Contraption Maker
Worth it · Strategy · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $12.99.
- Length
- 10.3h
- Value
- $1.26/hr
- Reviews
- 91% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 512MB VRAM, Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.
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
It has never been cheaper than $1.04. That was May 2015. It has been discounted 104 times in the 13 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 77 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Bridge Constructor Portal ($9.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Crayon Physics Deluxe ($19.99, scores 43).
None of the 231 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 85 percent of the 259 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 28 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 10.3 hours; clearing it takes 21, which is 2.0 times the campaign.
The drop-off
51% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
5 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 12:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I honestly never thought I'd get to experience this feeling again. The Incredible Machine was one of the games that defined my childhood, and for so many years I wished someone would bring it back. The moment I launched Contraption Maker, it felt like I was a kid again. Thank you for preserving the spirit of the original while giving it new life. This isn't just a great puzzle game-it's a piece of my childhood...
Loved this game in the mid 2000s and still love this game. My kids love this game. Perfect *chef kiss*
The Incredible Machine 4! The title pretty much sums it up. A legally distinct spiritual successor by many of the same people that brought you the TiM series. Basically, you get a puzzle that has a few bits missing, and it is up to you to solve these. Sometimes they're rather complicated constructs, but most of them will either click or not. Upsides: + New free rotation means a few clever solutions here or there may...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Contraption Maker scores 75/100 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/241240/contraption-makerReviews 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 20, price as of Oct 1.
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