THE ENIGMA MACHINE
Fair · Short indie · 2018
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 1.1h
- Value
- $4.54/hr
- Reviews
- 90% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities., 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
ENIGMA TECHNOLOGIES invites you to delve into the mind of an AI. Seamlessly blending first-person exploration with point-and-click mechanics, THE ENIGMA MACHINE's completely unique presentation offers an increasingly unnerving atmosphere.
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 $0.99. That was October 2024. 22 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 75 percent off, roughly 12 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 6 percent on value. It is pricier than 64 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Zup! F ($1.99, scores 88) beats it on value, while it beats Shadows of Doubt ($24.99, scores 59).
Of the 335 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 90 percent of the 305 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 82 percent of everything written about it.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
THE ENIGMA MACHINE scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/977810/the-enigma-machineReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 1.
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