The Powder Toy

A free 2D particle sandbox for construction and destruction

The Powder Toy Team · Released Jun 14, 2024

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 98% of 3,215
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 97% of 93 in 30 days
Players: 85; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 3 weeks ago; Oct 4, 2026
Minimum PC: 0.3 GB RAM · 0.1 GB disk; Full requirements

What is The Powder Toy?

In this single-player simulation, you combine hundreds of elements and test how heat, air pressure, and gravity affect them. You can build power plants and logic circuits, download other players' creations, or upload your own.

For you if...

+you like adding custom elements through mods and Lua scripts

Not for you if...

−you want cooperative or competitive multiplayer rather than solo play

What players say

98% of 3,215 reviews are positive · 97% of 93 in the last 30 days

Players praise the creative freedom to build things like volcanoes, rocket engines, and weapons.

Screenshots and trailer

The Powder Toy system requirements

Minimum: 0.3 GB RAM, 0.1 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run The Powder Toy?

The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i3
Memory: 256 MB RAM
Storage: 100 MB available space

Does The Powder Toy have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does The Powder Toy run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English.

Does The Powder Toy use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam