Start from the home page or a kind tab — Blueprints, Mods, Worlds, Challenges, Tiles, etc. Each card links to the creation's Steam Workshop page so you can subscribe in one click.

Looking for something specific? Search lets you type a keyword, tick tags to narrow down (all ticked tags must match), and change the sort order — newest, most popular, highest rated, etc.

Click Sign in with Steam in the top-right. We redirect you to Steam's official OpenID page — your password never touches us. On your first visit we ask you to identify three Scrap Mechanic characters out of a line-up to confirm you're a player. If you miss one, a "Skip the puzzle" button appears.

Accounts less than 7 days old can't submit items or feature ideas yet — a soft filter against throwaway spam accounts. If this blocks you and you're legit, a moderator can flip the bypass switch on your account (see the appeal page).

Each card shows a rating — either Steam's global rating, the site's own rating, or both. Toggle which one is shown with the Ratings pill in the header (only visible on pages that actually have ratings).

On any creation page you can thumbs-up (+1) or thumbs-down (−1), or click the heart to add it to Your favourites. Clicking the same vote again removes it.

On a creation page, existing tags show as little chips. Click the up-arrow on a chip to agree with the tag, or the down-arrow to disagree. If a tag is missing, type a name in the Suggest another tag box — your suggestion counts as the first upvote automatically.

A community-suggested tag becomes publicly visible once it has 3 net upvotes or a moderator explicitly confirms it. Tags that get steady downvotes eventually drop out of view.

Use the Submit page to paste a Workshop URL or a published-file ID. We fetch the item from Steam, auto-suggest tags using a keyword scorer, and queue it for a moderator review. You'll get a notification (the purple bell) when it's approved, or when it's rejected with an optional reason.

The daily cron already pulls in popular items automatically — you usually only need to submit things that are under the popularity floor but still worth sharing.

The Ideas board is where you tell the Creator what to build next. Post an idea, upvote the ones you want, and watch them move from Approved (voting open) to Implemented or Rejected. Rejected ideas stay visible with the Creator's note so you can see why they didn't make it.

On any creation page there's a Report button. Pick a reason (wrong tags, spam, not Scrap Mechanic, etc.), add optional details, and a moderator will review. Your identity only goes to the moderation team — never to the person you're reporting.

Comments on a creation have their own report link for harassment or spam. Same pipeline, different inbox.

You can post top-level comments and reply up to two levels deep. Vote on other people's comments with ▲ / ▼ — your own comments aren't votable. Deleting your own comment is a two-step action: the first click arms a "confirm delete?" button, the second actually deletes. Moderators can delete any comment.

Click the bell to see your unread notifications: replies to your comments, submission approvals/rejections, idea status changes, badge grants, ban/mute/warning actions on your account. Moderators and the Creator have extra bell tiers for their tier's queue.

Change the theme from the header paintbrush icon or from Settings. The custom theme lets you pick six colours — background, foreground, card, accent, border, and accent-strong — saved in a cookie so no account needed.