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Retro Machina cover art

Retro Machina

Orbit Studio · SuperGG.com · 2021-05-12

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 12, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), May 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 12, 2021 (PlayStation 4), May 12, 2021 (Xbox One)

Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.

86%
positive of 256 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$16.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 16,762 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.1k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 256 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.63 at Fanatical (2026-06-24) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 27 of 28 observed days · $17.36 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920212026Week of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$2.632021-05-122026-09-162021-05-12 — best price $15.292021-07-23 — best price $11.892021-09-02 — best price $16.992021-10-27 — best price $10.192021-11-26 — best price $10.192022-01-05 — best price $16.992022-02-23 — best price $10.192022-04-25 — best price $8.492022-06-28 — best price $16.992022-08-01 — best price $7.642022-09-26 — best price $16.992022-12-22 — best price $7.642023-03-23 — best price $16.992023-05-08 — best price $6.792023-06-29 — best price $6.792023-08-10 — best price $16.992023-11-21 — best price $5.942024-01-15 — best price $5.942024-03-21 — best price $16.992024-05-19 — best price $12.482024-07-11 — best price $16.992024-08-02 — best price $16.992024-09-17 — best price $16.992024-11-16 — best price $12.482024-12-11 — best price $3.222025-01-13 — best price $12.482025-03-03 — best price $3.392025-04-28 — best price $4.242025-06-20 — best price $3.392025-08-04 — best price $4.242025-11-04 — best price $4.242026-01-05 — best price $16.992026-04-20 — best price $16.992026-05-22 — best price $16.992026-07-09 — best price $16.992026-09-16 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
52%
earned "Nucleonics"
9.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22115%17
Xbox One (Xbox)7614%17
PS4 (PlayStation)5828%18
PS4 (PlayStation)4236%18
Switch (Nintendo)70%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieActionPuzzleFantasyColorfulAdventureEmotionalStory Rich

Census log

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

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