Scrap Mechanic review

Scrap Mechanic is the best choice on this list for people whose idea of a robot game is building one. Axolot Games' Steam page offers three ways to play. Creative Mode gives you over 400 building parts to make a transforming vehicle, a walking house or any other machine, and mod support adds over 1,000 player-made parts. Survival Mode drops you on an agricultural planet where the Farmbots have gone haywire, and you build vehicles, automated machines and bases to survive and fight them. Challenge Mode has 40 Master Mechanic Trials, and you can make and share your own. Online co-op and Steam Workshop are both listed. It costs $28.99 on Steam, and the minimum spec is light: 8 GB of RAM, Intel Iris Xe class graphics and 30 GB of storage. It ranks below the mech action games because combat is a side activity and there is no story-driven robot piloting, and it runs only on Windows.

Who it is for

builders who want to engineer machines with friends

Price

$28.99 one-time on Steam.

defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures! $28.99 Buy on Steam
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 12, 2026.

Key features

• Creative Mode with over 400 building parts, per the Steam page
• Survival Mode story on a planet where Farmbots have gone haywire
• Master Mechanic Trials: 40 building challenges
• Mod support with over 1,000 player-made building parts
• Online co-op and Steam Workshop listed on Steam

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: The deepest robot and machine building on this list, with over 400 parts
• Strength: Online co-op for building and survival with friends
• Strength: Minimum GPU is Intel Iris Xe class, so many laptops qualify
• Weakness: You build machines and fight robots rather than pilot a mech
• Weakness: Windows only on Steam
• Weakness: Minimum spec lists a broadband internet connection

Key facts

• Developer: Axolot Games
• Release date on Steam: July 24, 2026
• Building parts: Over 400 in Creative Mode
• Challenges: 40 Master Mechanic Trials
• Storage: 30 GB

Where it ranks

Scrap Mechanic is No. 6 in our Best Robot Games verdict.