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SeriesMachinarium

Machinarium

Critic score2 critics
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First release
Oct 16, 2009
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Point-and-click, Puzzle · Fantasy, Science fiction
Platforms
Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Mac, iOS, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux

Machinarium is award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost and Botanicula. A little robot who’s been thrown out to the scrap yard behind the city must return and confront the Black Cap Brotherhood and save his robot-girl friend.

Also known as 머시나리움, マシナリウム , Machinarium（マシナリウム）, Machinarium.exe
… See more, Машинариум

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Storyline
Machinarium opens with an overview of the eponymous city as a disposal flier launches from its highest tower. The player character, a robot called Josef is dumped on a scrapheap, where he re-assembles himself and sets off for the city. Entering the city, he discovers a plot by the Black Cap Brotherhood, his three thuggish antagonists, to blow up the city's tower.Read more

Machinarium opens with an overview of the eponymous city as a disposal flier launches from its highest tower. The player character, a robot called Josef is dumped on a scrapheap, where he re-assembles himself and sets off for the city. Entering the city, he discovers a plot by the Black Cap Brotherhood, his three thuggish antagonists, to blow up the city's tower.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 16, 2009
Mac
Oct 16, 2009
Linux
Oct 16, 2009
All 16 release dates
Mac
Apr 28, 2011
iOS
Sep 08, 2011
PlayStation 3
Sep 06, 2012
PlayStation 3
Oct 09, 2012
PlayStation 3
Nov 18, 2012
Android
Mar 01, 2013
PlayStation Vita
Mar 26, 2013
PlayStation Vita
May 01, 2013
PlayStation Vita
May 07, 2013
PlayStation 4
Sep 21, 2016
PlayStation 4
Oct 18, 2016
Nintendo Switch
Nov 01, 2018
Xbox One
Apr 16, 2020
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
5h
Main + Extras
6h
Completionist
5h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
robots, steampunk, steam, digital distribution, single-player only
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At a Glance

Critic Score
88
Main Story (IGDB)
5h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
6h
Completionist (IGDB)
5h
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Overview

Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 17,858 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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