The Game Census
Contraption Maker cover art

Contraption Maker

Kevin Ryan · Top Meadow · 2014-07-07

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 07, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.

11
playing now
91%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
48/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 17% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 33k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,314 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.04 at Steam (2015-05-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 31 of 56 observed days · $5.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1832026-08-06 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-07-27 — best price $6.992016-04-25 — best price $6.992017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-11-16 — best price $4.992018-02-19 — best price $8.992018-08-30 — best price $4.992018-12-21 — best price $4.992019-05-10 — best price $4.492019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992021-03-01 — best price $4.992021-10-04 — best price $4.992022-01-14 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-05-05 — best price $4.992023-09-01 — best price $9.992023-12-18 — best price $4.992024-03-04 — best price $9.992024-06-20 — best price $4.492024-10-08 — best price $9.992024-11-25 — best price $12.992025-01-14 — best price $4.992025-02-25 — best price $11.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-06-16 — best price $12.992025-07-31 — best price $9.992025-09-12 — best price $6.492025-11-05 — best price $12.992026-02-10 — best price $5.992026-04-14 — best price $12.992026-06-08 — best price $12.992026-08-23 — best price $12.992026-08-30 — best price $6.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
50.9%
earned "Puzzle Rookie"
1.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorRemote Play Together4 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,3403%22

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCutePuzzlePhysicsSandboxBuildingColorfulLemmingsModdableSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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