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THE ENIGMA MACHINE

ENIGMA STUDIO · 2018-11-30

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Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 28, 2018 (Mac), Jul 29, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jan 18, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Dec 16, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 20, 2022 (Xbox One), Oct 28, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ENIGMA TECHNOLOGIES invites you to delve into the mind of an AI. Seamlessly blending first-person exploration with point-and-click mechanics, THE ENIGMA MACHINE's completely unique presentation offers an increasingly unnerving atmosphere.

THE ENIGMA MACHINE is a 2018 Indie game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 384 reviews).

1
playing now
90%
positive of 384 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3.54★
PlayStation Store rating (102 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.6k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 384 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$2.24-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-10-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 12 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$0.992018-12-012026-10-082018-12-01 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-11-01 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-11-02 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-14 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-04 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-06-28 — best price $0.992026-08-03 — best price $2.492026-08-27 — best price $8.992026-09-10 — best price $8.992026-09-24 — best price $8.992026-10-08 — best price $2.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)63891%10
PS5 (PlayStation)23392%12
PS4 (PlayStation)21693%12
PS4 (PlayStation)18384%12
PS5 (PlayStation)17691%12
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

IndieHorrorPuzzleCyberpunkAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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