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Game entry

Machinarium

2009 · Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure · PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, Android · Amanita Design

Machinarium is ranked no. 291 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,766 and 65% of duels won.

World rank

no. 291

ELO score

1,766

Wins

65%

Duels played

194

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About Machinarium

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.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,766 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Machinarium sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 288 Doom 3 1,766
  2. 289 Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon 1,766
  3. 290 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest 1,766
  4. 291 Machinarium 1,766
  5. 292 Star Wars: Episode I - Racer 1,766
  6. 293 Thief II: The Metal Age 1,766
  7. 294 Red Dead Redemption 1,765

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  1. Ervin_94

    Nah, overrated for how obtuse some of those puzzles get without any hints at all.

    PixelSamurai

    Papers Please a son propre style aussi, mais qu'est-ce que tu trouves qui manque à celui-ci pour tenir la comparaison ?

    IronNinja

    Obtuse isn't the same as unfair, come on.

  2. PixelOwl1997

    Underrated little gem. The art style alone deserves more recognition.

    TurboByte

    J'ai mis un an à le finir par petits bouts entre deux trajets en bus. Cette lenteur lui allait bien je trouve.

  3. Graham14

    Doesn't deserve its ranking here, some of those puzzles are just unfair without any hint system to fall back on.

    CritPlayer7

    No hints, sure, but I remember sitting with a notepad sketching the room out, which is more than most games get from me now.

  4. BossRex

    Why does this keep losing ground to dialogue-heavy adventures? Isn't atmosphere worth something too?

    Jaren_19

    Replying to NeonWarden66

    Same wasteland feeling here, still holds up for me too.

    Kemmer94

    Atmosphere carries this one, sure, but atmosphere alone doesn't solve a puzzle when you're stuck for an hour with no clue what to click.

    NeonWarden66

    Same wasteland setting stuck with me for years, atmosphere doesn't need dialogue to work.

    Marina_8

    La ambientación es un logro real, un logro que no borra la frustración de horas sin pistas ¿tú nunca te quedaste atascado así?

  5. Jed_73

    Still one of the best puzzle games I've played, or, well, top five at least. The atmosphere alone earns it a spot this high.

    Manzano69

    En bus, escuchando algo de fondo, y de repente ya había pasado una hora sin darme cuenta.

    Philippine_46

    On revient toujours aux mêmes duels contre les jeux Telltale dans ce fil, ça dit quelque chose sur les deux genres qui s'affrontent ici.

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