Build, Break, Repeat… Then Laugh
Garry’s Mod isn’t a game—it’s a digital LEGO set dipped in chaos theory. With no objectives, no rules, and no sanity checks, you’re free to build rockets from washing machines, stage Prop Hunt battles, or reenact Shrek using Source Engine ragdolls. The janky physics are half the charm: watch your meticulously crafted spaceship explode because you forgot gravity exists. Modding is the lifeblood here, with the Steam Workshop offering everything from realistic guns to anime cat ears. Just don’t expect tutorials—figuring out how to spawn a couch that shoots chickens is part of the fun.
Multiplayer: The Good, The Bad, and The Glitched
Join a server and you’ll find pure anarchy. Trouble in Terrorist Town turns paranoia into art, while DarkRP lets you roleplay as a Walmart greeter-turned-meth kingpin. But beware: some servers are lawless wastelands of screeching mic users and poorly coded mods. Performance tanks when 50 players spawn T-rexes, but that’s the price of freedom.
AUTHOR INFORMATION
If you can dream it, you can build it (or break it). The only limit is your patience with the physics engine.
From Prop Hunt to Murder Mystery, the community’s game modes are legendary—just avoid the mic spammers.
The Steam Workshop is a bottomless toy box. Want a lightsaber duel atop a flying taco? Done.
Equal parts hilarious and infuriating. Ragdolls flop, cars defy logic, and everything explodes—on purpose.
Advanced tools feel like coding a NASA rocket. YouTube tutorials are your best friend.
PROS / CONS
- Limitless creativity
- Iconic game modes
- Massive mod library
- Physics-based humor
- Active community
- No built-in objectives
- Dated visuals
- Steep learning curve
- Unmoderated servers
- Performance dips
