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Crazy Machines 3 cover art

Crazy Machines 3

Fakt Software · Daedalic Entertainment · 2016-10-18

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 18, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.

Crazy Machines 3 is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 10,090 reviews).

6
playing now
94%
positive of 10k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Higher, faster, larger, crazier, trickier, and so much more 3D.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Crazy Machines 3 trailer thumbnail

Crazy Machines 3 - Release Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 121 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (800 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 253k–607k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,111 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$0.79-92%
Steam$0.99-90%
GamersGate$1.00-90%
GreenManGaming$1.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.52 at Gamer Thor (2024-11-15) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 157 of 187 observed days · $0.47 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
77177120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-09-15 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1151Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 11Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 9Nov 2016 — avg 15 · peak 105Mar 2017 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2017 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2017 — avg 25 · peak 153Mar 2018 — avg 7 · peak 23Jul 2018 — avg 23 · peak 66Nov 2018 — avg 13 · peak 33Mar 2019 — avg 17 · peak 72Jul 2019 — avg 11 · peak 36Nov 2019 — avg 14 · peak 46Mar 2020 — avg 28 · peak 67Jul 2020 — avg 115 · peak 1,009Nov 2020 — avg 26 · peak 94Mar 2021 — avg 86 · peak 1,101Jul 2021 — avg 47 · peak 134Nov 2021 — avg 100 · peak 856Mar 2022 — avg 21 · peak 51Jul 2022 — avg 24 · peak 103Nov 2022 — avg 26 · peak 408Mar 2023 — avg 17 · peak 38Jul 2023 — avg 15 · peak 58Nov 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 33Jul 2024 — avg 12 · peak 30Nov 2024 — avg 12 · peak 35Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 29Jul 2025 — avg 12 · peak 26Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 22Mar 2026 — avg 11 · peak 30Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.582016-10-182026-10-142016-10-18 — best price $15.742017-02-20 — best price $19.992017-07-22 — best price $17.152018-01-03 — best price $19.992018-05-21 — best price $19.992018-08-28 — best price $9.992019-01-01 — best price $9.992019-04-30 — best price $3.392019-10-02 — best price $2.492020-01-04 — best price $9.992020-03-21 — best price $7.812020-06-24 — best price $9.992020-09-12 — best price $9.992020-11-23 — best price $0.852021-02-02 — best price $9.992021-04-25 — best price $9.992021-07-15 — best price $1.002021-09-25 — best price $8.392021-11-27 — best price $8.392022-02-11 — best price $0.802022-05-09 — best price $9.992022-09-07 — best price $0.992022-12-12 — best price $0.792023-05-01 — best price $0.992023-08-28 — best price $0.992023-12-20 — best price $0.992024-04-08 — best price $1.002024-07-05 — best price $0.992024-10-01 — best price $0.802024-11-25 — best price $1.002025-04-20 — best price $0.902025-07-29 — best price $9.992025-10-04 — best price $0.722025-12-12 — best price $1.002026-04-09 — best price $9.992026-07-17 — best price $8.272026-09-07 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
80%
earned "You got it!"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,8582%41

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CasualPuzzlePhysicsSandboxBuildingStrategyDifficultSimulationMultiplayerSingleplayer

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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