Seeing new simulation sandbox game RoadCraft in action has me very eager to get stuck into its gorgeous heavy-industry construction projects. It’s a spiritual follow up to Saber Interactive’s realistic, physics-driven off-road driving simulator SnowRunner, and leans into that delightfully weighty sense of vehicular heft. It’s all about rebuilding some of the planet’s most devastated locales, putting construction equipment to work in either single player or co-op, and it’s looking spectacular.
RoadCraft puts you in charge of a construction company that specializes in restoring sites hit by natural disasters. That means you’ll be dealing with destruction on an apocalyptic scale, with the likes of floods, earthquakes, and sandstorms leaving damaged infrastructure, rubble, and debris in their wake. The real beauty of this sandbox game comes from how it implements realistic physics on all its objects and vehicles, necessitating careful use of every tool at your disposal to get the job done.
First, you’ll have to trudge your way through the dirt, muck, and snow to your destinations. Need an easier time covering tough terrain? Lay down new paths through flooded regions with sand and asphalt to make transportation smoother, or build permanent bridges for the long-term. Then, make use of your scot vehicle to analyze the lay of the land, scanning the terrain and assessing the scale of the damage.
Once you know what needs doing, the real work of this building game gets underway. Jump in a bulldozer to clear your path or make use of the automated debris removal; employ cranes to lift out damaged parts and slot in fresh components; and lay out cables to restore power to blackout zones. You can make use of recycling facilities to turn leftover scrap into useful equipment, and organize your logistics across your whole factory network, ensuring smooth delivery of whatever you need.
With eight maps spanning the globe, each more than four square kilometers in size, and over 40 vehicles to unlock as you roll through its campaign of critical missions and optional side contracts, there’s plenty on offer. You can approach RoadCraft as a single-player game or band together as a group of up to four in co-op to collaborate on your projects and restore hope to its range of ruined regions.
Ben called SnowRunner an “essential purchase” for anyone with a penchant for physics toy boxes in his review for PCGamesN, noting the sheer satisfaction of overcoming its “uncompromising, sometimes brutal simulation.” RoadCraft looks to take those core concepts and build more structure around them – literally and metaphorically – and I’m very eager to try it for myself.
RoadCraft is set to launch on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store Tuesday May 20, 2025. It’s priced at $39.99 / £34.99 for the standard edition, or $49.99 / £44.99 for the Rebuild addition, which includes two additional maps and the Invictus Type A scout vehicle. You can wishlist it now if you want to be notified when it launches.
If realism brings you as much satisfaction as it does for me, I’d recommend the best simulation games in a heartbeat. For more that you can enjoy with friends, here are the best co-op games in 2025.
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