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The Mobius Machine

The Mobius Machine

Discover a vast alien world. Fight the ferocious local fauna and killer machines. Reveal its secrets and find a way to escape. The Mobius Machine is a side-scroller action adventure, with an emphasis on free-form exploration and intense combat.

Released Mar 1, 2024 Developer Madruga Works Platforms Windows ExplorationMetroidvaniaSide ScrollerIndieNonlinear
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

83.6%positive495 reviews
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Update2: Just finished the game after approx 45 hours. 10/10 Every bit as impressed as when I wrote the earlier reviews. I see a few people have mentioned the game can seem grindy at times. Here are a few tips to prevent mindless wandering: -> Check the map - look for areas that…”

— a player, Steam review · 64 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“The Mobius Machine is a throw back to the Metroid-Vania classics. What it lacks in story it more than makes up gameplay and design. Expect to travel back and forth to old area as new abilities allow better traversal to new locations. the doesn't exactly reinvent the wheel but it…”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“I like this game! It has an old-school feel, lots of exploration and wonderful graphics.”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-25.

26achievements
28.5%median completion
0.8%rarest: Retro Ultrarun
98.2% of players 70.1% of players 66.3% of players 55.0% of players 54.0% of players 46.0% of players 45.7% of players 36.9% of players 36.1% of players 35.7% of players 32.2% of players 31.2% of players 29.9% of players 28.5% of players 23.6% of players 23.3% of players 11.7% of players 6.0% of players 4.7% of players 3.3% of players 2.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.3% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 98.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
98.2%First Blood — Kill one enemy
70.1%Sky Knight — Reach the Sky Tower
66.3%Crafter — Craft a Weapon
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Retro Ultrarun — Finish game in less than 6 hours in Retro mode
0.9%Ultrarun — Finish game in less than 6 hours
0.9%Retro Speedrun — Finish game in less than 10 hours in Retro mode

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 12, 2026
Version 1.2.4 released

Hello Everyone, This is a quick fix for a crash when rebinding keyboard keys introduced due to our recent upgrade of the Unity Engine. The Madruga Works Team.

Dec 11, 2025
Version 1.2.3 released

Hello Everyone, Today we are releasing version 1.2.3, these are the changes: Saves folder is now %USERPROFILE%\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Madruga Works\\The Mobius Machine The main point of this is to fix is

Sep 18, 2024
Version 1.2 released

Hello Everyone, After the very positive reception that version 1.1 has had, we are now presenting version 1.2. Even if this release is not as game changing as 1.1, it adds a few features that improve

Jun 19, 2024
Patch 1.1.1 released

This is a quick fix for 2 issues introduced in 1.1.0 - Fix for crash in retro mode sometimes when picking up Attractor in West Floating Forest - Fix for excavator sometimes spawning two feeders in the

Jun 17, 2024
Version 1.1 released

Hello Everyone, Update 1.1 is now here, this adds quite a few things to the game, based on user's feedback. New Ending There is now a good ending in the game. We won't reveal more details here, but fo

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsExploration · Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Indie · Nonlinear · Twin Stick Shooter · Platformer · PvE · Shooter · Action-Adventure · 3D · Controller (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil
ControllerFull support
Achievements26
Official sitehttps://madrugaworks.com/mobius
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or above (64 bit) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible with support for Shader Model 5.0 and 1GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space