Rank 01Why this
Shares vehicle customization with TerraTech.
- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2024
Games like TerraTech
- 24 games
- Updated Nov 3, 2026
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The closest matches to TerraTech: TerraTech Worlds, Terraria, Space Engineers, Scrap Mechanic, and Starbound. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Scrap Mechanic
Why this: Same challenging mood as TerraTech.
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From the Depths
Why this: Same contemplative mood as TerraTech.
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: Payload Studios
- Price: $24.99checked Nov 3
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 93% of 13,053 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Build anything you imagine
- Endless machine customization
- Mods expand the game infinitely
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Epic
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Why this: Also Robots and Crafting, like TerraTech.
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Why this: Same contemplative mood as TerraTech.
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Why this: Same epic mood as TerraTech.
Kerbal Space Program
Why this: Same challenging mood as TerraTech.
TerraTech Legion
Why this: Shares vehicle customization with TerraTech.
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Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like TerraTech.
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Why this: Same contemplative mood as TerraTech.
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Why this: Same challenging mood as TerraTech.
About TerraTech
The closest matches to TerraTech: TerraTech Worlds, Terraria, Space Engineers, Scrap Mechanic, and Starbound. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If TerraTech is your kind of game, the closest matches are TerraTech Worlds, Terraria and Space Engineers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and epic, and single out its block based crafting and factory building. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
TerraTech is an open-world vehicle-building sandbox released in 2018 by Payload Studios. Players construct vehicles from a library of blocks, harvesting resources and using block-based crafting to expand their creations. The game includes high-speed combat, factory-building mechanics, and mod support alongside online co-op multiplayer. Players describe the machine customization options as allowing them to build anything they imagine, with reviewers highlighting nostalgic lego-like building and satisfying high-speed destruction. The sandbox spans a massive world with chill difficulty, priced at $24.99 USD and marked as playable on Steam Deck. Reviewers describe the overall experience as both epic and whimsical, and the game holds a 93% positive rating from 13,053 Steam reviews.
About TerraTech: 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 vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Is TerraTech worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 93% of 13,053 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 95% positive across 77 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Price: $24.99 (checked Nov 9).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 68 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 51 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Build anything you imagine
- Endless machine customization
- Mods expand the game infinitely
- Nostalgic lego like building
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Quite boring. All you do is drive from point to point and back. Hard to drive anything, let alone shoot at something. Found some conveyers, didn't see the point of them since there is nothing to setup a mining operation for. Blocks are…”
People who play it also play: TerraTech Worlds, Terraria, Space Engineers
Frequently asked about TerraTech
Can I run it?
Does TerraTech run on Steam Deck?
TerraTech is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does TerraTech cost?
TerraTech is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does TerraTech have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — TerraTech supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to TerraTech?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside TerraTech are TerraTech Worlds, Terraria, Space Engineers.
Who developed TerraTech?
TerraTech was developed by Payload Studios and published by Mythwright.