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Submachine: Legacy
Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “intricate puzzles and exploration” (36 of 88 reviews) and “mysterious lore and narrative” (19); the most common complaint is “frustrating puzzle difficulty” (8). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
36 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Just barely gets a thumbs up due to the last level subverting everything good I had to say about this game.. Pre-Level 10: The game strikes the perfect balance of atmosphere and point-and-click puzzle solving where you…”
19 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Just barely gets a thumbs up due to the last level subverting everything good I had to say about this game.. Pre-Level 10: The game strikes the perfect balance of atmosphere and point-and-click puzzle solving where you…”
19 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Just barely gets a thumbs up due to the last level subverting everything good I had to say about this game.. Pre-Level 10: The game strikes the perfect balance of atmosphere and point-and-click puzzle solving where you…”
10 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Just barely gets a thumbs up due to the last level subverting everything good I had to say about this game.. Pre-Level 10: The game strikes the perfect balance of atmosphere and point-and-click puzzle solving where you…”
6 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“I've never been more excited for the remaster of a game. I played the free version of The Basement for the first time on Mr. Skutnik's website almost 10 years ago, and it honestly made me fall in love with the…”
8 of the 88 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“An amazing point-and-click puzzle game. I've never played Myst, but this feels like what it would be like. All you need to see is how massive the percentage of players who've fully-cleared the game is to understand just…”
4 of the 88 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Every few years I would go back and replay the entire flash-game series again, so finding out that this remastered version came out was quite exciting. The atmosphere of Submachine is something special, and it was a…”
“the amount of backtracking, especially in the post-game/monoliths section, is absolutely criminal and completely overshadowed the positive parts of my experience with this game i recommend playing a chapter a day or a…”
3 of the 88 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“the amount of backtracking, especially in the post-game/monoliths section, is absolutely criminal and completely overshadowed the positive parts of my experience with this game i recommend playing a chapter a day or a…”
Counted across 88 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“classic, and still just as fun, first played when i was maybe 8”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Submachine: Legacy is an amazing point and click puzzle-exploration game series collection. I really liked the original Flash games and followed as they came out, and this collection improves upon everything, plus more content and extra touches to link everything together. It…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“Submachine: Legacy, developed and published by Mateusz Skutnik, is a meticulous reconstruction of a long-running puzzle adventure series that originally defined a generation of browser-based games. Rather than presenting a simple collection of past entries, it reworks the entire…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-10-20.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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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 | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Point & Click · Adventure · Hand-drawn · Exploration · 2D · Indie · Atmospheric · Colorful · Dystopian · Philosophical · Mystery (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Official site | https://www.mateuszskutnik.com/submachine/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 64bit Intel compatible Dual Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space