Teardown

Game information

Teardown is a physics-driven sandbox game centered around strategic destruction and environmental manipulation. Players complete objectives by breaking into buildings, stealing targets, or escaping within a limited time after triggering alarms. Each mission begins with a planning phase, where players can explore the map and set up tools or escape routes. Once the alarm is activated, a countdown starts, forcing the player to move quickly and follow a precise path through the chaos. The freedom to shape the environment with explosives, vehicles, and cutting tools allows for unique solutions to every task.

Tools, Physics, and Player Strategy

The game offers a wide range of tools including sledgehammers, blowtorches, shotguns, and remote explosives, all of which interact with materials in realistic ways. Wooden walls burn, metal surfaces resist impact, and debris piles up based on the direction and force of damage. Vehicles can be used to smash through structures or carry items across large maps. Players are encouraged to experiment with combinations of tools and vehicle paths to create efficient plans. Each object in the environment behaves with full physical simulation, which adds depth and unpredictability to the destruction.

Visual Style and Sandbox Features

Teardown uses a stylized voxel-based aesthetic, giving it a blocky but detailed visual presentation. Lighting and shadows are dynamic, reacting to broken windows, crumbling walls, and fire spread. The sandbox mode allows for free play without time limits, where players can test new strategies or create large-scale destruction for fun. Custom content and modding support have expanded the game further, adding new maps, tools, and challenges made by the community. The combination of destruction mechanics, planning elements, and physical realism defines the core experience of Teardown.