The Game Census
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Mother Machine

Maschinen-Mensch · 2025-03-26

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 26, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Team up for 1-4 player co-op platforming in procedurally-generated alien caves! Customize your gremlin, embrace the chaos and fart on friends! Tackle challenges together and unlock new looks and wild mutations for your next run!

75%
positive of 80 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (26 reviews).
  • · Top 42% of 28,726 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 80 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2026-03-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 13 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820252026Week of 2025-03-26: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-30: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$7.492025-03-262026-10-122025-03-26 — best price $13.492025-04-02 — best price $14.992025-05-05 — best price $13.492025-05-12 — best price $14.992025-06-16 — best price $11.992025-06-26 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-08-19 — best price $11.242025-08-26 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $11.242025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-20 — best price $11.242025-10-27 — best price $14.992025-12-01 — best price $9.742025-12-08 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $8.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-01-26 — best price $8.242026-02-02 — best price $14.992026-03-09 — best price $7.492026-03-16 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-17 — best price $7.492026-05-01 — best price $14.992026-06-01 — best price $7.492026-06-08 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-13 — best price $7.492026-07-20 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $7.492026-08-31 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $7.492026-10-08 — best price $14.992026-10-12 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller Support2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-04-14, latest 2025-05-05 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2D2.5DCo-opComedyControllerPlatformerRogue-liteRoguevaniaAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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