Teardown vs RV There Yet?

• Spray Paint Can (Route Guide): Sprays fluorescent neon markers on walls and floors to create an unmistakable breadcrumb trail for the 60-second escape sprint.
  Marking Tool
• Co-op Teammate (Multiplayer): Works in tandem to trigger alarms across opposite sides of the map, clear debris, and pilot getaway transport trucks.
  Human Player

• The RV: Your home, your transport, and your greatest burden. You must constantly heal it (via repairs) and protect it from falling off cliffs.
  Recreational Vehicle
• The Winch: The ultimate problem solver. It can be wrapped around sturdy trees or rocks to pull the vehicle out of deep mud or up vertical inclines.
  Mechanical Tool

• Hidden Valuables & Gold Bars: Concealed in locked safes, attics, hollow floorboards, and sunken boats; cash value directly funds permanent tool upgrades.
• Secondary Heist Target Items: Optional extra computer servers, luxury cars, or corporate documents located across maps that reward bonus cash upon extraction.
• Blueprint USB Memory Drives: Hidden in executive desks and security hubs; unlocks sandbox props, spawnable vehicles, and new demolition equipment.

• Austin's Tapes: Hidden audio cassettes scattered in hard-to-reach places across all three maps, rewarding players who explore off the beaten path with story fragments.
• Cold Brewskis: Physics objects found at abandoned campsites. They serve no mechanical purpose but are fun to hoard inside the back of the RV.
• EpiPens: Crucial, limited-use medical supplies hidden around the environment used strictly to revive players who have been incapacitated by bears or fall damage.

• Voxel Destruction
• Physics Sandbox
• Tactical Heist
• Demolition
• Creative Engineering
• Time-Attack Puzzle
• Corporate Sabotage

• Road Trip Survival
• Physics Comedy
• Co-Op Chaos
• Wilderness Exploration
• Vehicle Maintenance
• Bear Avoidance

• Heavy Sledgehammer: Manual Melee Demolition Tool
  The player's trusty starting implement, used to smash holes through wooden doors, plaster walls, and glass windows with infinite durability.
• Wooden Planks Tool: Structural Engineering Tool
  Places sturdy wooden boards between surfaces, essential for erecting ramps, bridging rooftop gaps, and securing makeshift escape scaffolding.
• Rocket Launcher (RPG): Heavy Explosive Ballistic Weapon
  Fires high-velocity explosive rockets that punch through reinforced concrete walls and sever distant alarm cables from long range.
• Industrial Oxyacetylene Blowtorch: Thermal Cutting Implement
  Emits a focused high-temperature flame that melts through structural steel girders, metal fences, and vehicle body panels with surgical precision.
• Pipe Bombs & Remote Explosives: Deployable Demolition Explosives
  Tossable and stickable explosives used to weaken load-bearing columns and trigger synchronized structural collapses.

• The Front/Rear Winch: Utility Tool
  While not a weapon, the winch is the most powerful tool in the game. It is used to forcefully drag the RV up impossible inclines, or accidentally launch players into the sky.
• The Nailgun: Construction Tool
  Used to nail wooden planks into the environment to create makeshift bridges and ramps over massive gaps in the road.
• The RV Bumper: Vehicular Combat
  The only real defense against the aggressive wildlife is to floor the gas pedal and hope the sheer mass of the campervan protects you from the bears.

• High-Visibility Demolition Work Coveralls: Hazard Visibility 100%, Flashlight Integration; rugged reinforced workwear equipped with utility tool belts and reflective safety stripes.
• Heavy-Duty Kevlar Blast Suit: Explosive Damage Reduction +50%, Fire Resistance +30%; protective gear worn to survive nearby propane tank and pipe bomb detonations.
• Safety Hardhat & Protective Visor: Falling Debris Protection +40%; standard industrial helmet that cushions impacts from collapsing plaster and ceiling rubble.

