Instruments of Destruction
Physics-based demolition game with campaigns and buildable wrecking machines
Radiangames · Published by Secret Mode · Released May 10, 2024
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 1,502
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 4
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Oct 14, 2025
What is Instruments of Destruction?
This 3D demolition game casts you as a vehicle test pilot for Sharpe Industries, sent to remote outposts to tear down structures. In the main campaign, you drive prebuilt machines through objective-based levels. A separate campaign teaches vehicle construction, while challenges and a sandbox provide other ways to use the vehicles and maps.
For you if...
- +you like experimenting with custom machines in sandbox mode
- +you enjoy working through demolition objectives with different vehicles
Not for you if...
- −you expect to build vehicles throughout the main campaign
- −you want goals that go beyond demolishing structures
What players say
91% of 1,502 reviews are positive
Players praise the destruction physics and variety of wrecking vehicles. Common complaints concern awkward controls and camera behavior, a difficult-to-use vehicle editor, and slow performance.
How many players finish Instruments of Destruction?
1.6% of Steam players have unlocked «OUTER TERRITORIES Complete in Campaign», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Instruments of Destruction system requirements
Minimum: with 2GB RAM ( 780, 8 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Instruments of Destruction?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 or later
- Processor
- 4-core 1.5+GHz processor
- Graphics
- Graphics card with 2GB RAM (Geforce 780 or better)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 or later
- Processor
- 6-core 2.5+GHz processor
- Graphics
- Graphics card with 4GB RAM (Geforce 970 or better)
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Instruments of Destruction have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Instruments of Destruction run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- 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
- Achievements
- 50
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish.
Does Instruments of Destruction 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 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Destruction
- Physics
- Action
- Simulation
- 3D
- Vehicular Combat
- Driving
- Shooter
- Action-Adventure
- Arcade
- Automobile Sim
- Singleplayer
- Modern
- Third-Person Shooter
- Racing
- Tanks
Recent updates
- Sep 11, 2025 · Patch notes for version 1.14a (minor update)
- Aug 21, 2025 · 1.14 - Balance and Bug Fix Update
- Aug 1, 2025 · Version 1.13 Released! Exit-Freeze Fixed!
- Jun 4, 2025 · Version 1.12c
- Jan 30, 2025 · Version 1.1 Now Available, and a Console Release Date