Art of Destruction (2022)

Developer: ZHANG FAN
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Rating: 3.8 of 5, 96 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 28 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

experimenting with playful destruction in a low-stakes physics sandbox where you can freely build, then obliterate your creations with absurd tools and disasters

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What players say

Players are split: some enjoy it as a simple stress-relief destruction sandbox, but many call it unoptimized and glitchy, with janky physics, zombies appearing from injured people, and falling being broken. Critics say it feels like an unoptimized mobile game with a limited editor and warn that development appears to have stalled, while a few compare it unfavorably to Teardown.

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