Garry Newman says his game creation platform s&box will 'probably' be priced similarly to Garry's Mod

Garry Newman says his game creation platform s&box will ‘probably’ be priced similarly to Garry’s Mod | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Gaming Industry Valve says Steam users downloaded 100 exabytes of games in 2025, and are averaging 274 petabytes of installs and updates every day Hardware Valve nixes less confident Steam Machine language, recommits to 2026 release Gaming Industry Garry Newman says he originally expected Garry’s Mod to make ‘about $30,000’ as a ‘best case scenario’ FPS It’s taken 2 decades to appear, but this fan-made spiritual successor to Command & Conquer: Renegade has finally hit 1.0: ’12 years of beta testing has led us to this’ Puzzle Human Fall Flat, which is bizarrely one of the best-selling games of all time, gets a Viking-themed map featuring Dave the Diver for some reason Roguelike Slay the Spire 2 dev hates microtransactions, even though players would definitely pay for them: ‘A lot of our players threaten to buy all and any cosmetics we may ever release’ FPS Highguard didn’t flop Gaming Industry Steam reportedly raked in a record-breaking $1.6 billion in December with Arc Raiders alone moving over a million copies Hardware Steam Machine will play the majority of Steam titles ‘at 4K 60 fps with FSR’, but some will require more upscaling than others, Valve says Hardware Here’s what we think the Steam Machine will cost now that Valve’s admitted ‘limited availability and growing prices’ have forced it to change plans RPG Avowed was always great, but now that it costs what it should have at launch and nobody’s being weird about it online, it’s kinda perfect Action Just Cause dev co-founder says the studio got too big and ‘numbers focused,’ so he quit and made a $25 open world crime brawler FPS Valve veteran imperiously scorns reports that it’s secretly finished Half-Life 3 and moving devs to other projects: ‘They’ve been done for months! They just sit on the game! They’re just relaxing!’ Gaming Industry I asked Garry Newman if he really was going to rename s&box as Garry’s mod 2 after an overwhelming poll and he joked ‘people are d*ckheads’ Sim Star Citizen is on course to reach $1 billion in player funding in 2026, and we still might not get to play its singleplayer campaign next year Trending NEW: PC Gamer Clips! Marathon Arc Raiders Best PC gear Quizzes Gaming Industry Garry Newman says his game creation platform s&box will ‘probably’ be priced similarly to Garry’s Mod News By Christopher Livingston published 11 March 2026 That’s great news in the age of $80 games. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Hard to believe, but Garry’s Mod has been around for 20 years, and even back in 2006, its $10 price tag made it an easy decision for people who wanted to clown around in the physics sandbox or use it to make their own games to play and share.Garry Newman’s new game creation platform, s&box, is on the brink of an April release, so when I met with Newman this week to chat about the history of Garry’s Mod and the future of s&box, I was curious. How much is the new game-making engine going to cost?Truth is, Newman himself doesn’t entirely know for sure. “Did we decide that? I don’t know if we decided that,” he asked Alistair McFarlane, Facepunch Studios COO, who also attended the interview.Article continues below You may like Garry Newman says he originally expected Garry’s Mod to make ‘about $30,000’ as a ‘best case scenario’ I asked Garry Newman if he really was going to rename s&box as Garry’s mod 2 after an overwhelming poll and he joked ‘people are d*ckheads’ Skyrim lead says the $100 videogame may not be the best idea: ‘I personally think game developers would be wise to not push the prices higher, but gamers are a special breed… they will pay for what they want’ “No, I think we said $20,” McFarlane said.”I think we decided that we’re going to charge for it initially,” Newman said. “But we didn’t decide the price. It will probably be about that.””Yeah,” said McFarlane.”$20?” I asked.”$10, $20,” Newman said.”$10 to $20?” I asked.”Yeah,” said McFarlane.”Yeah,” said Newman.There you have it! It’s not the confirmed price, because it sounds like Facepunch hasn’t fully decided on one yet, but at lea