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Explosions and Destruction SFX Library

220 explosion and destruction sounds for games: large blasts, grenades, distant booms, debris, collapses, glass, wood and metal breaks, fire, fuses, shockwaves and seamless aftermath loops.

Explosions and Destruction SFX Library cover artwork

Preview

A montage drawn from across the library, at the levels the files ship at.

Explosions and Destruction SFX Library — preview

What is in the library

12 sections, each in its own folder.

22sounds

Large Explosions

Includes ammunition stockpile blast, cave chamber blast, concrete bunker blast, deep subterranean blast, dense forest blast, desert open air blast, and more.

20sounds

Grenades and Small Blasts

Includes bounding mine pop, concussion blast, firecracker string burst, flashbang detonation, fragmentation grenade, heavy pipe blast, and more.

18sounds

Distant and Muffled Blasts

Includes blast heard through wall, cabin interior blast echo, distant artillery boom, rolling horizon blast, underground muffled blast, underwater submerged blast.

22sounds

Debris and Rubble

Includes brick shower cascade, concrete chunks falling, dirt and gravel shower, dust and stones settling, loose masonry dropping, plaster wall crumble, and more.

18sounds

Building and Structure Collapse

Includes brick wall collapse, bridge span collapse, ceiling cave in, mine shaft tunnel collapse, steel girder snap and crash, stone pillar toppling, and more.

22sounds

Glass Breaks and Shatters

Includes crystal goblet shatter, electric light bulb pop, falling glass shard cascade, glass bottle impact break, glass panel fracture shatter, plate glass storefront shatter, and more.

22sounds

Wood Breaks and Splinters

Includes dining table smash, heavy timber plank snap, oak barrel burst, thick tree branch crack, wooden chair shatter, wooden crate smash, and more.

20sounds

Metal Tears and Crashes

Includes heavy metal safe crash, heavy steel chain snap, metal drum dented impact, pressurized metal pipe burst, sheet metal tearing, steel door bending impact, and more.

18sounds

Fire and Fireballs

Includes burning debris impact, fire extinguisher discharge, fireball whoosh, flame jet blast, gas ignition burst, oil fire flare up, and more.

14sounds

Fuses, Timers and Detonators

Includes accelerating timer beeps, heavy arming switch flip, lit powder fuse sizzle, mechanical blasting plunger, plastic explosive charge placement, remote detonator click, and more.

12sounds

Shockwaves and Tremors

Includes air burst concussive crack, earth shaking seismic rumble, ground tremor rumble, pressure shockwave whoosh, window blast wave rattle.

12sounds

Aftermath Loops

Includes bombed building wind whistle loop, broken power cable spark loop, building fire roar loop, burning oil drum loop, burning wreck crackle loop, burst water pipe spray loop, and more.

12 sections, one matched set.220 files in total

Questions

Can I use these sounds in a commercial game?

Yes. The licence is royalty-free for commercial and non-commercial projects, with no attribution required, no per-project fee and no expiry. The one restriction is that the audio files may not be resold or redistributed on their own as a sound library.

What format are the files?

WAV, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo, 220 individual files in named folders, about 66 MB unzipped.

Which game engines do they work with?

Any engine that imports WAV, including Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot and GameMaker.

How were the sounds made?

Source audio generated with ElevenLabs Sound Effects under a paid commercial licence, then screened by ear and by measurement, trimmed, faded and level-matched across the library. This is declared on every store listing.

Where to buy

The library is on itch.io at moneywithjjcom.itch.io/explosions-destruction-library, and on the other stores listed on the store pages. The audio files are identical on every store.

Questions about the library, the licence or a custom set: [email protected].