Teardown
" Innovative action-strategy with voxel destruction and creative freedom but repetitive timed missions "
Teardown Review
Teardown is widely praised as an innovative and highly enjoyable voxel-based destruction game that offers a unique blend of physics-driven gameplay and creative freedom. Players appreciate its satisfying destruction mechanics, engaging sandbox mode, and the ability to experiment with a vast array of mods, which significantly enhance replayability. The game's distinctive lo-fi visual style combined with impressive lighting effects contributes to a charming and immersive atmosphere. While the campaign provides fun and challenging heist missions, many players spend most of their time in sandbox mode, enjoying the open-ended destruction and creativity.
However, some users find the core gameplay loop repetitive, especially the timed heist missions, and express frustration with occasional performance issues and crashes. The physics, although praised by many, are critiqued by a few for being unrealistic or "floaty." Despite these drawbacks, the overall consensus is that Teardown is a must-play for fans of destruction and sandbox games, with a strong modding community that keeps the experience fresh and exciting.
Highlights
The game's standout features include its advanced voxel destruction physics, which provide a deeply satisfying and creative gameplay experience. The unique visual style, with atmospheric lighting and a lo-fi aesthetic, is frequently praised. Players enjoy the freedom to approach objectives creatively and the extensive mod support that adds diverse content and customization. The campaign offers challenging and fun heist missions, while the sandbox mode allows for endless experimentation. The game is also noted for being accessible on a range of PC hardware, making it widely playable.
Criticisms
Common criticisms focus on the repetitive nature of the campaign’s timed missions, which some find frustrating or limiting. Performance issues such as lag and crashes affect players with less powerful PCs, detracting from the experience. A few users feel the physics engine lacks realism, with structures sometimes behaving unnaturally. The story and mission design are considered minimal and not very engaging by some, and there are complaints about the price point being somewhat high. Additionally, official multiplayer is absent, leading to calls for its inclusion.
Pros
- • Highly satisfying and innovative voxel-based destruction physics system.
- • Extensive modding community adds vast content and customization options.
- • Unique lo-fi visual style with impressive lighting and atmospheric effects.
- • Engaging sandbox mode allowing for creative and open-ended gameplay.
- • Fun and challenging heist missions in the campaign mode.
- • Runs well on a wide range of PC hardware, including lower-end systems.
- • Gameplay encourages creativity and freedom in approaching objectives.
Cons
- • Campaign missions can become repetitive and overly focused on timed objectives.
- • Performance issues such as lag and crashes on less powerful PCs.
- • Physics engine sometimes behaves unrealistically or feels "floaty."
- • Limited story depth and minimal mission variety reduce engagement.
- • Official multiplayer mode is missing, limiting social gameplay options.
- • High price point may deter some potential players.
- • Some mods are incompatible with certain platforms like Steam Deck.
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About This Game
EDITIONS
TEARDOWN: ULTIMATE EDITION includes:
TEARDOWN
TEARDOWN: SEASON PASS
TEARDOWN: SEASON PASS includes:
TIME CAMPERS DLC - A campaign expansion set in the wild west.
FOLKRACE DLC - A campaign expansion that introduces new vehicles and a series of destructive racing game modes.
TWO ADDITIONAL DLCS - Available by end of 2025.
QUILEZ R0113R ROBOT - A spawnable, transformable robot vehicle equipped with destructive weapon systems and a grappling hook.
TEARDOWN: DELUXE EDITION includes:
TEARDOWN
TIME CAMPERS DLC - A campaign expansion set in the wild west. Available at launch.
FOLKRACE DLC - A campaign expansion that introduces new vehicles and a series of destructive racing game modes.
About the Game
Plan the perfect heist using creative problem solving, brute force, and everything around you. Teardown features a fully destructible and truly interactive environment where player freedom and emergent gameplay are the driving mechanics.Tear down walls with explosives or vehicles to create shortcuts no one thought was possible. Stack objects, build structures, or use floating objects to your advantage. Take your time to create an efficient path through the level, plan the heist and get ready to execute it.
Run, jump, drive, slingshot. Do whatever you need to collect targets, avoid robots or steal whatever your clients ask for. But make sure not to get caught!
Campaign
With your company pressured by increasing debt, you start accepting work from some more or less shady individuals. Soon you are knee-deep in a murky soup of revenge, betrayal, and insurance fraud. Beginning with some more or less legitimate assignments, you soon find yourself stealing cars, demolishing buildings, blowing up safes, avoiding trigger-happy robots and more. Upgrade your expanding arsenal of tools by searching for hidden valuables scattered around the environment.
Sandbox
Play around in the various environments with the tools you have unlocked. In this mode you have unlimited resources and an abundance of vehicles. No pressure, just pleasure.
Challenges
Test your skills in experimental game modes. New challenges unlock as you progress through the campaign.
Modding
Teardown has extensive mod support with built-in level editor, Lua scripting and a Steam Workshop integration. Build your own sandbox maps, mini games, tools, and vehicles or try out existing mods from the community.
Features
- Fully destructible voxel environments
- Realistic physical simulation of objects, debris, vehicles, water, fire, and smoke
- 17 different tools ranging from sledgehammer, blow torch and fire extinguisher to guns and explosives
- Campaign with 40 missions in an escalating storyline
- Sandbox mode for you to roam around in the various environments
- Extensive mod support and Steam Workshop integration
PC Gamer
“Teardown offers players a chance to live out their most destructive dreams in a beautifully rendered voxel world”
NME
“Teardown Is A Heist Game Where Levels Are Fully Destructible, And It's Fantastic”
Kotaku
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.
