Smithworks
Fair · Short indie · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Free and middling. Worth a look if the genre is yours.
- Length
- 4.2h
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 90% positive
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GTX 970, 799 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Smithworks is a first-person 3D cooperative multiplayer game where players play as fledgling blacksmiths. It is a humorous and chaotic experience where players will need to communicate effectively in order to craft these weapons quickly before the customers get angry.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- Player count is unknown. We assumed a small player base, about 500 owners.
The value story
Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Scribble It! (free, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats Obama Maze (free, scores 64).
5 players were online in it when we last checked, on Sep 28, 19:48 UTC.
The drop-off
86% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
5 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 19:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Smithworks scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. Player count is unknown, so the score assumes a small player base; Steam shows 2,325 reviews, so it has at least that many owners. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1568540/smithworksReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27.
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