Addictive optimization and leaderboards
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“It works, but you have this nagging feeling that you could design it better. You know, more elegantly.”
Steam review · 382.3 h played ↗
Opus Magnum
Worth buying? What 277 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 277 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 97%Zachtronics2017Automation · Puzzle · Simulation
−50%$19.99$9.99
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A beautiful, open-ended Zachtronics puzzler about building and optimizing alchemy machines, with huge replay value. Skip it if you hate fiddly editors, tiny 4K UI, or puzzles with no limits.
Great for
Players who love optimizing, tinkering with programmable machines, and chasing leaderboard stats
Main risk
The clunky instruction editor and lack of UI scaling can make solving feel like tedious work
What players love
Open-ended, creative puzzle design
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“This game has more solutions than you can dream of. A total creative win.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
Accessible, scales with player skill
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“the difficulty really scales with the player instead of the game.”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗
Sigmar's Garden minigame
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Sigmar's Garden is the greatest mode out of any game ever and is worth the price it by itself.”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗
Beautiful art, music and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“the atmosphere of the game itself is incredibly cool. music is just the cherry on top!”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
Lots of content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“There is also a DLC, a lot of post-game challenges, a new game mode after the story and community content.”
Steam review · 29.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky editor lacking QoL features
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“No copy or paste (edit: I see that you can select multiple instructions and drag them) No making snippets of code. No breakpoints. No way to stop and back the puzzle up a step.”
Steam review · 17.2 h played ↗
Puzzles are tedious and unconstrained
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The game is tedious moreso than difficult.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
No UI scaling for high resolutions
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Selecting a high resolution leads to most text and many buttons and icons being uncomfortably small.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Steep difficulty and poor teaching
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“there's no hint system or something else to help if you're stuck and can't make a solution.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Weak, intrusive story and dialog
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“The dialog before the puzzles is useless and annoying”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
Mac cursor misalignment and no Apple Silicon
Mentioned in ~1 in 32 negative reviews
“the visual of the cursor is not aligned with the actual cursor.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable600 MB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Processor2.0 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics1366 x 768
Storage600 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Processor2.0 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics1920 x 1080
Storage600 MB available space
OSWindows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Processor2.0 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics1366 x 768
Storage600 MB available space
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