• RV Chassis: The physical body of your vehicle. It starts pristine but dynamically degrades, losing doors, bumpers, and windows as it absorbs impact damage from rocks and trees.
• Nailed Wooden Planks: Desperate players can attempt to use the nailgun to affix wooden boards to the RV as makeshift armor or ramps, creating hilarious, unwieldy visual monstrosities.
• Dad-Core Wardrobe: The players wear standard vacation clothing—khakis, t-shirts, and bucket hats—offering zero physical protection against gravity or bear attacks.

• Reflective Neon Safety Vest: Bright orange safety vest with reflective silver stripes and multiple tool clip-ons.
• Heavy-Duty Steel-Toed Work Boots: Rugged waterproof leather boots designed to traverse broken glass, rubble, and standing water safely.
• Welding Mask & Heat-Resistant Gloves: Dark protective goggles and thick leather gauntlets worn during heavy blowtorch cutting sessions.

• Bucket Hats and Visors: Standard 'dad-core' headwear worn by the player avatars, perfectly encapsulating the vibe of a ruined family vacation.
• Khaki Shorts: Utility shorts that offer zero thermal protection on Mount Yurbuttsk but look great while operating a heavy-duty winch.
• Hawaiian Shirts: Colorful, relaxed shirts that slowly get covered in digital mud as the players are dragged through the dirt during failed physics puzzles.

Teardown emphasizes player ingenuity, spatial awareness, and gear upgrades over traditional character attribute stats. Completing missions and discovering hidden valuables scattered across levels rewards cash, which is spent in the hub garage to upgrade your toolkit. Key upgrade progressions include: increasing ammo capacity and blast radiuses for Pipe Bombs, Bombs, and the Rocket Launcher; lengthening the duration and burning heat of the Blowtorch; increasing the durability and count of Wooden Planks; and equipping the Rocket Booster and Cable/Ropes to slingshot heavy vehicles and tether structural pillars together.

There are no traditional skill trees or RPG upgrades in this game. Progression relies entirely on player mastery of the physics engine and cooperative communication. Players must manually develop the 'skill' of coordinating front and rear winch operations, learning exactly how to balance the RV's center of gravity using heavy objects in the back, and mastering the nailgun to construct makeshift wooden bridges on the fly without causing the physics engine to snap the planks.

The game features numerous distinct, intricately detailed sandbox maps across Löckelle, each entirely composed of destructible voxels. Key locations include: Lee Chemicals (an expansive industrial logistics complex filled with chemical vats, warehouses, and overhead cranes), Marina Cavallo (a luxurious waterfront resort lined with yachts, villas, and wooden docks), West Point Marina (an upscale residential neighborhood with modern mansions, glass conservatories, and security laser grids), Hollowrock Island (a heavily fortified island fortress accessible only via tunnels and bridges), Frustrum (a picturesque coastal Mediterranean village with bell towers and brick townhouses), and Muratori Beach (a tropical resort featuring sand dunes, beachside hotels, and lighthouse towers).

The game currently features three distinct, massive linear maps that serve as the campaign. First is 'Mabutts Valley', the original base map featuring dense forests, muddy trenches, and deep rivers. Second is 'Mount Yurbuttsk', a treacherous winter map introducing slippery ice physics and blinding snowstorms. The newest addition is 'St. Búttin Bay', a vibrant coastal map requiring players to navigate sandy dunes and flooded island chains. Each map is punctuated by checkpoints that act as respawn zones when the RV inevitably gets completely destroyed or stuck.

• Heavy Tracked Hydraulic Excavator: Industrial Construction Vehicle
  A powerful tracked machine with a hydraulic bucket capable of smashing through brick walls, toppling trees, and clearing heavy debris.
• V8 Muscle Getaway Car: High-Speed Transport Vehicle
  A fast, agile sports car positioned near the final objective to speed across the finish line before the 60-second alarm timer expires.

