Unmechanical

Unmechanical

Fair · Narrative · 2012

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
2.6h 4.2h to 100%
Value
$3.84/hr
Reviews
92% of 476 positive
It needs 12% off ($8.82) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.82 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 1 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

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

Raising the score
Reviews92% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 90% after the small-sample adjustment
Engagement7% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$3.84/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 47 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, SM3-compatible video card, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

It has been discounted 27 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 20 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

On value it sits in the top 8 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 69 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Bridge ($2.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats BEEP (free, scores 65).

More about Unmechanical

74 from critics against 92 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

Steam's global achievement data puts about 7 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 2.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

The drop-off

77% start to 7% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Oct 9, 16:54 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

A short, but sweet 2.5 D puzzle game that does an excellent job of immersing you in it's atmosphere. The puzzles are mostly well done with clear paths, but some are a little too tedious or convoluted, but that's the minority.
AnchoriteRecommendedafter 3.7hMay 2024Read on Steam
2 more reviews
This great platformer has pretty much the same dark vibe as "The Ball" and "The Solus Project" , but with a flair of industrial utopia. They are all 3 very different games but there's something special that binds them. I wish Teotl Studios made more games, they totally had a gourmet taste in game design.
HitchetRecommendedafter 5.1hFeb 2024Read on Steam
A very sweet game. Puzzles can be difficult, but never overly frustrating. Achievements can be near impossible to get and some can't be gone back to once passed. Overall, a lovely game with just enough of a storyline to keep you hooked and make the choice at the end a tough one. I recommend using a gamepad, it makes all of the difference on puzzles requiring precision.
SoggyWarmPocketsRecommendedafter 7.2h27 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Unmechanical scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/211180/unmechanical
Embed the live badge

Reviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+18
Critics74
Players92
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 476 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperTalawa Games
PublisherTeotl Studios
GenreNarrative
Released2012
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements17