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Why does this rank above games with actual design behind them? What exactly are we voting for here, the engine or the memes people made with it?
Game entry
Garry's Mod
2004 · Simulation, Sandbox · PC, Mac, Linux · Valve
Garry's Mod carries 1,725 ELO points on GameForever and holds position no. 417 in the world ranking, with 66% of duels won out of 227 played. Of the 6 duels that pitted it against Grand Theft Auto V, it has won 1 and lost 5. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 12 out of 150 (Simulation).
World rank
no. 417
ELO score
1,725
Wins
66%
Duels played
227
About Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod is a physics-based sandbox game built on Valve's Source engine. In its base mode, there are no objectives. Players can spawn non-player characters, ragdolls, and props, then manipulate them using a physics gun that can pick up, rotate, and freeze objects in place. A tool gun provides additional functionality such as welding objects together or adjusting facial expressions on ragdolls. The game supports extensive Lua-based modding, and community-created game modes like Trouble in Terrorist Town and Prop Hunt have become widely popular in their own right. Originally released as a free mod for Half-Life 2 in 2004, it became a standalone commercial release in 2006 and holds the record as the best-selling PC-exclusive game.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,725 ELO points over the last 215 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Grand Theft Auto V 17% 6 duels played · 83 points behind
- against Far Cry 3 25% 4 duels played · 32 points ahead
- against Minecraft: Java Edition 25% 4 duels played · 53 points behind
- against Assassin's Creed 50% 4 duels played · 31 points ahead
- against Tomb Raider 75% 4 duels played · 77 points behind
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Around this spot
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The standing
Where Garry's Mod ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Garry's Mod stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 12 out of 150 (Simulation).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 417 | 5,110 |
| Simulation | 12 | 150 |
| 2000s | 126 | 1,304 |
| 2004 | 19 | 137 |
The community
The debate
31 comments
CosmoSniper3
Why does this rank above games with actual design behind them? What exactly are we voting for here, the engine or the memes people made with it?
BossOwl1995
my brother built a whole trap for me once and i fell for it every single time...
VinylOwl
Same energy honestly, my friends and I never needed a goal either.
Iron_Shields
Wasn't the trap basically the whole appeal though, or did the game itself ever pull you back in?
ChaddOwl
People act like no objectives is a flaw, but honestly that's the entire point, and honestly once you get a few tools down it just opens up, I don't know how to explain it better than that.
TurboLegend
Le souci c'est justement que sans direction, l'intérêt retombe vite pour ceux qui aiment être guidés.
CoopRunner
We never touched the tool gun much, just physics gun chaos for hours.
Irma_76
My roommate spent an entire evening just making NPCs fall down stairs and I couldn't stop watching.
IronKid2
Ah si, la libertad total, seguro, mientras tanto Minecraft te deja construir algo que sigue en pie al dia siguiente.
suzanne16
Same here, evenings like that are hard to forget.
Mckenna_66
It's not really a game in the traditional sense, more like a toolbox that happens to have a game engine attached, and I think that's exactly why it splits opinion.
Homenick28
toolbox w no goal, so what?