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Indiana Jones® and the Infernal Machine™ cover art

Indiana Jones® and the Infernal Machine™

LucasArts · Lucasfilm · 2018-11-16

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Indiana Jones · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 2001 (Nintendo 64), 1999 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation)

The year is 1947. The Nazis have been crushed, the Cold War has begun and Soviet agents are sniffing around the ruins of the fabled Tower of Babel. What are they up to? The CIA recruits renowned archeologist and adventurer, Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, to find out.

Indiana Jones® and the Infernal Machine™ is an Action, Adventure game released in 2018, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 507 reviews).

2
playing now
80%
positive of 507 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$5.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is a 1999 action-adventure video game developed and published by LucasArts. The first 3D installment in the series, its gameplay focuses on solving puzzles, fighting enemies, and completing various platforming sections. The story is set in 1947, after the events of Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix, and puts the eponymous protagonist, the adventurer Indiana Jones, against the Soviet Union. In a race for a mythological Babylonian power source, he joins forces with the Central Intelligence Agency and collects four pieces of the Infernal Machine, an ancient device that allegedly opens a portal to another dimension.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 507 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.10 at GameBillet (2023-04-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 34 of 85 observed days · $4.89 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-09-15 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
123Nov 2018Aug 2026Nov 2018 — avg 12 · peak 31Feb 2019 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2020 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2020 — avg 8 · peak 22Aug 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 19Feb 2021 — avg 7 · peak 24May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2023 — avg 9 · peak 28May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 26May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.102018-10-022026-10-142018-10-02 — best price $5.992019-05-21 — best price $5.992020-01-24 — best price $3.592020-08-20 — best price $5.282020-09-11 — best price $1.292020-10-15 — best price $5.992020-11-13 — best price $5.992020-12-09 — best price $5.992021-01-13 — best price $5.992021-04-05 — best price $5.992021-10-25 — best price $1.502022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-04-14 — best price $1.362022-07-04 — best price $4.782022-08-23 — best price $5.992022-10-24 — best price $1.112023-01-03 — best price $5.992023-03-22 — best price $4.782023-05-24 — best price $5.992023-07-28 — best price $1.372023-11-01 — best price $1.252023-12-13 — best price $2.092024-02-08 — best price $1.372024-03-20 — best price $2.092024-04-25 — best price $1.102024-06-18 — best price $4.312024-08-01 — best price $5.282024-09-25 — best price $1.502024-12-09 — best price $4.312025-02-08 — best price $1.102025-04-14 — best price $4.312025-10-08 — best price $5.992025-11-25 — best price $2.992026-02-03 — best price $5.992026-09-04 — best price $5.992026-09-19 — best price $5.992026-10-04 — best price $2.092026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

141562026-05-31 — 108 pageviews2026-06-04 — 125 pageviews2026-06-08 — 113 pageviews2026-06-12 — 128 pageviews2026-06-16 — 97 pageviews2026-06-20 — 103 pageviews2026-06-24 — 89 pageviews2026-06-28 — 115 pageviews2026-07-02 — 87 pageviews2026-07-06 — 125 pageviews2026-07-10 — 101 pageviews2026-07-14 — 87 pageviews2026-07-18 — 110 pageviews2026-07-22 — 90 pageviews2026-07-26 — 114 pageviews2026-07-30 — 91 pageviews2026-08-03 — 91 pageviews2026-08-07 — 92 pageviews2026-08-11 — 95 pageviews2026-08-15 — 83 pageviews2026-08-19 — 89 pageviews2026-08-23 — 107 pageviews2026-08-27 — 98 pageviews2026-08-31 — 99 pageviews2026-09-04 — 74 pageviews2026-09-08 — 68 pageviews2026-09-12 — 109 pageviews2026-09-16 — 86 pageviews2026-09-20 — 111 pageviews2026-09-24 — 83 pageviews2026-09-28 — 102 pageviews2026-10-02 — 56 pageviews2026-10-06 — 63 pageviews2026-10-10 — 72 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

Retro1990'sActionClassicAdventureSingleplayerThird Person3D Platformer

Census log

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

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