• The Recreational Vehicle: Campervan
  The star of the game. A top-heavy, rear-wheel-drive nightmare equipped with front and rear winches. It is entirely physics-driven and handles terribly off-road, which is exactly the point.
• Abandoned Sedans: Environmental Hazards
  Broken down cars left by previous travelers on the backroads, acting as physical obstacles that players must winch out of the way or forcefully ram past.

• Security Attack Drone: Autonomous Robotic Sentry
  Hovering robotic patrols deployed in later campaign missions that scan areas with searchlights and fire tracking darts at intruders.
• Löckelle Harbor Seagull: Coastal Avian
  Ambient wildlife soaring over marinas and beaches, scattering into the air when loud explosions or gunfire detonate.
• Police Pursuit Helicopter: Airborne Surveillance Unit
  The relentless authority entity that swarms the map the moment the 60-second heist countdown reaches zero, resulting in mission failure if unescaped.
• Warehouse Guard Dog (Props/Sounds): Canine Familiar
  Ambient barking audio hazards that alert players to restricted security zones across private estates.

• Aggressive Bears: Ursine
  The primary antagonist of the woods. These terrifying animals will charge the RV, break doors, and severely injure players who wander too far from safety.
• St. Búttin Bay Crabs: Crustacean
  Ambient, physics-enabled wildlife found scattered across the beaches of the coastal map, easily punted out of the way by the massive tires.
• Forest Birds: Avian
  Ambient wildlife that adds a sense of calm and serenity to the environment, contrasting hilariously with the screaming players.

• The Protagonist: Owner, Löckelle Teardown Services
  The resourceful, silent player character whose demolition expertise and escape planning keep their struggling business afloat.
• Lawrence Lee Junior: Corrupt Real Estate Mogul
  An arrogant local billionaire heir who hires Löckelle Services for illicit demolition jobs to undermine his business competitors.
• Gordon Woo: Rival Corporate Executive
  A vindictive corporate rival who retaliates against Lee's schemes by hiring the player for covert industrial espionage and sabotage.
• Tracy Woo: Gordon's Sister & Accomplice
  A savvy corporate operator involved in planning high-stakes luxury heists and reclaiming stolen family assets.

• The Vacationers: Player Avatars
  A group of buddies desperately trying to navigate their busted RV back to Route 65 after a relaxing road trip goes horribly wrong.
• Austin: Narrator / Lore Figure
  The mysterious, unseen individual who left cassette tapes scattered across the wilderness, providing a charming, surprisingly deep narrative backdrop.
• The Route 65 Exit: The Ultimate Goal
  Not a person, but the mythical, ever-distant destination that players are desperately striving to reach to escape the nightmare of Mabutts Valley.

• The Car Heist at Marina Cavallo: Vehicle Theft Heist
  Stage ramps and cranes to drive three luxury sports cars onto an escape barge within the 60-second alarm window.
• Infiltrating Hollowrock Island: Fortified Vault Infiltration
  Bypass security laser grids, breach the fortified island vault, and extract heavy safes into the ocean before security helicopters swarm.
• A Wet Demolition at Muratori: Precision Structural Demolition
  Detonate structural support columns using propane tanks to collapse towering coastal lighthouse towers into the sea.

• Survive Mabutts Valley: Campaign Act 1
  Navigate the dense forests, muddy trenches, and deep river crossings of the base map while fending off aggressive wildlife.
• Conquer Mount Yurbuttsk: Campaign Act 2
  Manage the RV's center of gravity on slippery, icy inclines and brave blinding snowstorms to cross the mountain pass.
• Escape St. Búttin Bay: Campaign Act 3
  The final journey through treacherous sandy dunes and flooded islands to finally reach the safety of the Route 65 Exit.

Teardown features a chaotic online multiplayer co-op sandbox mode supporting up to 12 players simultaneously. Players can team up to tackle complex multi-objective campaign heist missions together, split up across the map to trigger alarms in sync, or engage in unconstrained physics sandbox destruction, spawning heavy machinery, collapsing skyscrapers, and driving demolition derby races with friends.

