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Trailmakers
A building game for up to eight, where you make cars, boats and planes from blocks and test them.
Online co-op for up to 8 players. Crossplay only between Xbox consoles.
- 8 online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op8 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- YesOnly between Xbox consolesFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- YesA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckVerifiedValve's own rating
About the game
You build vehicles from blocks and then drive, sail or fly them. Cars, boats, planes, hovercraft and walking machines are all possible. The blocks follow physics, so a bad design fails in a way you can see. When you crash, the machine falls apart into bricks, you respawn, change a few parts and try again.
There are two sides to it. The Pioneers campaign is an open world on a planet where machines attack a frog-like people, and you scavenge parts and take on missions. The sandbox maps have races, challenges and obstacle courses. Every mode takes 2 to 8 players online, campaign included, and friends can drop in and out. There is no split screen.
Most of the fun is hanging out, building together and trying out each other's machines. If you would rather not build, the community has shared thousands of designs. It suits tinkerers and Lego fans more than people who want a strong story.
How it feels
Kind of game
Few set goals. You build things, test them and mess around with what you made.
- Now and then
- Tension and danger
- Story
- Working in sync
- Rivalry in the group
- Fighting
- Puzzles and figuring out
- Unlocks and progress
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- About
- Building vehicles
Rated on our own feel scale. 6 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked Trailmakers
You will probably enjoy these too. Each one says why.
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Why it scores 87%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Creative sandbox
- About
- Building vehicles
- Notable in both
- Calm and coziness, Laughter and chaos, Time to hang out, Physical comedy, Exploring, Getting better
- Core to both
- Building and creating
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op
- 32 online
Both are sandboxes where you make your own fun. Both are about building vehicles. Both have long calm stretches.
No big difference from Trailmakers.
Space Engineers
Why it scores 83%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Creative sandbox
- About
- Building vehicles
- Notable in both
- Calm and coziness, Laughter and chaos, Time to hang out, Physical comedy, Exploring, Getting better
- Core to both
- Building and creating
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Space Engineers differs
- More tense than Trailmakers
- 16 online
- Crossplay
Both are sandboxes where you make your own fun. Both get loud and silly when plans go wrong. Both are about building vehicles.
But more tense than Trailmakers.
ASTRONEER
Why it scores 82%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Creative sandbox
- Core to both
- Time to hang out, Building and creating
- About
- Building vehicles
- Notable in both
- Calm and coziness, Exploring
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 8 players
How ASTRONEER differs
- Less slapstick than Trailmakers
- 8 online
- Crossplay
Both are sandboxes where you make your own fun. Both are easy to play while you chat. Both are calm and low on stress.
But less slapstick than Trailmakers.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
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- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
14 pages
playtrailmakers.comOfficial site, read 23 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Genres, Building and creating, About, Rivalry in the group.
- Online co-op: Page says you can play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer, and join friends online to build, crash and explore.
- Most players online: Says up to seven friends in multiplayer, which makes eight players.
- Genres: Calls it a vehicle building game and describes five sandbox maps.
- Building and creating: Says you snap blocks together to make cars, planes and boats.
- About: Says you snap blocks together to make cars, planes and boats and take them on races.
- Rivalry in the group: Says you take your vehicles on races.
xbox.comStore page, read 23 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Most players online, Crossplay, Crossplay between.
- Platforms: Lists Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Release date 2019-09-18.
- Most players online: Capabilities list online co-op for 2 to 8 players, and the text says every mode allows multiplayer for 2 to 8 people. The page also lists Xbox cross-platform multiplayer and co-op. See the crossplay note.
- Crossplay: Capabilities list Xbox cross-platform multiplayer and cross-gen multiplayer.
- Crossplay between: Only Xbox One with Xbox Series X|S is clearly stated. Steam players on PC are not in this group, and no source names PlayStation.
store.playstation.comStore page, read 23 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Most players online.
- Platforms: Lists PS4 and PS5.
- Most players online: Supports up to 8 online players with PlayStation Plus.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 23 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Kind of game, Time to hang out, Building and creating, Exploring, Sessions, Physical comedy.
- Online co-op: Features list Online Co-op and the page says the campaign can be played alone or in multiplayer.
- Most players online: Says all game modes, including the main story, allow multiplayer for 2 to 8 people.
- Kind of game: Says you can hang out and build together, and test each other's vehicles on the sandbox maps.
- Time to hang out: Says you can hang out and build together.
- Building and creating: User tags include Building.
- Exploring: User tags include Exploration and Flight.
- Sessions: User tags include Sandbox and Open World.
- Physical comedy: User tags include Physics.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 23 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Release status, Platforms, Release date, Laughter and chaos, Getting better.
- Online co-op: Categories include Online Co-op.
- Release status: Steam lists the game as released. It does not list Early Access.
- Platforms: Steam lists a Windows build. It lists no macOS or Linux build.
- Release date: Lists Sep 18, 2019.
- Laughter and chaos: The maker's text promises controlled chaos.
- Getting better: The maker's text calls it easy to learn and hard to master.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 23 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Verified on Steam Deck.
wikidata.orgWikidata, read 23 October 2026
Backs Wikidata item, Genres, Release date.
- Genres: Wikidata property P136 identifies it as a sandbox game.
- Release date: P577 is 2019-09-18 worldwide.
thexboxhub.comPress, read 23 October 2026
Backs Friends can join mid-game, Release date, Fighting.
- Friends can join mid-game: Launch coverage from 2019-09-18 repeats the maker's feature list, which names drop in, drop out multiplayer. No current official page repeats it.
- Release date: Reports the full release on 2019-09-18, after a Game Preview period.
- Fighting: Describes building cars, planes and robots, then racing, fighting or exploring with them.
nerdtropolis.comPress, read 23 October 2026
Backs Calm and coziness, Physical comedy, Laughter and chaos, Puzzles and figuring out.
- Calm and coziness: Review from 2020-10-11 calls it kid-friendly and compares it to Lego.
- Physical comedy: Says a crash just respawns you so you can edit the craft and try again.
- Laughter and chaos: Describes crashes that break a craft apart into bricks before you respawn and try again.
- Puzzles and figuring out: Calls the building relaxed and puzzle-like.
lootlevelchill.comPress, read 23 October 2026
Backs Exploring, Unlocks and progress, Calm and coziness, Tension and danger, Story, Working in sync, Planning ahead.
- Exploring: Review from 2025-03-07 describes exploring in the vehicles you build.
- Unlocks and progress: Describes scavenging and crafting parts.
- Calm and coziness: Says death is something you shrug off.
- Tension and danger: Says boss fights lack excitement because dying costs nothing.
- Story: Calls the campaign story minimal.
- Working in sync: Says bigger transport jobs need more seats, so a friend can ride along. Nothing needs tight teamwork.
- Planning ahead: Describes designing a vehicle for a job before you test it.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 24 October 2026
Backs Release date.
- Release date: The maker's September 4 announcement schedules September 18, 2019 for leaving Early Access, and the September 18 post announces 1.0 live.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.playstation.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The checked PlayStation full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
xbox.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The checked Xbox full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.