Stunning hand-drawn art
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“One of the coolest looking games I've ever seen, with fully hand drawn artwork and fun, creative puzzles.”
Steam review · 46.3 h played ↗
Machinarium
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 95%Amanita Design2009Point & Click · Puzzle · Adventure
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, wordless hand-drawn point-and-click puzzler with a superb soundtrack and short runtime. Skip it if you hate obtuse, trial-and-error puzzles or pixel hunting.
Great for
Point-and-click fans who want a cozy, atmospheric, art-driven puzzle adventure and nostalgia
Main risk
Illogical, pixel-hunting puzzles and frustrating minigames that force you to use the walkthrough
What players love
Nostalgic classic, sequel excitement
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Playing this as an adult hits just as hard as it did when I was a child.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Clever, satisfying puzzles
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The puzzles are fun to solve and there are hints, but not too easy to get, a great balance between challenging and not getting stuck.”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗
Wonderful soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The soundtrack is also nothing but a work of art, and I actually have the OST added to my Spotify.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Cozy, unique atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the incredibly cozy atmosphere and excellent setting”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Charming wordless storytelling
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Without a single line of dialogue or text, the game manages to tell a deeply touching story through clever thought bubbles and incredible animations.”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Illogical, obtuse puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the puzzles are oftentimes completely unintuitive and even borderline illogical.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Pixel hunting and unclear interactables
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Everything looks the same, so you cant tell interacatble stuff from the background.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Clunky controls and slow movement
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“here if you want to click something, you must first walk right up to it.”
Steam review · translated · 2.3 h played ↗
Frustrating minigames (tic-tac-toe, arcade)
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Great game... apart from the Tic Tac Toe challenge. It's totally soured the game for me.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Bugs, soft locks and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The levels contain soft locks - if you do something in a wrong order, you will have to restart the game to be able to finish the level.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Short and overpriced
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“for 20 dollars I feel I should have more content”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support1 GB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7/8/10
Processor1.8 Ghz Processor
Memory1GB Ram
Storage1GB Free space
OSMicrosoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7/8/10
Processor1.8 Ghz Processor
Memory1GB Ram
Storage1GB Free space
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