The game is built from the ground up as a 1 to 4 player online cooperative experience. While it can technically be played solo—forcing one person to rapidly switch between driving, winching, and repairing—it is specifically balanced and designed for the chaotic shouting match of multi-person crews failing to coordinate properly.

Teardown is available on PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S at a base price of $29.99 USD. The Deluxe Edition ($39.99 USD) and Ultimate Edition ($49.99 USD) bundle the game's major expansions: 'Time Campers' (a Wild West time-travel expansion introducing black-powder explosives, steam trains, and six-shooters), 'Folkrace' (a chaotic demolition derby racing expansion with weaponized vehicles and off-road dirt tracks), and 'Art Vandals' (a free heist campaign expansion centered around stealing modern art masterpieces from an eccentric museum).

RV There Yet? launched as an affordable indie darling at $7.99 USD on Steam in October 2025. Following its massive viral success—selling over 4.5 million copies in a few months—the developers expanded the game to Xbox Series X/S and the Microsoft Store in June 2026. A PlayStation 5 release with full cross-platform play is officially scheduled to follow the launch of the third map, St. Búttin Bay.

Tuxedo Labs and Saber Interactive expanded Teardown extensively post-launch. Major updates introduced a full Sandbox Mode with unlimited ammunition and mod spawning, Photo Mode with free-camera depth-of-field controls, and 'Teardown Multiplayer' supporting up to 12 players in chaotic co-op destruction. Expansions include 'Art Vandals' (museum art heists), 'Time Campers' (Wild West locomotives and gunpowder), and 'Folkrace' (destructive rally racing tournaments).

Despite originating as a simple game jam project, the viral success led to massive, free content updates. The developers refer to these as 'unplanned content updates for an unplanned game.' Major drops included the Mount Yurbuttsk snow map, and most recently in late 2026, the St. Búttin Bay coastal expansion, which added entirely new environmental hazards, water physics, and concluding lore tapes.

• Q: What is Teardown?
  A: Teardown is a fully destructible voxel-based sandbox heist game developed by Tuxedo Labs, where players use demolition tools and vehicles to complete high-stakes 60-second escape missions.
• Q: How does the heist mechanic work in Teardown?
  A: Players have unlimited time to explore, demolish walls, build ramps, and position getaway vehicles. Once the first alarmed item is moved or disconnected, a 60-second countdown begins to grab all targets and reach the escape point before security arrives.
• Q: What engine does Teardown use?
  A: Teardown runs on a custom, proprietary voxel physics engine created by Dennis Gustafsson, featuring real-time software ray tracing and physical material destruction.
• Q: Does Teardown support multiplayer?
  A: Yes, Teardown includes an official multiplayer mode supporting up to 12 players in cooperative sandbox chaos and heist missions.
• Q: Can I increase the 60-second timer?
  A: Yes, built-in accessibility settings allow players to adjust the alarm countdown timer, adding 10, 20, or unlimited seconds to the clock.

• Q: Can you play RV There Yet solo?
  A: Yes, but it is significantly harder. You have to constantly stop driving, get out, operate the winch, and get back in. It is heavily recommended to play with at least one friend.
• Q: How many maps are in the game?
  A: Currently, there are three massive maps: Mabutts Valley (Forest), Mount Yurbuttsk (Snow), and St. Búttin Bay (Coastal).
• Q: Is the game on Xbox or PlayStation?
  A: It is currently available on PC and Xbox Series X/S. A PlayStation 5 release with full cross-platform play is confirmed to be coming soon.
• Q: What happens if the RV is completely destroyed?
  A: If the RV is irreparably stuck or takes too much damage, the game will automatically fail and respawn the crew at the last crossed checkpoint.

