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Garry's Mod

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Developer Facepunch Studios

Garry's Mod, commonly clipped as GMod, is a 2006 sandbox game developed by Facepunch Studios and published by Valve. The base game mode of Garry's Mod has no set objectives and provides the player with a world in which to freely manipulate objects. Other game modes, notably Trouble in Terrorist Town and Prop Hunt, are created by other developers as mods and are installed separately, by means such as the Steam… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

292 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works

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Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
1,229,373 of 1,268,959 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

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  • Steam user Steam user …9338Steam reviews · Apr 28, 2026 · 28 h played

    Don’t even bother getting s&box being a “gmod spiritual successor” At least with the actual gmod there is no ai slop, poor performance or heavily monetised items by the devs that try to make it a 1:1 copy of Roblox, and the default characters in gmod are at least more visually pleasant than those ugly sausages. Update: As of April 30th now that I’m updating it, Garry and Facepunch have outright admitted on their recent post release blog for s&box that they’re fully embracing the AI that s&box…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6853Steam reviews · Jun 8, 2026 · 646 h played

    I started playing Garry's Mod last year, and it became one of the best games I have ever played. It changed my life in a way I did not expect. The reason I started playing it was because my dad banned me from playing Roblox because of my grades. At first, I was upset and did not know what to play. Then I downloaded Steam because I thought it might have some games that were as fun as Roblox. While looking through the store, I found Garry's Mod. I thought, "Wow, this game looks really cool!" I…

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  • Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.ioBluesky · Apr 23, 2026

    Played some Mario Party 8 earlier and this game is way radder than I last gave it credit for. Lots of unique board specific ways of getting stars that could carry their own game Love this one where you get stars by investing in hotels around town Looks like Garry's Mod tho

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  • Steam user Steam user …1023Steam reviews · Jan 24, 2026 · 9 h played

    this game is so tuff before this i had no friends and i was in deep depression but when i got this game my life turned for the better, i got tons of friends (including elon musk and mr beast), my dad came back and i won the lottery. i would strongly recommend.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6971Steam reviews · Jan 3, 2026 · 6249 h played

    First off, I highly doubt my comment would be notable in the sea of various other reviews but I shall post nonetheless. For the inexpensive price, you get multiple games, communities, etc, all within in single game. Although you may encounter some of the worst that humanity has to offer, you might find that one community or one friend group that makes it somewhat worth it. I've always longed to experience this game around 2006-2015, but the remnants of those eras still remain, but…

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  • Aevee Bee @mammonmachine.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2025

    Nobody believed in him... "Garry, are you still wasting your time on that stupid game?" "It's not a game, mom." ...but this summer... "So in the game-" "Mod." ...one mod will change everything. "Well, what do you do in it? *Jack Black grins* "Anything." It's Garry's Mod—we're just living in it!

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  • Steam user Steam user …5395Steam reviews · Nov 5, 2025 · 315 h played

    Bought Garry’s Mod thinking it was just a physics sandbox. Ten minutes in, my friend spawned 400 explosive barrels, someone summoned Shrek with a lightsaber, and the server started playing loud Russian hardbass before crashing. I have no idea what I’m doing, but my PC begged for mercy. 10/10 — better chaos simulator than any AAA game!

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  • Steam user Steam user …2259Steam reviews · Aug 8, 2026 · 385 h played

    i have a crappy laptop, and i was new to the pc gaming shenanigans weeks ago, so since i got this laptop at bestbuy for 500 bucks, i just did whatever i could to it. Meant breaking the pc trying to run steamvr, almost installing viruses "meant to speed up my laptop", and so on. Then, i got gifted this by one of my friends who sadly took their life 2 years later, and from that day on, i keep playing gmod every now and then to commemorate him.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1737Steam reviews · Jul 4, 2026 · 2776 h played

    My childhood game, and im a working adult now and im still playing it

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  • Steam user Steam user …8799Steam reviews · Mar 28, 2026 · 5 h played

    its perfect! my kids love filming videos with this game and posting them they laugh and scream so we have to tell them to keep it down a bit X_X but overall i'd give it max stars

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  • Kenney @kenney.nlBluesky · Jun 18, 2025

    s&box (spiritual successor to Garry's Mod) has a theme park simulation game included and it uses my coaster carts - love it! 🤩

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  • Steam user Steam user …3475Steam reviews · Jan 28, 2026 · 6 h played

    it crashed my linux 20000 times and i had to install some random crap off github but i can be luigi shooting down a skeleton with a shotgun pistol so it was worth whatever virus i got off of github

