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Chipmatic cover art

Chipmatic

Molter · 2026-04-20

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 20, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 20, 2026 (Linux)

Chipmatic is an incremental factory building game where you control a mining robot on a mission to reach Earth’s core. Explore underground, find buried blueprints, research technologies and upgrade yourself to create the best (and only) factory on Earth!

Chipmatic is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and RPG game released in 2026, priced at $11.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 173 reviews).

66%
positive of 178 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 93% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (114 reviews).
  • · Top 31% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 178 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.61 at Fanatical (2026-08-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020262026Week of 2026-04-20: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$7.612026-04-202026-08-242026-04-20 — best price $10.792026-05-04 — best price $11.992026-06-05 — best price $9.592026-06-19 — best price $11.992026-06-24 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $9.592026-06-26 — best price $11.992026-07-08 — best price $9.592026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-07-13 — best price $9.592026-07-20 — best price $8.992026-07-27 — best price $11.992026-07-29 — best price $9.592026-08-04 — best price $7.612026-08-11 — best price $11.992026-08-20 — best price $8.982026-08-21 — best price $8.992026-08-23 — best price $11.992026-08-24 — best price $9.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
96.4%
earned "Automatic Energy"
66%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-04-20 (Steam store data)

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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