game that challenges the limits of what you can do with a racket and ball in VR.

Price 17.49€
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Jul 2018

Bus Simulator 18

Experience the job of a bus driver in a vast and freely drivable urban area. Drive original licensed city buses from the great brands: Mercedes-Benz, Setra, MAN, and IVECO BUS. Transport your passengers safely and punctually, either solo in single player mode, or in multiplayer mode.

Price 24.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 13 Jun 2018

Most played moddable games on Steam

Take a look at the top moddable games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of April 30th 2025.

1. Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play. Garry's Mod is a sandbox, moddable and multiplayer game developed by Facepunch Studios and published by Valve. Released on November 29th 2006 has received 1,153,288 reviews of which 1,116,314 were positive and 36,974 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.6 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played moddable game, thanks to its 15,709 peak concurrent players over the last day.
9.6
1,116,314
36,974

15,709
players

2. Fallout: New Vegas

Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay! Fallout: New Vegas is a open world, rpg and post-apocalyptic game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. Released on October 21st 2010 has received 226,078 reviews of which 217,239 were positive and 8,839 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. While seeing 4,253 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among moddable games based on player count.
9.5
217,239
8,839

4,253
players

3. People Playground

Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space. People Playground is a sandbox, gore and physics game developed by mestiez and published by Studio Minus. Released on July 23rd 2019 has received 279,084 reviews of which 275,133 were positive and 3,951 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.8 out of 10. While seeing 3,904 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #3 among moddable games based on player count.
9.8
275,133
3,951

3,904
players

4. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)

PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) is a rpg, open world and fantasy game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Released on June 16th 2009 has received 49,768 reviews of which 47,458 were positive and 2,310 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. With 3,291 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played moddable games.
9.4
47,458
2,310

3,291
players

5. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a open world, rpg and fantasy game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Released on November 10th 2011 has received 317,056 reviews of which 300,724 were positive and 16,332 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. With 1,982 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played moddable games.
9.4
300,724
16,332

1,982
players

6. Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity. Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a strategy, simulation and city builder game developed by 3Division and published by Hooded Horse. Released on June 20th 2024 has received 21,685 reviews of which 19,800 were positive and 1,885 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. With 1,414 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played moddable games.
8.9
19,800
1,885

1,414
players

7. Car Mechanic Simulator 2021

Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment. Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 is a simulation, automobile sim and sandbox game developed by Red Dot Games and published by PlayWay S.A.. Released on August 11th 2021 has received 29,060 reviews of which 27,884 were positive and 1,176 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. With 1,061 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played moddable games.
9.4
27,884
1,176

1,061
players

8. Blade and Sorcery

Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies. Blade and Sorcery is a vr, swordplay and moddable game developed and published by WarpFrog. Released on June 17th 2024 has received 57,086 reviews of which 55,191 were positive and 1,895 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. With 422 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played moddable games.
9.5
55,191
1,895

422
players

9. Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition

Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival. Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition is a open world, rpg and post-apocalyptic game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Released on December 17th 2009 has received 50,312 reviews of which 40,828 were positive and 9,484 were negative resulting in a rating of 8 out of 10. With 367 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played moddable games.
8
40,828
9,484

367
players

10. Beat Saber

Beat Saber is a VR rhythm game where you slash the beats of adrenaline-pumping music as they fly towards you, surrounded by a futuristic world. Beat Saber is a vr, rhythm and music game developed and published by Beat Games. Released on May 21st 2019 has received 74,463 reviews of which 71,194 were positive and 3,269 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. With 345 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played moddable games.
9.4
71,194
3,269

345
players

Best deals on moddable games on Steam

Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of moddable games available on Steam right now, updated on April 30th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted moddable games.