Visually unique in the gaming landscape, Teardown renders fully destructible environments composed entirely of tiny voxels using real-time path-traced software ray tracing. Sunlight scatters realistically through shattered window panes, glowing fire illuminates billowing volumetric smoke clouds, and neon taillights reflect accurately in dynamic puddle ripples. When buildings collapse, thousands of individual physics voxels crumble, bounce, and tumble realistically.

The visuals employ a stylized, slightly low-poly, vibrant art direction reminiscent of Firewatch, affectionately dubbed 'dad-core' by critics. The bright, pleasant colors of the outdoors provide a stark contrast to the absolute mechanical carnage inflicted upon the poor RV. The physics-driven animations result in hilarious, goofy movements as players run around with giant wooden planks or get ragdolled across the map by a snapping winch cable.

The soundscape, composed by Douglas Holmquist, features chill, laid-back lo-fi acoustic and synth grooves during the peaceful reconnaissance phase that dramatically morph into heart-pounding, high-tempo electronic percussion, screeching alarms, and blaring sirens the instant the 60-second countdown begins. Environmental audio delivers visceral realism: the deafening crunch of crushing bricks, the roar of structural timber collapsing, realistic water splashing, and satisfying mechanical vehicle engine revs.

The sound design perfectly captures the game's ridiculous tone. The soundtrack features laid-back, country-road trip acoustic guitar tunes that contrast hilariously with the sounds of the RV engine screaming in agony, tires spinning in the mud, and players screaming in proximity chat. The ambient sounds of nature are frequently interrupted by the terrifying, booming roars of bears charging out of the woods to attack the crew.

The user interface is clean, utilitarian, and designed for high-stress planning. During the planning phase, a detailed top-down blueprints tablet shows objective locations, alarm wires, and vehicle placements. When an alarm is triggered, the screen shifts to high tension: a prominent, ticking red 60-second countdown timer anchors the top of the HUD, accompanied by dynamic yellow distance markers guiding the player along their pre-constructed escape corridor.

The UI is extremely minimal to maximize immersion and comedy. Aside from small prompts indicating how to interact with the winch, items, or the steering wheel, the screen is clean. Damage to the RV is represented entirely visually through smoking engines, missing doors, and sparking tires, forcing players to actively look at the vehicle to assess its health rather than reading a health bar.

Teardown features an extensive suite of accessibility and custom gameplay modifiers in settings: players can toggle 'Alarm Timer' extensions (adding 10, 20, or unlimited seconds to the 60-second timer), enable health invulnerability, activate infinite ammunition for all tools, customize camera field-of-view (FOV), adjust motion blur, and fully remap keyboard/mouse and controller layouts.

The game is inherently accessible due to its simple control scheme (Drive, Grab, Winch), making it a perfect party game for non-gamers. It does not punish death severely, allowing players to simply respawn at the last crossed checkpoint. However, the heavy reliance on physics puzzles and manual dexterity might frustrate players looking for a guided, straightforward experience.

• Powered by Tuxedo Labs' bespoke in-house engine combining real-time voxel physics simulations with software-based path-traced lighting and dynamic reflections. Due to heavy multi-body physics calculations when large structures collapse, performance is strongly tethered to CPU single-core IPC and GPU compute shader capabilities. Integrated graphics cards are strictly unsupported.
• Laptop Performance Note: Simulating millions of individual falling voxel fragments, dynamic propagating fire grids, and fluid water displacement places heavy concurrent thermal loads on mobile hardware. Gaming laptops should maintain at least 70W to 95W GPU TGP and operate on a cooling pad or elevated surface to prevent thermal throttling during massive multi-story building demolitions.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: Ensure dedicated mobile GeForce GTX/RTX or Radeon RX GPUs sustain at least 70W-85W+ TGP to maintain stable 60+ FPS during dense smoke and fire propagation.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: Explosion debris calculations keep both CPU cores and discrete GPU operating at elevated temperatures; keeping laptop fan intakes clear prevents thermal throttling.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: Set Windows power plan to High Performance to ensure continuous high boost clocks for complex structural collapse and fracture calculations.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: Activate discrete GPU mode via internal MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus to eliminate display routing latency during precision 60-second heist runs.
• Optimization Detail: Upscaling Tech: Supports internal render scaling (50% to 100%) and dynamic resolution scaling.
• Optimization Detail: Key Settings Impact: Render Scale, Depth of Field, Screen Space Reflections, and Debris Life Time have the largest impact on framerates.
• Game Name: Teardown

