Dieselpunk Wars

Dieselpunk Wars is a vehicle-building and combat game in which you construct machines from over 300 elements, then take them into missions and battles. Build fighters, transporters, tanks, destroyers or blimps using different weapons, armor, engines, wheels and propulsion systems. Vehicle shape and individual parts affect handling and capabilities, including air drag, and you can revise a design or start again from a blank slate.

Build and customize vehicles

Each vehicle is built around a single core block, whose destruction annihilates the whole vehicle. Every block must connect to the core, and has its own hit points, fire resistance, and resistance to impact and explosions. Some blocks can be flooded or lose their lift power, while the destruction of any element affects the vehicle’s combat capabilities. Strategic placement can improve its survivability and efficiency.

You can build with many materials and paint armor with different thicknesses. The hull’s shape and size affect drag through air and water: angled, aerodynamic hulls move faster than brick-shaped ones. Some blocks provide buoyancy or lift, which need to be balanced against the vehicle’s center of mass. Water has simulated waves, and wind can power sails. Engines can catch fire if pushed too hard.

Weapons and combat

Weapons are separate objects with their own logic and physics. Before firing, each checks that it will not hit or collide with its own vehicle. You can equip artillery, missile launchers, machine guns, flamethrowers, torpedo launchers, bombs, depth charges and close-combat weapons. A harpoon can grab and pull enemies, or pull your own vehicle to the ground.

Combat uses simulated projectiles with ballistics, penetration and ricochet mechanics. Angled armor can offer better protection and deflect incoming shots. Damage simulation can destroy individual blocks or cut a vehicle in half; projectiles, armor, fire and flooding all affect how a machine performs. Enemy vehicles can act differently depending on their weapons and objectives, and some have different visibility ranges and detection radii.

Campaign and battles

Explore deserts, mountains and swamps as you progress through the campaign, complete missions and acquire new parts. The campaign has a plot, many missions and a level progression system that lets you unlock skills and use active powers. Its challenges include invading and conquering entire islands.

Battle mode lets you set up custom battles between vehicles you have built. You can fight alongside allies or alone, facing increasingly difficult challenges and studying enemy plans and weaknesses. Creative mode lets you build any vehicle you want, and the integrated Steam Workshop lets you share your creations.