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MechaNika cover art

MechaNika

Mango Protocol · 2015-07-16

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 08, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 07, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Mar 26, 2015 (Android), Jul 16, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 27, 2015 (iOS), Nov 09, 2018 (Xbox One)

If it's not cool, it will disappear. If you're not cool, hide. MechaNika is here.

MechaNika is a 2015 Adventure, Indie game priced at $3.99, with Very Positive (91% of 927 reviews) sentiment and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

1
playing now
91%
positive of 927 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (223 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 29,427 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 927 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at IndieGala Store (2024-05-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 103 of 111 observed days · $5.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
130Jul 2015Mar 2024Jul 2015 — avg 2 · peak 13Sep 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2015 — avg 13 · peak 107Jan 2016 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2016 — avg 5 · peak 35May 2016 — avg 6 · peak 202Jul 2016 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2017 — avg 5 · peak 76Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 26Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 25Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$0.592015-07-162026-10-152015-07-16 — best price $3.592016-07-19 — best price $3.992017-11-22 — best price $2.392019-01-03 — best price $3.992019-07-03 — best price $3.992019-11-21 — best price $1.992020-01-15 — best price $4.002020-03-16 — best price $1.372020-05-11 — best price $3.992020-07-01 — best price $2.932020-08-18 — best price $3.492020-10-08 — best price $3.492020-11-13 — best price $3.492020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-02-07 — best price $3.292021-04-02 — best price $3.292021-06-30 — best price $3.992021-12-01 — best price $3.992022-04-21 — best price $3.192022-09-06 — best price $3.992023-02-07 — best price $3.992023-04-27 — best price $1.592023-07-15 — best price $3.992023-09-22 — best price $3.202023-12-11 — best price $0.992024-02-17 — best price $3.992024-04-22 — best price $0.792024-07-29 — best price $3.992024-09-30 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $1.592025-03-06 — best price $1.592025-05-26 — best price $3.992025-08-05 — best price $0.792025-10-16 — best price $1.022025-12-17 — best price $1.192026-02-11 — best price $1.192026-04-01 — best price $3.082026-07-16 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
53.8%
earned "Meal dealer"
38.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Russian, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Italian, Catalan

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-03-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)2,72987%30
PS4 (PlayStation)1,64391%31
Steam (Steam)1,49349%30
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieMechsNudityPuzzleAdventureDark HumorHand-drawnPoint & ClickFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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