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 4/23/2025.
The Tool Review
The Tool has achieved a Steambase Player Score of 83 / 100. This score is calculated from 12 total reviews on the Steam store — giving it a Positive rating. These are split between 10 positive reviews, 2 negative reviews, and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback.
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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.
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 functionality 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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More Steam Charts
Track historical trends for The Tool community hub members and its growth over time. It currently has 60 followers in its community.
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