Garry's Mod tops 3.5 million sold, continues to pick up steam

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In the nearly 10 years since Garry's Mod first debuted as a modification for Half-Life 2, the open sandbox physics simulator has sold over 3.5 million copies, while doubling its sales each year.

Garry Newman, the game's creator and namesake, cites a number of reasons for its success: the ever-increasing popularity of Steam, user-generated content, additions from other Valve games like Team Fortress 2, and the modern prevalence of video game footage on YouTube. That last one is crucial, as Garry's Mod thrives on its weirdness. The game itself allows players to place any Source Engine object into the world to manipulate as they see fit, and as the above screenshot demonstrates, the best results are often bafflingly weird.

Surprisingly, Newman believes that Minecraft – a similarly open, wildly popular sandbox game – is more of an aid than detriment to sales of Garry's Mod. "You'd think Minecraft would kill GMod's popularity ... but it's kind of the opposite," Newman told Rock Paper Shotgun. "People play Minecraft to death – they love it ... so they go out looking for other games that are a bit like it. Minecraft has attracted a lot of people that aren't really PC gamers too. They play the game on the 360 or the iPad and everyone tells them that the PC version is better."

While current monetary figures don't exist, Newman revealed in March that at the time Garry's Mod had generated $22 million in sales so far – quite a haul for a $10 Steam title that's never seen a proper retail release.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/26/garrys-mod-tops-3-5-million-sold-continues-to-pick-up-steam/

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VPNPosted:

Its actually pretty fun to play.

RaitoKunRyukPosted:

Int is this game even good, i might get it


It depends on what you find fun; if you like sandbox games in which you can do anything and everything, then it will be perfect for you. You can roleplay, build and race sleds, play infection gamemodes... the possibilities are endless.

CaszechPosted:

Never played this, might have to check it out.

MaggardoPosted:

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CL4PTRAP I personally don't own a gaming pc to run this however the game looks amazing.


you need anythig but gaming pc to run this. Garrysmod is also so popular because it can be run more easily than minecraft. its can be a real fun game with many game types like trouble in terrorist town, RP (if ur into that stuff) and mini games. there i really endless amount of things you can do


So, you don't need a gaming PC to run this! Sweet, I just might buy it, depending on the price!


did you even read the article its $10


No, not the full article, I read to the first 2 paragraphs, and then commented!

Truth-Posted:

Int, This game is really good, have you never seen it before,
might be hard at first with all the things you can do but watch people!

IntPosted:

is this game even good, i might get it

Intervention-xPosted:

Still play it now occasionally, had it years had so much fun on that..
with my first ever pc that had a 64mb graphics card lol

lordlustPosted:

I didn't buy it but instead I downloaded it off Piratebay.org Why? Because f*ck you! That's why..

EtaPosted:

Gary's Mod is so fun to play with friends.

gmlukensPosted:

Wow, thats goota be the most sold game on steam