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  • Gabe Follower @gabefollower.comBluesky · Feb 5, 2025

    Garry Newman confirmed that Valve has agreed to let people export game modes from S&Box (spiritual successor to Garry's Mod) as separate games and release them on Steam. They are also planning to allow people to monetize their game modes within S&Box, unlike G-Mod.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2842Steam reviews · Jun 21, 2026 · 5939 h played

    Spent my whole pre teenagehood no lifing in this game. i haven't played since 2016 but this is a MUST BUY for your lil bro (13+), i spent my childhood in here, helped me grow, it's fun from trolling to building random shi, the environment this game had was just peak, and a lot of ideas and games originated from here from TTT (amongus etc) to prophunt (mechha chameleon) it just allows you to grow and gain aura, totally worth the money. must play.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7927Steam reviews · Jun 10, 2026 · 2 h played

    Funni game I loaded into gm_construct I spawn npc I hit npc Npc fly Npc ded I invite friend He shoot me Me ded I spawn obunga Obunga beat box Obunga kills us 10/10

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  • ran @yordable.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2025

    The shooter even made a map of the originally targeted trans venue in a game (Garry's Mod), to virtually practice. This initial plan was scrapped around early July, because there would be "too few people". The shooter became fixated on achieving a higher body count. (3/5)

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  • Steam user Steam user …4282Steam reviews · Oct 8, 2025 · 332 h played

    ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6447Steam reviews · Apr 6, 2026 · 224 h played

    The ultimate sandbox game for fun. Even though a popular series in 2023 kinda ruined it, it’s still fun with friends or with randoms in public servers.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5429Steam reviews · May 8, 2026 · 14621 h played

    I never bothered writing a review for this for whatever reason, but now that S&Box is out to a disappointing unoptimized and Ai filled release I guess its as good a time as any. I've played this game a good chunk of my life if the hours didnt give it away, I learned level design and gamedev through here, and yeah it has a lot of problems, the engine can be frustrating, a little bit old, the communities a bit odd, but since Little Big Planet I have never seen a game unlock this much creative…

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  • Gabe Follower @gabefollower.comBluesky · Aug 1, 2025

    Garry Newman announced a mounting system for the sandbox gamemode in their spiritual successor of Garry's Mod (called S&Box). It will allow you to import and spawn assets from any game in your Steam library in the sandbox.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4141Steam reviews · Oct 14, 2025 · 40 h played

    this game was THE GAME back in like 15 years ago. before among us or phasmaphobia etc we had gmod for everything. with community mods this can be your horror game, action game, story game etc anything is possible. it's still well maintained to this day. get a few good friends and you can do silly things and have fun. it's cheap and it has infinite replayability.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2001Steam reviews · May 2, 2026 · 342 h played

    With Garry's Mod turning 20 years old soon enough, I'd like to leave a review about it, more so because at one point beautiful creations really deserve the best efforts. Garry's Mod is just that. When I was 6, this game came out, and my brother eventually bought it for us. We had little to no cash as a family of a single mom, so when my brother and I could resonate over a game, it was a ritual to bide our time with it as much as possible. Sometimes they were bad games, sometimes they were…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9895Steam reviews · Apr 30, 2026 · 385 h played

    Could I interest you in everything, all of the time? A little bit of everything, all of the time. Apathy’s a tragedy and boredom is a crime, Anything and Everything, all of the time.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3551Steam reviews · Sep 10, 2026 · 788 h played

    Garry`s Mod is a game that will either take up 30 minutes of your time or 30 years of it. It`s an incredibly massive sandbox where you can just create and create endlessly. It`s hard to say what can`t be recreated in this game, because it can pretty much realize anything, and the only real obstacle is your imagination and willingness to try. All of this is thanks to the work of tens of thousands of players who kept releasing mods, constantly pushing the game`s limits further. This is one of…

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  • Gabe Follower @gabefollower.comBluesky · Nov 11, 2024

    Facepunch has finally released a Steam page for S&Box - the spiritual successor to Garry's Mod, a game engine and platform. It allows anyone to create games in Source 2 using an intuitive scene/game-object/component system and C#. Release date to be announced.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3664Steam reviews · Jul 12, 2026 · 124 h played

    10/10 Game, would recommend I died to Tung Tung Tung Sahur in the backrooms, fun experience

