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Chipmatic cover art

Chipmatic

Molter · 2026-04-20

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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!

66%
positive of 173 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$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 58% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.5k–7.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 173 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.59-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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