Garry’s Mod Creator Didn’t Want to Sell The Game But 18 Years Later Over 25 Million Players Proved Him Wrong

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Garry’s Mod Creator Didn’t Want to Sell The Game But 18 Years Later Over 25 Million Players Proved Him Wrong

Facepunch Studios’s 2006 video game, Garry’s Mod is a sandbox video game that is well-known for its creativity and open-ended gameplay. As the base game, it is simply a physics-based sandbox game in which players can spawn non-player characters, ragdolls, and props, and interact with them. Not many people know that the game initially started out as a mod for Valve’s Half-Life 2. What’s so special about the game is that it allows the community to create custom games.

Garry’s Mod creator doubted the game’s success (Image via Facepunch Studios)

Even 18 years after its release, it ******** one of the most popular games on Steam. When Garry’s Mod was first gaining traction, the game’s creator, Garry Newman, was approached by Valve as the studio was interested in making it a standalone game. However, Newman initially rejected the idea. He recently revealed that he was not sure if the game would even sell.

Garry’s Mod Creator Thought No One Would Buy The Game

In a recent X post, Garry’s Mod creator, Garry Newman, revealed that he rejected the idea of selling the game commercially because he thought no one would buy the game. 18 years later, Newman is glad that he was wrong as the game, which started out as a mod for Half-Life 2, has sold over 25 million copies.

When Valve first floated the idea of selling Garry’s Mod on Steam I said no because.. “who would pay for that?”.

Well 18 years later, it turns out that 25,560,290 people would. Glad to have been wrong on this one

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— garry (@garrynewman)

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The game certainly changed Newman’s life but it was also important for many gamers around the world. From shaping careers to igniting a passion for gaming, Garry’s Mod did it all.

Wouldn’t have started my web development career without this game crazy how things turn out

— Polite (@PoliteButToxic)

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You made one of my favourite video games of all time, and one of the greatest.

— gazadventures (@DaftHero)

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Vanoss introduced me to GMOD back in 2013, I was still in middle school. His videos cracked me up. I was a console gamer but learning about GMOD and Steam got me into PC gaming.

Your game literally got me into PC gaming and introduced to wider communities

— Red (@OfficialRedC)

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this is one of the most fun and entertaining games i have ever played, thank you garry!

— Zeph

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