Machinika: Atlas

Machinika: Atlas

Steam Deck Playable

Littlefield Studio · Casual · Sep 17, 2024

Worth it for the right player.

At $11.99. It has been as low as $5.39.

76%
Mostly Positive
591 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 77 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 591 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 231 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise11% are divided22% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
So the puzzles come with different levels of difficulty, from satisfying clicks to actually challenging your max IQ you have, some puzzles are lengthy if you don't know what you are doing, and some of them are short in nature, and I loved them all, no exceptions, that alone can give this game 10/10, letters got some good plot too!
77 of 231 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The quality of the graphics is as good or better than the first game.
42 of 231 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
From puzzle boxes to puzzle rooms, The Room 2 and Machinika: Atlas expanded the gameplay to now be an "escape room" style of puzzle/adventure.
23 of 231 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
So the puzzles come with different levels of difficulty, from satisfying clicks to actually challenging your max IQ you have, some puzzles are lengthy if you don't know what you are doing, and some of them are short in nature, and I loved them all, no exceptions, that alone can give this game 10/10, letters got some good plot too!
15 of 231 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Complementing the visuals is an understated but highly effective audio design.
8 of 231 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
- A more optimized, polished game, which will go on almost any iron in high quality (the first part itself went in 30-50 fps due to the lack of discrete video card), which can not help but please.
5 of 231 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters77 reviews
Graphics42 reviews
Gameplay23 reviews
Difficulty15 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Performance5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface13 reviews
77%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs34 reviews
50%
Crashes5 reviews
80%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 5 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $11.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.39.

4 points recordedtoday · $11.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
19
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.