Sledgehammer / Gear Grinder
Released Mar 2014
Drive the most powerful truck and destroy every opponent that you’ll find on the road or go to the multiplayer mode and decide who is the king of the highway, among your friends.
79% positive · 177 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $7.99 IndieGala Steam key $7.99
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Evaluation
Sledgehammer (also known as Gear Grinder) launched on March 12, 2014 as a complete, self-contained action/racing game. The store description presents a finished product with a full single-player campaign, six minigames, and multiplayer modes — no roadmaps, season passes, or promises of future content. The only developer communication directly related to this game was a minor April 20, 2014 update that added Steam Trading Cards, which is routine housekeeping rather than a sign of ongoing content development. The two other news posts flagged by the developer account are for entirely different games (REMEDIUM: Sentinels and Tetragon), confirming this is a shared publisher/developer account and those posts have no bearing on Sledgehammer's development status. No DLC has ever been listed for the game. There is no indication the developer ever planned or delivered any post-launch content beyond the Trading Cards update. The game launched as a finished product and has remained that way.
Evidence
Store description presents a complete game with a full campaign, six minigames, and multiplayer — no mention of planned DLC, seasons, or future updates
Post is for REMEDIUM: Sentinels, a different game; not relevant to Sledgehammer's development status
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
ESDigital Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game

Sledgehammer is a pure action game on wheels, and a festival of demolition and speed, all in one. Drive the most powerful truck and destroy every opponent that you’ll find on the road or go to the multiplayer mode and decide who is the king of the highway, among your friends.

- Hours of gameplay in the main campaign and 6 minigames in the single player mode.
- Multiplayer for up to 8 players simultaneously in cooperative and deathmatch mode. Destroy huge trucks joining forces with your friends or become the best truck driver in a fight to death.
- Upgrade your truck using the money you get from successful deals. Melee, light and heavy weapon, armor, nitro…make you truck an unstoppable machine of destruction
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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