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Garry's Mod

🔨Garry's Mod

The ur-sandbox. Gmod gamemodes are half the friend-slop ecosystem.

9.2 / 10
1–16 players
💥Chaos
Players
1–16
Released
Nov 29, 2006
Developer
Facepunch Studios · Valve
Price
$9.99
Multi-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Achievements

Facepunch's physics sandbox. TTT, Prop Hunt, Murder, Sandbox, DarkRP — dozens of community gamemodes are the real product. The OG friend-stack server game. Still going after 20 years.

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Steam Workshop About the GameGarry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play. You spawn objects and weld them together to create your own contraptions - whether that's a car, a rocket, a catapult or something that doesn't have a name yet - that's up to you. You can do it offline, or join the thousands of players who play online each day. If you're not too great at construction - don't worry! You can place a variety of characters in silly positions. But if you want to do more, we have the means. Beyond the SandboxThe Garry's Mod community is a tremendous source of content and has added hundreds of unique modes to the game. In Trouble In Terrorist Town, you can be a detective solving an online murder as criminals attempt to cover up their homicides. Be a ball, a plant, a chair, or anything else in Prop Hunt's elaborate, shape-shifting game of Hide & Seek. Elevator: Source is gaming's first elevator thrill ride, delivering players to airlocks and kitten dance parties. We have one of the most vibrant Steam Community Workshops, with over 300'000 models, maps, and contraptions to download. It has everything from new tools to improve your builds, to guns that fire rainbow-tinged nuclear blasts from space. Take as much or as little as you need: it’s all free. Please note: Some multiplayer servers and game-modes might require you to own other games - such as Counter-Strike: Source and Team Fortress 2.

🎮This one plays better on a pad — our pick: Xbox Wireless Controller

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Quickstart

How to actually play this with friends — written by Claude.

## Set it up - Install via Steam — free-to-play-adjacent price, so the whole group can grab it fast - The Workshop is the actual content: subscribe to a gamemode (TTT, Prop Hunt, Murder, DarkRP) with one click before you host or join a server - Vanilla supports up to 16 players, so pick your gamemode based on group size rather than hunting for a cap mod

## Your first session - Start with Trouble in Terrorist Town or Prop Hunt — both have a low rules overhead and read instantly even to first-timers - Someone should host a private server for the first round so nobody's dropped into a chaotic public lobby mid-explanation - Let the traitor/hider mechanics do the work — don't over-explain the ruleset, most GMod gamemodes click within one round

## Group size advice - TTT and Murder are tightest at 6-8, where suspicion and bluffing actually mean something - Prop Hunt and Sandbox scale up toward the full 16 for bigger, sillier Discord calls - Twenty years of Workshop content means there's a gamemode for basically any group size or mood

Gear picks

Gear up for Garry's Mod

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A controller for the party gamesPhysics chaos, sports slop and couch-style co-op play better on a pad. Works with Steam right out of the box.Our pick: Xbox Wireless Controller →On a budget: GameSir G7 SE →
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A headset your squad can actually hearProximity chat is the whole game. Hear the footsteps behind you, and stop the crackle that gets you muted.Our pick: HyperX Cloud III →On a budget: Razer BlackShark V2 X →
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A USB mic for the shot-callerIf you're the one making the calls (or lying through social deduction), a desk mic beats any headset boom.Our pick: FIFINE AmpliGame AM8 →On a budget: TONOR TC310 USB microphone →
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A wireless mouse that won't die mid-raidSurvival-crafting and extraction runs are long. A light wireless mouse with a long battery life keeps you in it.Our pick: Logitech G305 Lightspeed →

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Screenshots

Mods

Player-cap and essential quality-of-life mods, curator-verified where possible.

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