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Giant Machines 2017 cover art

Giant Machines 2017

Code Horizon · 2016-09-29

SteamPlayStation Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 07, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Take control over seven of the biggest industrial machines in the world. During the 14 mission campaign you will punch through the snows of Greenland, plow the steppes of Wyoming and travel all the way to sunny Florida. Your hard work will be completed by launching a space shuttle into space.

0
playing now
70%
positive of 594 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
2.19★
PlayStation Store rating (16 ratings)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
−90% · $1.99
was $19.99
steam price (US) · on sale

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 50,336 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 594 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2026-08-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 46 of 65 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.392016-09-292026-10-012016-09-29 — best price $15.992016-11-21 — best price $15.992017-01-23 — best price $19.992017-04-20 — best price $13.992017-07-22 — best price $14.292017-11-20 — best price $19.992018-04-02 — best price $4.992018-08-06 — best price $3.992018-11-29 — best price $4.002019-03-25 — best price $19.992019-07-05 — best price $19.992019-09-14 — best price $19.992019-11-25 — best price $2.252020-01-03 — best price $19.992020-03-20 — best price $4.992020-05-30 — best price $19.992020-07-23 — best price $19.992020-10-30 — best price $3.002021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-04-10 — best price $19.992021-05-22 — best price $15.232021-07-01 — best price $13.642021-10-01 — best price $3.992021-12-02 — best price $3.392022-03-28 — best price $3.992022-09-29 — best price $19.992023-01-20 — best price $3.992023-07-26 — best price $17.992023-12-25 — best price $19.992024-06-10 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992025-02-17 — best price $18.992025-05-08 — best price $19.992025-08-26 — best price $8.002025-12-11 — best price $19.992026-02-19 — best price $19.992026-05-20 — best price $1.932026-07-14 — best price $16.842026-10-01 — best price $1.43
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
76.3%
earned "Just Stop"
25.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Czech

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8266%14
Xbox Series (Xbox)2650%10
PS5 (PlayStation)1225%10

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

Player tags

IndieActionCasualBuildingStrategyAdventureRealisticOpen WorldSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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