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Scrap Mechanic

Axolot Games · 2026-07-24

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Jul 24, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

Scrap Mechanic is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2026, priced at $28.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 122,809 reviews).

3,070
playing now
92%
positive of 123k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13
twitch viewers (latest)
3.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
70/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
50
Nexus mods (17k downloads)
50h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 100h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$28.99
steam price (US)

3,070 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Scrap Mechanic is a sandbox video game developed for Windows by Swedish game studio and publisher Axolot Games, in which players can build machines, vehicles, and buildings, and share their creations online. The game launched in early access for Windows on January 20, 2016, with a creative mode and unlimited access to all available parts for building. On the day of its release, it was the top-selling game on Steam and is estimated to have achieved 2–3 million sales. The survival mode update for the game, with new game mechanics including wildlife, scavenging, farming, and cooking, as well as an underwater biome, was released on May 7, 2020. It was the third-best-selling game on Steam the week after the update. The second chapter of the survival mode was made available on July 24, 2026, alongside the game's full release.

Trailer

Scrap Mechanic trailer thumbnail

Scrap Mechanic: 1.0 & Drilling Thunder - Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,070 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,260 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~908/week).
  • · Review velocity up 74% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5M–5.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 123,234 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2017-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $28.99 · on sale 6 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12k12k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,368 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,273 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,946 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,401 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,626 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,794 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12,022 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,058 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3,411 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,142 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,476 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,162 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,345 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,985 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,868 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,076 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,549 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,949 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,378 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,274 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,431 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,641 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,384 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,144 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,261 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,229 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,373 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,137 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,164 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,061 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,137 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,282 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 993 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 977 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 975 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 920 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 833 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,064 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 831 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 803 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 650 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 730 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 693 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 544 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,160 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 373 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,498 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 394 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 32 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6.5k1.2k2026-09-16 04:00 — 2,172 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 2,849 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 5,519 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 3,050 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 2,321 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 4,772 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 2,323 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 1,858 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 5,123 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 2,696 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,303 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 3,086 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 2,172 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 1,906 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 4,692 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 2,449 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,209 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 2,127 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 3,514 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,903 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,760 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 3,364 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 1,362 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 3,070 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15k779Jan 2016Aug 2026Jan 2016 — avg 1,062 · peak 3,801May 2016 — avg 1,250 · peak 2,827Sep 2016 — avg 970 · peak 2,288Jan 2017 — avg 1,119 · peak 2,496May 2017 — avg 910 · peak 2,084Sep 2017 — avg 934 · peak 2,256Jan 2018 — avg 1,172 · peak 2,668May 2018 — avg 997 · peak 2,643Sep 2018 — avg 1,112 · peak 2,925Jan 2019 — avg 1,108 · peak 2,534May 2019 — avg 838 · peak 1,939Sep 2019 — avg 839 · peak 2,016Jan 2020 — avg 1,143 · peak 2,538May 2020 — avg 14,763 · peak 46,366Sep 2020 — avg 2,027 · peak 3,966Jan 2021 — avg 3,272 · peak 6,576May 2021 — avg 2,465 · peak 4,686Sep 2021 — avg 2,300 · peak 5,177Jan 2022 — avg 2,307 · peak 4,507May 2022 — avg 2,164 · peak 4,133Sep 2022 — avg 1,669 · peak 3,552Jan 2023 — avg 1,894 · peak 3,598May 2023 — avg 1,490 · peak 2,859Sep 2023 — avg 1,336 · peak 2,722Jan 2024 — avg 1,934 · peak 3,869May 2024 — avg 1,226 · peak 2,545Sep 2024 — avg 946 · peak 2,044Jan 2025 — avg 1,569 · peak 3,581May 2025 — avg 1,161 · peak 2,361Sep 2025 — avg 901 · peak 1,918Jan 2026 — avg 1,240 · peak 2,813May 2026 — avg 829 · peak 1,738Aug 2026 — avg 12,233 · peak 31,585
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
75752026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 75 new positive2026-09-21: 16 new negative2026-09-22: 21 new positive2026-09-23: 10 new positive2026-09-24: 9 new positive2026-09-24: 5 new negative2026-09-25: 10 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 18 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 17 new positive2026-09-29: 17 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 18 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 14 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 16 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 9 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 19 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 15 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 14 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 7 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 8 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 3 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 10 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 11 new positive2026-10-14: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative2026-10-15: 15 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$28.99$11.992016-01-202026-07-242016-01-20 — best price $19.992016-07-04 — best price $19.992016-10-28 — best price $14.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-02-02 — best price $13.392017-04-21 — best price $19.992017-06-22 — best price $11.992017-07-14 — best price $19.992017-11-22 — best price $13.392018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-01-30 — best price $11.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-11-01 — best price $19.992018-12-21 — best price $12.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $11.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-05-07 — best price $13.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $13.392021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-05-27 — best price $13.392021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $13.392022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-08-01 — best price $13.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $13.392023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $13.392024-06-03 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $13.392025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $13.392025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $13.392026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-24 — best price $28.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

426152026-05-20 — 35 pageviews2026-05-24 — 36 pageviews2026-05-28 — 43 pageviews2026-06-01 — 50 pageviews2026-06-05 — 49 pageviews2026-06-09 — 38 pageviews2026-06-13 — 33 pageviews2026-06-17 — 32 pageviews2026-06-21 — 27 pageviews2026-06-25 — 15 pageviews2026-06-29 — 35 pageviews2026-07-03 — 141 pageviews2026-07-07 — 64 pageviews2026-07-11 — 40 pageviews2026-07-15 — 39 pageviews2026-07-19 — 98 pageviews2026-07-23 — 102 pageviews2026-07-27 — 329 pageviews2026-07-31 — 169 pageviews2026-08-04 — 159 pageviews2026-08-08 — 142 pageviews2026-08-12 — 85 pageviews2026-08-16 — 76 pageviews2026-08-20 — 90 pageviews2026-08-24 — 58 pageviews2026-08-28 — 63 pageviews2026-09-01 — 79 pageviews2026-09-05 — 70 pageviews2026-09-09 — 43 pageviews2026-09-13 — 47 pageviews2026-09-17 — 38 pageviews2026-09-21 — 51 pageviews2026-09-25 — 45 pageviews2026-09-29 — 47 pageviews2026-10-03 — 43 pageviews2026-10-07 — 32 pageviews2026-10-11 — 37 pageviews2026-10-12 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

40902026-10-01 21:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 135 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 156 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-15 18:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 13 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
7.1%
earned "My first car"
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-07-24, latest 2026-07-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1770%34

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opFunnyPhysicsSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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