1. 112 Operator

Manage emergency services in any city in the world! Take calls and dispatch rescue forces. Handle difficult situations, now depending on the weather, and traffic. Help the citizens through cataclysms and natural disasters, becoming a better emergency number operator every day! 112 Operator is a simulation, realistic and casual game developed by Jutsu Games and published by Games Operators. Released on April 23rd 2020 has received 6,492 reviews of which 5,810 were positive and 682 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. Featuring a massive 94% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for moddable category.
8.7
5,810
682

-94% 22.33€ 1.34€

2. Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat. Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is a rts, base-building and pvp game developed by Stardock Entertainment and Oxide Games and published by Stardock Entertainment. Released on November 10th 2016 has received 4,743 reviews of which 3,532 were positive and 1,211 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 94% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in moddable games.
7.3
3,532
1,211

-94% 29.17€ 1.75€

3. Fallout: New Vegas

Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay! Fallout: New Vegas is a open world, rpg and post-apocalyptic game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. Released on October 21st 2010 has received 226,078 reviews of which 217,239 were positive and 8,839 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 77% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in moddable games.
9.5
217,239
8,839

-77% 10.17€ 2.34€

4. Airport CEO

Build and manage an international airport! Airport CEO is a flight, resource management and moddable game developed and published by Apog Labs. Released on March 04th 2021 has received 7,621 reviews of which 6,381 were positive and 1,240 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 72% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for moddable games.
8.1
6,381
1,240

-72% 24.39€ 6.83€

5. Car Mechanic Simulator 2021

Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment. Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 is a simulation, automobile sim and sandbox game developed by Red Dot Games and published by PlayWay S.A.. Released on August 11th 2021 has received 29,060 reviews of which 27,884 were positive and 1,176 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 67% discount, this title has earned the #5 position in the best deals for moddable games.
9.4
27,884
1,176

-67% 24.55€ 8.10€

6. Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity. Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a strategy, simulation and city builder game developed by 3Division and published by Hooded Horse. Released on June 20th 2024 has received 21,685 reviews of which 19,800 were positive and 1,885 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 66% discount, this title has earned the #6 position in the best deals for moddable games.
8.9
19,800
1,885

-66% 39.56€ 13.45€

7. Airships: Conquer the Skies

Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies! Airships: Conquer the Skies is a vehicular combat, 4x and war game developed and published by David Stark. Released on August 16th 2018 has received 5,836 reviews of which 5,598 were positive and 238 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 60% discount, this title has earned the #7 position in the best deals for moddable games.
9.3
5,598
238

-60% 24.50€ 9.80€

8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a open world, rpg and fantasy game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Released on November 10th 2011 has received 317,056 reviews of which 300,724 were positive and 16,332 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 58% discount, this title has earned the #8 position in the best deals for moddable games.
9.4
300,724
16,332

-58% 15.17€ 6.37€

9. Star Traders: Frontiers

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue. Star Traders: Frontiers is a sci-fi, moddable and simulation game developed and published by Trese Brothers. Released on July 31st 2018 has received 3,596 reviews of which 3,030 were positive and 566 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. Currently offered at a 50% discount, this title has earned the #9 position in the best deals for moddable games.
8.1
3,030
566

-50% 14.79€ 7.39€

10. KitHack Model Club

Developed by the creator of the original Kerbal Space Program, KitHack Model Club is a physics-based model building sandbox that offers limitless freedom for you and your friends. Design, build, battle, fly (and crash!) your very own RC vehicles, or experiment with over 2,400 ready-made vehicles! KitHack Model Club is a moddable, open world and vehicular combat game developed by Floating Origin Interactive and published by Floating Origin Interactive and Curve Games. Released on August 01st 2024 has received 580 reviews of which 500 were positive and 80 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. Currently offered at a 50% discount, this title has earned the #10 position in the best deals for moddable games.
8.1
500
80

-50% 18.99€ 9.49€

Free moddable games on Steam

Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play moddable games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on April 30th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play moddable games.

1. DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools. DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine is a dwarf, simulation and software game developed and published by The DFHack Team. Released on April 13th 2023 has received 708 reviews of which 703 were positive and 5 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. With 224 active players enjoying it for free, this strategy game has reached the #1 spot among the top free moddable games on Steam.
9.3
703
5

224
players