The Tool
Relaxing casual puzzle game. Create your own combinations of physical world objects, watch and run physical simulations, create new messages and share your creations with other players. Receive packages from the cloud and unpack it.
- Release Date:10/30/2020
- Developer:Mikhail Maksimov
- Publisher:Garage Digital
- Last Updated:5/14/2025
- Steam App Id:1436870
The Tool
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, The Tool has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 0% lower than its previous all-time peak of 1 players achieved on 9/12/2025.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for The Tool. It has received a total of 12 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 68 (Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for The Tool and its growth over time. It currently has 60 followers on its community page.
About The Tool
The Tool is an Indie, Casual, Simulation, and Free to Play game developed by Mikhail Maksimov. On 10/30/2020, it was released on the Steam Store by Garage Digital.
Players have rated The Tool as "Positive" out of 12 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 10 positive reviews and 2 negative reviews — an overall 83% positive review rating.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. At the moment, it is possible to play The Tool on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
According to Steam’s category system, The Tool supports the following features:
- Single-player
From the Steam community, The Tool has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Game Development
- Atmospheric
- Surreal
- Tutorial
- Free to Play
- 3D
- Puzzle
- Psychedelic
- Experimental
- Artificial Intelligence
- Simulation
- Education
- Indie
- Casual
- Relaxing
- Singleplayer
- Physics
Media & Sceenshots
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Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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The Tool data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, May 14). The Tool on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436870
- Valve Corporation. (2025, May 14). The Tool. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1436870