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  • Steam user Steam user …9598Steam reviews · Jul 14, 2026 · 202 h played

    It's genuinely a 12/10 game. I highly recommend it to everyone. (*That was on a roleplay server*) A friend once called a taxi, and during the ride the driver told him that one of his friends worked at McDonald's. They decided to stop by, so my friend ordered a burger. The McDonald's employee then said, "You get a free toy with your meal." My friend asked, "What kind of toy is it?" Instead of giving him a toy, the employee just handed him some weed. It's genuinely one of the best games I've…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0019Steam reviews · Apr 4, 2026 · 32 h played

    As a sandbox game, the only limit for yourself here, is your own imagination, one of the best games i've played

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  • Steam user Steam user …9601Steam reviews · Apr 18, 2026 · 112 h played

    GMOD's endless possibilities make it unpredictable, yet extremely entertaining

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  • Steam user Steam user …2628Steam reviews · Feb 19, 2026 · 142 h played

    1. Open game 2. Go to maps 3.Go to deathrun 4.Invite friends 5.Get in a fight 6.Leave game 7. Calls back friends 8.Plays again 9.Fight 10.Uninstall game

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  • Steam user Steam user …8082Steam reviews · Nov 30, 2025 · 2761 h played

    In most games, a barrel is just an object. In Garry's Mod, it's a weapon, a propulsion system, and a punchline. Endless fun from a simple explosive barrel.

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  • Duck AI Slop!! @duckaislop.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2026

    s&box / Garry's Mod Developers / Facepunch Sutdios Steam disclosure for user gen ai content allowed, developers are pro-genai and supportive of it. Devs confirmed there was "vibe-coding". -y www.rockpapershotgun.com/garrys-mod-s...

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  • Steam user Steam user …5368Steam reviews · Jun 24, 2026 · 9 h played

    cant go in a lobby without someone saying the n word or larping as an involuntary celibate. classic gmod

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  • Steam user Steam user …9298Steam reviews · Nov 20, 2025 · 10 h played

    Garry’s Mod is one of those games that becomes whatever you want it to be. I play it with my son and it has turned into a modern day sandbox where you can create almost anything you can imagine. There is no real storyline or goal. You just jump in, pick tools, grab props, and build whatever comes to mind. That is the whole magic of it. The physics system is where the fun really starts. You can stack objects, throw things around, make machines, build cars, create scenes, or just mess around…

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  • Piemations @piemations.comBluesky · Nov 14, 2025

    New video up on Pie Holes! Today the gang plays Sport Game in Garry's Mod and everyone talks over each other. We upload there most Fridays, and I edited the one that went up today :) youtu.be/9ebtNEK6bGc

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  • Steam user Steam user …5076Steam reviews · Jul 17, 2026 · 390 h played

    captain clark chases me in the backrooms slips and explodes great game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9914Steam reviews · Dec 27, 2025 · 48 h played

    One of the best sandbox games I've ever played, doesn't get boring!! Weird community but I mean.. what community isnt? Shout out to the workshop for keeping the game entertaining.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0463Steam reviews · Mar 11, 2026 · 1573 h played

    This game makes me ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ horrified of being alone in a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dark ass room with NO light 10/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …8800Steam reviews · Nov 11, 2025 · 314 h played

    Best sandbox game out there. I like making war scenes. Can place NPC's wherever on the map and freeze them and unfreeze whenever your ready to see hell break loose

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  • Steam user Steam user …1532Steam reviews · Aug 19, 2026 · 11 h played

    honeslty the public servers are either chaos and unplayable or playable and break, and if you don't have friends then it's just boring

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  • Steam user Steam user …6988Steam reviews · Aug 13, 2026 · 38 h played

    This game is great for bad pcs and this game is the peak of moddable games

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  • Steam user Steam user …1217Steam reviews · Jul 21, 2026 · 7 h played

    A friend recommended this game to me, we jumped straight into co-op, and he showed me some incredible mods. After my first 7 hours, I am absolutely hooked! The game offers total creative freedom: there are no boundaries, and you can spawn, build, and experiment with the physics to your heart's content. On top of that, the huge modding community takes the entire experience to a whole new level. These first hours were definitely just the beginning, there are many more to come. If you love…

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  • Alice @asponge.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 14, 2024

