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The Music Machine cover art

The Music Machine

David Szymanski · 2015-05-06

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 06, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A teenage girl and the vengeful ghost possessing her stumble onto horrors of cosmic proportions as the latter searches for a way to murder the former.

The Music Machine is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 614 reviews).

2
playing now
87%
positive of 614 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 80% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 614 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-10-27) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
70May 2015Aug 2026May 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 2Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 74Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2025 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2025 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2026 — avg 1 · peak 14May 2026 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$0.992015-05-052026-07-092015-05-05 — best price $7.992015-06-22 — best price $5.992015-10-12 — best price $4.992016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-07-04 — best price $2.492016-11-24 — best price $1.992017-02-20 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $2.492018-02-15 — best price $2.492018-10-29 — best price $2.492018-12-21 — best price $2.492019-08-01 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-03-09 — best price $4.992020-05-25 — best price $4.992020-11-02 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-07-11 — best price $2.492022-11-01 — best price $4.992023-01-16 — best price $4.992023-04-03 — best price $4.992023-08-07 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-02-05 — best price $4.992024-05-20 — best price $4.992024-09-02 — best price $4.992024-12-16 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-05-06 (Steam store data)

Player tags

DarkIndieHorrorPuzzleStylizedAdventureDark HumorAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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