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Machinika: Museum cover art

Machinika: Museum

Littlefield Studio · Dear Villagers · 2021-03-23

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 23, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 14, 2021 (iOS), Oct 13, 2022 (Mac), Apr 19, 2021 (Android), Nov 10, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?

28
playing now
93%
positive of 6.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
51/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.19
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 122 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 126k–283k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,299 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.19-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.19-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at IndieGala Store (2024-10-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 99 of 136 observed days · $0.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820212026Week of 2021-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2842026-08-11 19:00 — 15 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 27 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.772021-03-232026-08-302021-03-23 — best price $5.772021-04-26 — best price $7.092021-05-26 — best price $7.092021-07-05 — best price $6.392021-10-07 — best price $7.992021-12-06 — best price $6.392022-01-24 — best price $4.472022-04-21 — best price $6.392022-07-18 — best price $7.992022-09-16 — best price $3.312022-11-23 — best price $5.992023-04-14 — best price $7.992023-05-23 — best price $4.392023-07-18 — best price $3.992023-09-01 — best price $7.992023-10-18 — best price $7.992023-12-13 — best price $3.192024-01-25 — best price $3.192024-03-14 — best price $2.792024-04-26 — best price $6.792024-07-15 — best price $1.992024-09-04 — best price $1.592024-11-04 — best price $7.992025-01-09 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $0.962025-05-05 — best price $0.782025-07-25 — best price $0.782025-09-15 — best price $0.992025-11-03 — best price $1.032025-12-22 — best price $5.212026-02-23 — best price $6.282026-04-15 — best price $1.192026-06-01 — best price $0.992026-08-04 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)610%0

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

Player tags

IndieLogicAliensPuzzleSci-fiMysteryScienceAdventureFuturisticStory Rich

Census log

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

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