    Counter-Strike 2's new Edinburgh map is cute enough, smooshing together some recognisable corners and architectural elements. But serious video game tourists must also visit Leith Waterworld via the Garry's Mod map for Trouble In Terrorist Town, which I've just noticed was remastered in 2020.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1520Steam reviews · Jul 31, 2026 · 7304 h played

    so many things to do in this game....though im waiting on garry to join a server again so i can get that i am real garry achievement, but other than that i love this game i spent hours just messing around on maps and downloading mods from the community, all the mods are really fun, i just think its so cool to take character models from other games and do funny things with them with the tool gun like making there heads big or small and making there fingers give the middle finger lol i even made…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1677Steam reviews · Nov 30, 2025 · 59 h played

    Started this game late asf, but super fun to play with friends and very creative.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5290Steam reviews · Oct 28, 2025 · 5473 h played

    So many memories of mine stem from this very game. DarkRP, ClonewarsRP, TTT, HarborRP, Prop Hunt, Stalker, Sandbox, and so much more! I spent hours in many different game modes, and met so many of my friends here.. Actually, 3 of my best friends that I've met IRL I met originally in this game years back!

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  • Steam user Steam user …5386Steam reviews · Jan 26, 2026 · 21 h played

    game is very fun and easy to code i reccomend this to someone who wants a game that has no goal and you can do whatever you want so uh yeah

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  • Steam user Steam user …6296Steam reviews · Jun 3, 2026 · 4867 h played

    Insufferable playerbase but least the community has a soul and puts effort into their work. I'll still take this game over its "successor" any day.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4222Steam reviews · Oct 18, 2025 · 19 h played

    Let’s be real here… GMOD is THE sandbox in all of gaming. Nothing feels better than hopping on a sandbox and just f$?!king around with whatever mods you have.. Growing up, watching YouTubers express themselves through this sandbox and just having fun were definitely some golden times during this era..and even today, GMOD creativity keeps on increasing as the years go by. This game definitely has a soft spot for me and a lot of gamers who were increased and watched other people play this…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0611Steam reviews · Sep 8, 2026 · 16 h played

    Garry's Mod is not a game. It is a lifestyle. I bought this game expecting to mess around for a few hours. 3,000 hours later, I have accomplished absolutely nothing. You can build anything, become anything, and do anything. Want to spend 6 hours making a completely useless contraption? You can. Want to install 47,000 addons and crash your computer? You can. Want to join a server where nobody knows what is happening? Absolutely. The physics engine has taught me more about engineering than…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6685Steam reviews · Aug 22, 2026 · 89 h played

    This is a load of crap that's only fun because you're running from Nextbots and doing stupid things. In conclusion, I recommend this game for people who have a lot of friends they can bomb to death with nukes.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2361Steam reviews · May 31, 2026 · 177 h played

    Absolutely a must-play, you can do literally anything here, it's worth buying no matter what

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  • Steam user Steam user …5197Steam reviews · Jul 3, 2026 · 19 h played

    This game is incredible, and if you Don't know how to install mods just go to the steam workshop and when you see a mod you wanna download just click on it and press subscribe but do be aware you gotta deal with its crappy looking ui

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  • Sauce @saucepub.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    I think Garry's Mod might be THE most culturally significant game of the 21st Century that is PURELY a game. It hasn't been franchised, it hasn't been merched to hell, it exists purely as a game on Steam that everyone who grew up on the internet have fond memories of.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3192Steam reviews · Sep 5, 2026 · 28 h played

    Probably the best choice i made, İm currently running away from scp 096 in a map that expands indefinitely Best game ever?

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  • Steam user Steam user …8068Steam reviews · Dec 25, 2025 · 2 h played

    Garry mod community and facepunch Dev team. I know you won't ready this review but case you do, I hope your christmas time spend with your family was an success. Anyways I hope the community enjoys this new year and hope 2026 Will BE far better.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7725Steam reviews · Nov 20, 2025 · 1522 h played

    Had some good times. Was mod of a server, had drama, made and lost friends. It was a interesting experience.

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  • TranklER @trankler.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 16, 2025

    The Signal Spires Probably one of the most beautiful regions in The Watcher DLC #rainworld #rainworldwatcher #watcherdlc #garrysmod #scenebuild

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  • Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.comBluesky · Apr 28, 2026

    Facepunch launches s&box, the highly anticipated successor to Garry's Mod #s&box #Facepunch #Gaming #PCGaming #Steam

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  • Steam user Steam user …0878Steam reviews · Feb 5, 2026 · 639 h played

    638 hours. ive been gooning to freddy fazbear for six hundred and thirty eight hours. it hurts.

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