Adventure · October 16, 2009
Machinarium (2009)
Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang! Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. 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. World: Machinarium world is populated only by robots of various forms and functions. One of the most interesting places in this world is old, rusty and legendary city of Machinarium where the game takes place Story: You will have to get rid of wicked robots from the Black Cap Brotherhood and save the head of the city and also your robot-girl friend Puzzles: You will be solving many logical puzzles, adventure quests, brain teasers and mini-games Graphics: Backgrounds and characters are 2D hand-drawn and there is more then one hour of carefully crafted animations Music: Beautiful original soundtrack was composed and recorded by Floex (Samorost2 OST) Communication: You won't find any lengthy boring dialogs in this game, characters talk by comic bubbles with simple animations and symbols
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English volume_up
- French volume_up
- Italian volume_up
- German volume_up
- Spanish - Spain volume_up
- Czech volume_up
- Japanese volume_up
- Korean volume_up
- Polish volume_up
- Portuguese - Portugal volume_up
- Portuguese - Brazil volume_up
- Russian volume_up
Full audio (12)
- English
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Czech
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese - Portugal
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
Position in Adventure
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 17.2k Steam reviews | Top 14% in Adventure |
| Positive rating | 95% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 29% |
| Metacritic | 85/100 | Genre average 77 — top 16% of Adventure titles |
| Concurrent peak | 125 players | Top 18% in Adventure by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 4 h average | Top 72% for session depth among Adventure |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Point & Click · 630
- Puzzle · 617
- Hand-drawn · 560
- Steampunk · 539
- Robots · 537
- 2D · 530
- Atmospheric · 515
- Story Rich · 494
- Casual · 476
- Cute · 475
- Family Friendly · 472
- Adventure · 472
- Surreal · 466
- Stylized · 465
- Sci-fi · 451
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Reception Metrics
Steam community
95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 17.2k reviews
16.4k positive · 862 negative
Metacritic
85/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
8.7/10
Curator recommendations
15.6k
Peak concurrent players
125
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Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
- Remote Play on TV
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Press Quotes
“A must-play for point-and-click fans.” – IGN “Machinarium may be the best adventure game I've ever played.” – Destructoid “Machinarium is an extraordinarily beautiful creation.” – Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
4h
brief (under 5 hours)
Median
3h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
2h
Current engagement
Achievements
12
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Oct 16, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Amanita Design |
| Base price | $4.99 -75% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support |
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Editions & Packages
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