I'll preface this by saying I am 100% not aware of every game in existence, but:
What happened to all the good games with a focus on destruction physics?
Red Faction: Guerrilla was one of my favorite games ever. It had its buggy moments, but overall its destruction physics system was fun and satisfying.
Then Red Faction: Armageddon was so terrible it killed the entire studio (that's probably not exactly what happened but I'm going with it), so now Red Faction is in some weird legal limbo or owned by a company with no plans for it or something like that.
The next choice seems to be Just Cause. The cables in Just Cause are great fun, but the structures all feel like they're made of cardboard and mostly are not destructible. Not very satisfying and not very fun long-term.
The best option I've played for current-or-previous-gen (yeah sorry still a console peasant, working on that) was Battlefield 6, which does destruction very well but it's hardly the main focus of the game like it was for RF:G.
So... what happened to good destruction-physics focused games? Are there any out there that I don't know about?
20 May 2026 21:44
You might like Teardown, it puts the Smash in Smash and Grab
20 May 2026 21:49
Assuming you aren't just talking FPSes (as all your examples are shooters). If not:
ABRISS
Besiege
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Space Engineers
Kerbal Space Program (the first one) (half the fun of this game is blowing your shit up by accident)
Forts
If you want to stretch the term a little:
DCS (an combat aircraft simulator that simulates physics and flying so well that even the USAF uses it for A-10 pilot training)
Avorion
* Empyrion - Galactic Survival
20 May 2026 21:51
abriss frustrated me because mid game they made timing an important element. kinda ruined it. Be warned
20 May 2026 21:59
Battlefield is the only FPS series that has kept some sort of environment destruction that I'm aware of. It's absolutely acceptable strategy to drive a tank through a building to take out a sniper. But it's not for everyone
20 May 2026 22:05
I used to play KSP all the time but my shit crashes every time, quickly, since they updated it to be more realistic. I am apparently not very good at rocket appliances.
I'll check out all the rest though, I actually havent heard of any except maybe Space Engineers. On another website, people recommended Crimson Dawn and The Finals. Crimson Dawn especially looks like it has insane destruction physics.
20 May 2026 22:06
I blew a sniper's whole shack up with a car bomb once lol, I love "unconventional warfare" in Battlefield games.
BF6 is my favorite Battlefield since BF3 so it's definitely for me, I just wouldn't call it a
destruction-focused game like RF:G necessarily. The physics are great, but really only designed to support the FPS gameplay - it would be boring to just go around smashing stuff.
20 May 2026 22:09
Wtf this looks like Minecraft but with physics lol, I am
very interested. Thank you! Really didn't expect to find so many good recommendations given PS5's limited library.
20 May 2026 22:09
Okay listen I haven't played it and I
hate shilling for Nintendo but... wasn't that the whole gimmick of
Donkey Kong: Bananza?
20 May 2026 22:18
Maybe but
I havent even finished TOTK yet lol I am not Switch 2 ready!
20 May 2026 22:22
Well, keep it in mind I guess! I am not going to be buying any Nintendo products in the near future but from what I can tell everyone who played DK Bananza loved it.
For other games I would say
The Finals is also featuring impressively destructible environments, although that one is multiplayer only.
20 May 2026 22:26
Embracer just announced that they want to use Red Faction again amongst other franchises. That could mean anything from shitty mobile cash grab to proper full price video game cash grab.
20 May 2026 22:37
HUGE NEWS
Maybe hugely exciting and maybe hugely disappointing, but definitely one of those
20 May 2026 22:52
My recommendation as well.
20 May 2026 22:56
There's The Finals that seem heavily centered around blowing everything up.
20 May 2026 23:14
Lemmy
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