Machinarium is award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost and Botanicula. A little robot who’s been thrown out to the scrap yard behind the city must return and confront the Black Cap Brotherhood and save his robot-girl friend. Summary: IGDB
Mind Score
Fair to the playerAge · PEGI 7
Respect
95
Nourish
56
Stimulation
gentle
Has an endingStop anytime
On failure
Forgiving: quick retry, no lost progress
- Steam tag “Casual” (476 votes)
What it exercises
Exploration and curiosity
- Wikipedia: built around exploration
Problem solving
- Steam tag “Puzzle” (617 votes)
- 25 of 73 reviews mention puzzles
Story and reading
- Steam tag “Story Rich” (494 votes)
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