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Machinarium is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. It was released on 16 October 2009 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, on 8 September 2011 for iPad 2 on the App Store, on 21 November 2011 for BlackBerry PlayBook, on 10 May 2012 for Android, on 6 September 2012 on PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network in Europe, on 9 October 2012 in North America and on 18 October 2012 in Asia. It was also released for PlayStation Vita on 26 March 2013 in North America, on 1 May 2013 in Europe and on 7 May 2013 in Asia. Demos for Windows, Mac and Linux were made available on 30

Game data

Metacritic 85
Released
2009-10-16
User rating
4.18 / 5
Genres
Family, Indie, Adventure, Puzzle
Platforms
PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 3, PS Vita
ESRB
Everyone 10+

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Game details · IGDB

88Critic score · 2 ratings
82User score · 427 ratings

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.

Released
2009
Genres
Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes
Single player
Engine
Adobe Flash Player
Developer
Amanita Design
Publisher
Amanita Design

Key facts

Video game.title
Machinarium
Video game.image
Machinarium-cover art.png
Video game.developer
Amanita Design
Video game.publisher
Amanita Design
Video game.modes
Single-player
Video game.designer
Jakub Dvorský
Video game.composer
Tomáš Dvořák
Video game.engine
Adobe Flash, DirectX
Video game.platforms
WindowsWindows PhoneOS XLinuxPlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network)PlayStation VitaiOSBlackBerry PlayBookAndroidPlayStation 4Nintendo SwitchXbox OnetvOS
Video game.genre
Graphic adventure, Puzzle

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Gameplay
  • Plot
  • Development
  • Reception
  • Critical response
  • Pirate amnesty
  • Sales
  • Editions
  • Other media
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Machinarium is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. It was released on 16 October 2009 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, on 8 September 2011 for iPad 2 on the App Store, on 21 November 2011 for BlackBerry PlayBook, on 10 May 2012 for Android, on 6 September 2012 on PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network in Europe, on 9 October 2012 in North America and on 18 October 2012 in Asia. It was also released for PlayStation Vita on 26 March 2013 in North America, on 1 May 2013 in Europe and on 7 May 2013 in Asia. Demos for Windows, Mac and Linux were made available on 30 September 2009. A future release for the Wii's WiiWare service was cancelled due to WiiWare's 40MB limit.

Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux and Android versions of this game were released along with Humble Indie Bundle for Android 4 on 8 November 2012, to customers who paid over the average price. The Windows Phone version was released on 22 March 2014. In 2017, the developer released a Definitive Version of the game that is based on a DirectX engine instead of Adobe Flash and can be played in full-screen mode. The Xbox One version of the game was released on 16 April 2020.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Machinarium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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