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 1,573
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 2; peak 24h 7
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 year ago; Sep 11, 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 1,573 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.

Screenshots and trailer

Instruments of Destruction system requirements

As published by the developer.

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

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 50
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

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

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish.