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Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

Release DateOct 16, 2009
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95.5% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 10% / 95.4%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.7% Top 2% / 92.9%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)11.2K  Top 3% / 13.8K  Top 3%
Curators292 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time6.1 hours  Top 30%
Play Time per Dollar18 minutes  Bottom 35%
Followers25.9K  Top 4%
Owners± 1.2M  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 762.4K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 3.4M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Machinarium steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Machinarium's Steam rating and reviews from October 2010 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 100% (November 2010) and 95.4% (November 2023), with relatively small variations.

With 13.8K reviews Top 2%, Machinarium is an undeniable major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts. They often took place in November.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Machinarium and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Machinarium's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (37%), followed by Simplified Chinese (23%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 28 languages represented. The game has been translated in 16 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Machinarium percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Machinarium, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is decent, reaching 9 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.6 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • beautiful art style
  • adorable characters
  • fantastic hand-drawn graphics
  • great soundtrack
  • lovely simplistic 'robotic' music
  • tons of little details
  • unique hint/guide systems
  • well-designed world
  • nice animations
  • some of the best puzzles
  • UI is a bit clunky
  • simple story & not much replayability
  • miss-clicks can't be cancelled
  • could be longer
  • couple of annoying puzzles
  • limited interaction range
  • unskippable animations
  • arbitrary restrictions
  • moon logic
  • slow robot movement

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 95.5% rating  Top 10% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Machinarium's review data provided by Steam. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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