Games like Teardown where every wall can come down
Instruments of Destruction, BeamNG.drive and Red Faction: Guerrilla are the games to play after Teardown. Each one is built around physics that let you break things for real. On a phone, Roam has voxel demolition puzzles and city smashers.
What makes Teardown different
Teardown is a voxel heist and destruction game by Tuxedo Labs. It entered early access in 2020 and fully released in 2022. Every building is made of small voxels, so a wall breaks where you hit it, not where a designer allowed.
Heist levels give the destruction a purpose. You set up the route first by knocking holes, placing ramps and parking cars, then grab the targets once the alarm starts and race the clock. There is also a sandbox mode and a big mod workshop.
Destruction games to try
- Instruments of Destruction. Radiangames' physics demolition game. Build vehicles from parts, then crush buildings with them. Full release in May 2024.
- BeamNG.drive. Soft-body car physics from BeamNG. Crashes bend metal like no other driving game. In early access on PC since 2015.
- Red Faction: Guerrilla. Volition's 2009 open-world shooter on Mars. Bring down buildings with a sledgehammer. A Re-Mars-tered edition came out in 2018.
- Besiege. Spiderling Studios' medieval machine builder. Build a siege engine block by block, then flatten a castle.
- Smash Hit. Mediocre's 2014 phone game. Throw metal balls to smash glass as you fly down a corridor.
Three ways to enjoy a destruction game
Plan, then break: Teardown rewards you for cutting a path before the timer starts. Engineer it: Besiege and Instruments of Destruction are about building the machine that does the breaking. Just watch it fall: BeamNG and Smash Hit are about the moment of impact.
Knowing which of the three you like makes the next pick easy.
Roam demolition games
- DEMO DAY (Roam). A voxel demolition puzzle like Teardown. Pick a tool, drop the tower, get paid.
- Wrecking Tap (Roam). A physics demolition puzzle. Six swings, one chimney, pick your bricks.
- Break the Dam (Roam). Ten shots at one giant wall. Let the water out.
- Kaiju Rampage: City Breaker (Roam). One giant lizard, one city, everything breaks.
- Tank City (Roam). Drive a tank and level the district. You get paid for every block.
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Make your own destruction game with Roam
Pick what you smash and what you smash it with. Roam builds the level, and you add more buildings or a timer by asking.
Try: "voxel demolition game in my school, wrecking ball and dynamite, 60 seconds to knock down the gym, friends can race me"Questions people ask
Is Teardown on mobile?
No. Teardown is a PC and console game. On a phone, Smash Hit and Roam's demolition puzzles are the closest.
Who made Teardown?
Tuxedo Labs, a small studio in Sweden. The full release was in April 2022.
What is the most realistic destruction game?
BeamNG.drive for car crashes. For buildings, Teardown and Instruments of Destruction have the most detailed physics.