Instruments of Destruction

Radiangames / May 10, 2024 / Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy

Singleplayer

windows
Steam Deck Playable

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Crash through walls and tear down buildings in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based demolition. Pilot 130+ unique vehicles across scores of challenge-packed missions or design your own contraptions and wreck highly-interactive sandbox worlds.

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What's new

Patch notes for version 1.14a (minor update)

2025-09-11

Some more minor fixes coming over from the console version porting process: • Added "EARTHQUAKE!" to the screen when there's an earthquake • Fixed a few more 60hz physics issues • Fixed a bug where some logic was processing while the game was paused (making vehicles go wonky after you paused) • Fixed some minor localization issues (mission labels being the most obvious one) • Made water depth no longer update during Kraken fail sequence (speeds it up, saves a lot of memory) • Fixed Dragonfly Alpha shooting itself with some hidden lasers • Fixed a 2nd vehicle loading and making things weird if you went to build mode on 3-2/etc • After you reset progress, it should now be reset when you restart the game • Forced a couple non-mission islands far off the map if you use the unlock-all-missions cheat • Fixed Total Destruction achievement so it doesn't trigger by skipping a mission

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• Improved outline object cleanup so reloading a level doesn't increase memory usage by nearly as much as it used to • Made vehicle parts get added to the Recent list in more cases • If you skip a mission, the game now remembers that so some islands don't be re-locked when you restart the game

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What players say

Very Positive

92% positive, 1,178 reviews

Not recommended2 hrs played

It annoys me that I must leave a negative review. I love the idea of this game, it runs flawlessly, and the guy who made it is basically the reason I love destroying ♥♥♥♥ so much (Red faction Guerrilla was amazing for that !). But I've been missled by old reviews. I thought I'd have to build my machines to tackle some objectives and challenges. Basically, Trailmakers, but instead of collecting things I'd have to...

35 found this helpful, 2025-10-02

Not recommended1 hrs played

I am keeping it because I got it on sale, but this is not what I thought it was. I assumed it was like alot of other games where you have to build a machine to pass a level. But the campaign is just you driving pre-built machines to do the same thing over and over. You can build your own machines in sandbox, but there is no objective when building your own machines. Kind of a let down

19 found this helpful, 2025-10-20

Recommended12 hrs played

There's something satisfying about building a machine and watching it tear buildings apart exactly as planned. The physics are excellent, and experimenting with different designs is where the game really shines. It could use more variety in objectives over time, but it's an enjoyable sandbox that's easy to come back to.

7 found this helpful, 2026-06-27

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