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Mechanica
Mechanica is a multiplayer open-world survival game involving building and programming. Create your own bases, defenses, manufacturing systems and more. Explore the map and expand the scope and complexity of your creations.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“It’s good game but you need to change the game version because the new version is broken there’s no loot and last update was like 5 years but the game is great with older version.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“I used to see a youtuber play it in 2021, I wanted to try it so bad I downloaded it outside steam because my old pc won't run steam, Man, after buying this current laptop, I got directly to steam to download this game, I really wish to continue developing it. sorry for…”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played“The game is fun for the most part. My biggest complaint is it does get pretty boring after a while, there's buildings and other things dotted throughout the area but they have no reason to go to any of them, theres no items in any buildings, no enemies besides ones that spawn to…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:35 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Mechanica v1.2.3.2: Patch
Hey all, This patch includes several bug fixes as well as one important new feature. Link priority option Every variable now has an option that controls how links affect the variable. You can access t
Mechanica 1.2.3: The Programming Rework
Hey everyone, After over 2 months and 2 major revisions, Mechanica's programming rework is finally complete! Programming is Mechanica's most fundamental gameplay aspect, and I've put every effort into
Mechanica v1.2.3.1: Programming Rework (2) Open Beta
Hey everyone, I got a lot of great feedback from the programming open beta. I've been spending some time reworking it yet again to address some key concerns: Allowing the creation of complex programs
Mechanica v1.2.3: Programming Rework Open Beta
Hello everyone, I've been working on the programming system rework for the past month, and the open beta is now ready! You can opt into this beta by right-clicking on Mechanica in your Steam library -
Mechanica v1.2.2: Electric Manufacturing
Hi everyone, This is the third and final manufacturing overhaul update, introducing new electric manufacturing machines. These machines are 25% faster than petrol machines and can be powered by a conn
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Indie · Programming · Building · Base-Building · Survival · Sandbox · Logic · Open World Survival Craft · Robots · Automation · Post-apocalyptic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Workshop · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 32-bit Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 4 GB available space Additional Notes: Mechanica is in early access, meaning these requirements may change during development.