Automaton Heart

Automaton Heart

Steam Deck Verified

Luke Vincent · Adventure · May 29, 2026

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $13.34.

98%
Very Positive
88 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 88 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 75 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
80% of themes are praise75 helpful reviews20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
This game has a lot of gameplay jam packed into it as you play as multiple characters throughout the story.
13 of 75 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
(+) The game supports some replay value with 3 different characters and OST collection.
11 of 75 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This game has a lot of gameplay jam packed into it as you play as multiple characters throughout the story.
9 of 75 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
also it’s the only place in the game where I felt the level design was actually ugly or just not intuitive (too many basic surfaces/flat looking buildings), it does not really highlight any of your good visuals later in the game, it's too dark, too many things that don't need to be there like constant teleports, too many square rooms, I just didn't feel it was good at any point, the game only got interesting for me like 60 minutes +
9 of 75 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 love4 themes
Story and characters13 reviews
Audio11 reviews
Gameplay9 reviews
Graphics9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Combat6 reviews
83%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $13.34.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
98%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
22
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

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