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Mechanism

Alexander Goodwin · 2018-07-19

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mechanism - - an adventure game about a lonely robot. Dive into a depressive steampunk world which has been infected with a strange disease called "Phlegm".

Mechanism is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $12.99, with Mixed reviews (67% of 165 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
67%
positive of 165 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (42 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.1k–9.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 165 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.94 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220182026Week of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.942018-07-192021-12-012018-07-19 — best price $13.492018-09-24 — best price $12.742018-10-30 — best price $11.992018-11-21 — best price $10.492018-12-20 — best price $7.492019-01-21 — best price $8.992019-02-04 — best price $7.492019-03-11 — best price $12.992019-04-01 — best price $12.992019-05-27 — best price $12.992019-07-09 — best price $12.992019-08-12 — best price $12.992019-09-30 — best price $12.992019-11-01 — best price $12.992019-12-03 — best price $12.992020-01-02 — best price $12.992020-01-27 — best price $12.992020-03-02 — best price $12.992020-05-11 — best price $12.992020-07-09 — best price $12.992020-08-24 — best price $12.992020-10-26 — best price $12.992020-12-01 — best price $12.992021-01-05 — best price $12.992021-02-15 — best price $12.992021-07-08 — best price $12.992021-12-01 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
60.9%
earned "First blood"
15.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-07-19 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CuteDarkIndieHorrorPuzzleRobotsAdventureSteampunkOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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