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MoteMancer
An alchemical automation game of ever-changing logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element transforms how you generate power, move resources, and defend your factory. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this hex-grid sandbox.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“If you like automation games then this game is for you. It has come a long way since it first came out. I was able to finish the game at about 115 fps so the optimization has come light years from the start. The research tree is polished and gives you a great since of…”
— a player, Steam review · 232 hrs played“Motemancer is a great variation on a factory game without deviating too much from quality of life or other mechanical expectations to be frustrating. There's a lot of creativity here in how the different elemental planes work and synergies in research. The "entropy" (which is…”
— a player, Steam review · 104 hrs played“Magic, hexagons, flower pylons (don't ask me, magic) the bad is that it kind of harms my [SCALE_THIS_THING_TO_9000] section of the brain as the pre-logistics (splitter and filtered inserters, also a bit hard to see each machine's throughput at a glance, and power brown out is…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Monday Musings #63 – Nice to Haves
It's funny, while working through the Alchemists Journal feature and finding all the ways I want to teach lessons inside the game, many of the nice-to-have features have bubbled to the surface as feat
Monday Musings #62 – The Advent of the Alchemist's Journal
I have been talking about this feature for literally a year, and today is finally the day to put it in the game. MoteMancer has many unique rules and behavior and systems, and just a lot to learn in g
Monday Musings #61 – Multi-Texture Particles
When I was at school for computer animation, we had a saying - "Is it enough to fool the bartender?" The thing about graphics in general is you can spend almost an infinite amount of time making somet
Monday Musings #60 – Portals and Particles
As I've been looking through the toolbox for ways to bring buildings to life, one nagging problem has remained unsolved: particle interactions with portals. MoteMancer's solution to Portals is not sup
v0.5.060 Rolling Updates for August
Thank you for all the suggestions and reports. Many of these improvements came directly from forum posts and in-game F1 feedback. Thank you for helping make MoteMancer better! v0.5.060 Bunch of QoL re
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Automation · Base Building · Resource Management · Fantasy · Sandbox · Strategy · Puzzle · Crafting · Management · Open World · Simulation (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Russian * , Spanish - Latin America * , Turkish * , Traditional Chine… |
| Achievements | 66 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 / AMD FX-6300 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics: Intel HD 4000 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD R9 270 Storage: 4 GB available space