Machinika: Museum
Worth it · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $7.99, a BANGER if it drops to $4.11.
- Length
- 2.8h
- Value
- $2.85/hr
- Reviews
- 93% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 3 GB of memory, Video Card with 512Mo of VRAM, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $1.19, set in December 2024. It has been discounted 51 times in the 6 years tracked here, typically at 60 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales. It becomes a BANGER at $4.11, a level the record has reached 35 times.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 3 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Through Abandoned: The Underground City ($5.99, scores 36) and The House of Da Vinci 3 ($19.99, scores 62).
This site sampled 401 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 111 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
It's a nice little romp through some puzzles with a good story to it. If you like The Room series, this is a good little inspiration from it.
Really well done, very engaging with lots of unique and fun puzzles. Very immersive feel! I couldn't put it down!
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Machinika: Museum scores 73/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1507190/machinika-museumReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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