Action · August 10, 2018
TerraTech (2018)
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design cars, tanks and planes from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts in order to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector. Start your career as an Intergalactic prospector in search of profit and glory in Campaign, build to your heart's content in Creative mode or pit your Techs against the clock in the Gauntlet Challenge. Team up with other intrepid prospectors in Co-op Campaign, build and create together in Co-op Creative, go head-to-head for glory in the Deathmatch Arena or battle for supremacy in Sumo. Using the building blocks, guns, wheels, and wings from several Mining Corporations, you can build varied Techs to suit every purpose. Be it powerful armoured combat vehicles, unstoppable resource gathering machines, sprawling resource processing bases or a hybrid of all three - creativity is your key to exo-planetary success. The worlds in TerraTech are procedurally generated and infinite, so there are always new lands to discover and more resources to find. Treacherous mountain ranges, luscious grasslands and huge deserts are among the biomes you will encounter. More will be added as development progresses. The intergalactic mining industry is a profitable one, but you are not the only miner in search for new worlds to exploit. Defending yourself from rival miners will take time, resources and skill, with success leading to new territory and new lands. All equipable blocks and items can be damaged or destroyed, so ensuring you are sufficiently armed and ready for battle is a key element of both survival and prosperity in TerraTech. Get out there and show them who’s boss! By gathering and processing natural resources, players are able to construct storage, refining and construction bases in order to craft new blocks in the game. Like the look of that Venture Hail Fire Rifle that just tore your vehicle apart? Go prospecting for the needed resources, and craft a couple for yourself in the shiny new Venture fabricator which you just acquired, by beating their time trial challenge in the nearby mountains. All exo-planetary prospectors buy parts from the established Mining Corporations, where each have their own specific brand of mining technology. Get the job done with GSO, strip-mine to the max with the heavy-duty GeoCorp, zoom around with high-performance recon specialists Venture, function with military efficiency utilising the stealth focused Hawkeye, gain technological superiority with Enviro-giants Better Future or experiment with the bizarre weaponry of Reticule Research. Completing missions and discovering blocks for each Corp will improve your standing with them, and gain access to the more sought-after components in their arsenal. Please check the System Requirements to ensure your PC is compatible.
Action releases from 2018
175 Action titles launched in 2018 — top 6 by review volume.
Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 23.4k Steam reviews | Top 21% in Action |
| Positive rating | 91% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 32% |
| Concurrent peak | 261 players | Top 22% in Action by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 29 h average | Top 16% for session depth among Action |
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Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Building · 837
- Sandbox · 745
- Open World · 698
- Open World Survival Craft · 646
- Multiplayer · 619
- Robots · 615
- Crafting · 540
- Action · 487
- Survival · 451
- Adventure · 430
- Singleplayer · 408
- Exploration · 401
- Strategy · 370
- Early Access · 336
- Indie · 321
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English
- German
- Russian
- French
- Dutch
- Polish
- Portuguese - Portugal
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Italian
- Swedish
- Spanish - Spain
- Japanese
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Online PvP
- Co-op
- Online Co-op
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
Input & Comfort
- Partial Controller Support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Reception Metrics
Steam community
91%Very Positive · 23.4k reviews
21.3k positive · 2.1k negative
Curator recommendations
19.8k
Peak concurrent players
261
Press Quotes
“TerraTech is digital Lego Technic with guns” Kotaku “Absolutely brilliant ... It's The Incredible Machine does Robot Wars” Rock Paper Shotgun “This is a really cool game!” Jacksepticeye
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
29h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
13h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
1h
Current engagement
Achievements
15
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Aug 10, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Payload Studios |
| Publisher | Mythwright |
| Base price | $6.24 -75% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 8 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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