Autocraft

Autocraft

Skip · Strategy · 2017

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 3, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Length
1.1h 4.6h to 100%
Value
$9.08/hr
Reviews
56% of 298 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

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

Raising the score
Replayability~4.6h to replay
Co-op and replay time. The value score counts hours well past the 1.1h main story
Holding it back
Value$9.08/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews56% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 58% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 43 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Direct X9.0c Compatible, 799 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

It has been discounted 57 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Spaceflight Simulator ($14.99, scores 63) beats it on value, while it beats Kerbal Space Program 2 ($49.99, scores 2).

More about Autocraft

Finishing takes 1.1 hours; clearing it takes 5, which is 4.2 times the campaign.

What players say

Autocraft, developed and published by Alientrap, is a construction-focused sandbox puzzle game that revolves around creativity, experimentation, and the unpredictable nature of physics-driven design. It places players in a series of compact, self-contained environments and challenges them to build functional vehicles capable of reaching specific objectives. While the premise is simple, the experience quickly becomes...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 13h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
whew...what a ride It was honestly a bit emotional coming back to pc gaming and finding this game from my old library. I enjoyed this game a TON when I was a kid, and I owe a lot of my creativity today to the awakening that this game was for me. 47 hours was a long time for little me, and I loved every second of it farewell old friend ;-;
MachinaSnekRecommendedafter 48hDec 2023Read on Steam
I never really got into this game, despite my 12.4 hours, but now that it's no longer updated I'm more sad than anything, the game had great potential, but it seems the devs gave up on it so it's really not worth buying if you are looking for a finished game, or an active community.
FreezeNot recommendedafter 7.8h69 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Autocraft scores 3/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/287220/autocraft
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

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Details

DeveloperAlientrap
PublisherAlientrap
GenreStrategy
Released2017
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate