THE ENIGMA MACHINE

THE ENIGMA MACHINE

Steam Deck · unrated

ENIGMA STUDIO · Indie · Nov 30, 2018

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

On sale at $2.49, but it has been as low as $0.99.

90%
Very Positive
380 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 82 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 380 player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise29% are divided14% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Otherwise, I'd recommend this game as a fun 90 minutes or so spent to delve into an interactive short story in the genre of science fiction and psychological horror.
82 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I enjoyed the gameplay and puzzles and I'm looking forward to playing the rest of the trilogy.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound design complements this perfectly: synthetic drones, glitchy reverberations, and low-frequency hums create an auditory landscape that feels alive yet unstable.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Anything above 16:9 resolution, 60 Hz and 60 FPS apparently make this game impossible to play properly, let alone win.
13 of 300 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 characters82 reviews
Gameplay21 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Performance13 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics56 reviews
86%
Interface7 reviews
86%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs32 reviews
72%

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $2.49 (−50%). The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $2.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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