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Instruments of Destruction is a vehicle-building sandbox featuring advanced physics-based destruction. Create crazy construction vehicles and use them to demolish buildings and complete various objectives.

Developer  Publisher:  Genres:  Translations:  Features:  Tags:  
Early Access2 Mar, 2022
Release DateMar 2, 2022
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95.3% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 10% / 94.7%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.3% Top 4% / 88.9%  Top 4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)832  Top 15% / 886  Top 15%
Curators21 reviews  Top 30%
Median Play Time11.3 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar34 minutes
Followers10.6K  Top 10%
Owners± 48.5K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 44.8K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 679.6K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Instruments of Destruction steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Instruments of Destruction's Steam rating and reviews between March 2022 and December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 98.2% (April 2022) to 94.6% (December 2023).

With 886 reviews Top 15%, Instruments of Destruction could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. The chart looks like a long tail distribution, which sometimes means that the marketing was concentrated on the game launch and then stopped, and that no major update or discounts followed.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Instruments of Destruction and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Instruments of Destruction's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (76%), followed by German (7%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 20 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Instruments of Destruction percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Instruments of Destruction, comparing positive and negative reviews. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. The time played is very good, reaching 39 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 10 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 69 minutes), it can be a sign that the game crashes on some systems or that players misunderstood the nature of the game (Does the Steam page clearly explain it, with gifs and a gameplay video ?). It can also mean that some players were somehow offended by Instruments of Destruction and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • best optimizations
  • amount of particles and debris
  • barely feel fps drop
  • same spirit of destroy things
  • wonderful workshop
  • nice graphics
  • beautiful and realistic
  • building and destruction focus
  • vehicle sharing
  • good physics engine
  • compared to Teardown
  • worse optimization and graphics in Teardown
  • less features than Teardown
  • may not appeal to everyone
  • lacks variety
  • limited replay value
  • clunky controls
  • lack of tutorials
  • bugs and glitches
  • early access limitations

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 95.3%  Top 10% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Instruments of Destruction's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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