• RV There Yet? relies heavily on the Unreal Engine's physics solver. Calculating the continuous, chaotic interactions between the RV's suspension, the winch cables, dynamic wooden planks, and up to four players moving around inside a moving vehicle creates a significant CPU bottleneck.
• Laptop Performance Note: Because the game heavily prioritizes physics calculations over raw visual fidelity, mobile CPUs will be stressed far more than the GPU. Sustaining high clock speeds is critical to prevent the physics engine from glitching, which can cause the RV to launch into the stratosphere during winch operations.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: A relatively low GPU TGP of 45W-60W (e.g., RTX 3050 Mobile) is perfectly adequate to render the game's stylized, low-poly environments at 1080p without breaking a sweat.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The continuous tracking of synchronized multiplayer physics across dynamic maps requires excellent CPU cooling. A cooling pad is highly advised to avoid thermal throttling during intense, long-haul driving sequences.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: Ensure Windows is set to High Performance. If the CPU enters a power-saving state, the networking sync will degrade, causing severe rubber-banding for connected co-op partners.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: Helpful for reducing input latency when driving or operating the winch, though not as strictly mandatory as it would be for a competitive shooter.
• Optimization Detail: Upscaling Tech: Native rendering is highly recommended as the game is visually lightweight. Upscaling is generally unnecessary unless playing on integrated graphics.
• Optimization Detail: Key Settings Impact: Physics Update Rate (if exposed in configs) and Shadow Quality have the largest impact. Lowering shadows helps low-end GPUs maintain parity with the CPU's physics demands.
• Game Name: RV There Yet?

• Upscaling Tech: Supports internal render scaling (50% to 100%) and dynamic resolution scaling.
• Key Settings Impact: Render Scale, Depth of Field, Screen Space Reflections, and Debris Life Time have the largest impact on framerates.

• Upscaling Tech: Native rendering is highly recommended as the game is visually lightweight. Upscaling is generally unnecessary unless playing on integrated graphics.
• Key Settings Impact: Physics Update Rate (if exposed in configs) and Shadow Quality have the largest impact. Lowering shadows helps low-end GPUs maintain parity with the CPU's physics demands.

• G P U T G P: Ensure dedicated mobile GeForce GTX/RTX or Radeon RX GPUs sustain at least 70W-85W+ TGP to maintain stable 60+ FPS during dense smoke and fire propagation.
• Cooling Thermals: Explosion debris calculations keep both CPU cores and discrete GPU operating at elevated temperatures; keeping laptop fan intakes clear prevents thermal throttling.
• C P U Power Limits: Set Windows power plan to High Performance to ensure continuous high boost clocks for complex structural collapse and fracture calculations.
• M U X Switch Optimus: Activate discrete GPU mode via internal MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus to eliminate display routing latency during precision 60-second heist runs.

• G P U T G P: A relatively low GPU TGP of 45W-60W (e.g., RTX 3050 Mobile) is perfectly adequate to render the game's stylized, low-poly environments at 1080p without breaking a sweat.
• Cooling Thermals: The continuous tracking of synchronized multiplayer physics across dynamic maps requires excellent CPU cooling. A cooling pad is highly advised to avoid thermal throttling during intense, long-haul driving sequences.
• C P U Power Limits: Ensure Windows is set to High Performance. If the CPU enters a power-saving state, the networking sync will degrade, causing severe rubber-banding for connected co-op partners.
• M U X Switch Optimus: Helpful for reducing input latency when driving or operating the winch, though not as strictly mandatory as it would be for a competitive shooter.