Trailmakers

Physics-based vehicle-building sandbox for land, sea, air, and space

Flashbulb · Released Sep 18, 2019

Action Adventure Indie Racing Simulation

Reviews: Very Positive; 92% of 39K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 567 in 30 days
Playing now: 809; peak 24h 1,763
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 3 months ago; Jun 19, 2026

What is Trailmakers?

A physics-based building sandbox where you assemble vehicles from functional blocks, then drive, fly, race, or fight across open-world and dedicated sandbox maps. The Pioneers campaign has you complete missions, unlock parts, and help a frog community resist resource-stealing robots, alone or in online co-op.

For you if...

+you enjoy experimenting with physics-based vehicle designs
+you want open-ended building with online cooperative play
+you like racing and combat in custom vehicles

Not for you if...

−you prefer guided play over open-ended experimentation
−you dislike trial-and-error engineering and vehicle tuning
−you mainly want a story-focused single-player campaign

What players say

92% of 39,275 reviews are positive · 91% of 567 in the last 30 days

Players praise the accessible vehicle builder, broad range of possible machines, and experiment-and-refine process, especially in sandbox and multiplayer. The dominant complaint is that many functional parts, maps, and campaigns require paid DLC, leaving the base game's selection feeling limited.

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Trailmakers system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64 Bit 20H1
Processor: i5-4440 (3.1 GHz quad-core)
Graphics: GTX 660
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 8 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 22
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

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