Mechanism

Mechanism

Alexander Goodwin · July 19, 2018 · Adventure, Indie, Robots, Steampunk, Atmospheric

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Mechanism price by region

Mechanism costs $7.49 in Georgia (USD), £7.79 in the United Kingdom, €8.99 in Europe (EUR), $9.76 in the United States, CA$14.49 in Canada, NZ$16.49 in New Zealand, A$18.50 in Australia, R$26.89 in Brazil and zł46.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Mechanism offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $7.49 $7.49 $9.76 2
United Kingdom £7.79 −24% £10.29 £7.79 2
Europe (EUR) €8.99 −17% €10.79 €8.99 2
United Statesyour region $9.76 −25% $12.99 $9.76 2
Canada CA$14.49 CA$14.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$16.49 NZ$16.49 — 1
Australia A$18.50 A$18.50 — 1
Brazil R$26.89 R$26.89 — 1
Poland zł46.99 zł46.99 zł50.33 2

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Mechanism

Mechanism - - an adventure game about a lonely robot. Dive into a depressive steampunk world which has been infected with a strange disease called "Phlegm".

Mechanism — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Mechanism is an interesting solo-developer game with decent graphics and storytelling that shows promise, but is held back by persistent technical issues including crashes, random deaths, audio glitches that reset between sessions, and problematic camera controls that cause motion sickness for some players. Players note the game feels slow and clunky, lacks clear direction, and has save system limitations, though some who played it years after release found it more stable than earlier versions.

Not recommended Sep 10, 2023
Okay so I have been playing this game for a few hours and so far I think it is quite cool but the bugs and glitches just take out the fun for me right now :/ The game crashed randomly once, even though I didn't run anything in the background and I randomly died twice even though I wasn't infected or fell from something. Overall there are sometimes visual glitches that I don't mind too much. However the audio glitching does really drive me a little nuts. Whenever I adjust the sound effects and backgroundmusic in the settings they just apply for the session you play in. And sometimes the music completly glitches and randomly stops. Also any time you die the alarm clock in your room is reset and gives off again the beeping sound, even when you don't wake up in that room. Save feature also only sometimes seem to work for me, as it did spawn me somewhere far away from the photomachines at least three times. I also feel like the save feature is a bit clunky, because you have to manually go to a checkpoint to save. Plus I had the issue where items randomly dissapeared when I saved. By closing and opening the game they were there again but still :/ I am also playing on PC and the contro…
5 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 17, 2023
a pretty impressive game for a solo developer but it does feel slow and clunky but really its an interesting game with interesting storytelling
4 found this helpful
Not recommended Nov 14, 2025
what am i supposed to do: the game.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jan 13, 2025
Not Recommended
1 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 17, 2025
I enjoyed this game. The graphics and sound were good, and the game-play was decent. A bit buggy at times, as some of the negative reviews talk about, but I didn't find it to be too bad. Especially for a game made by a single developer. I played it several years after it was first released, so I think the developer had already addressed many of the earlier issues. It could have benefited from having multiple save slots though, particularly for when you encounter one of the bugs. You can do a manual save at certain locations, but if you hit an auto-save point afterwards, it will be overwritten so you can't go back to it. Other than that I thought it was a good game, and I would recommend it.
Not recommended Apr 25, 2024
[h3] Has potential but ... [/h3] I originally tried to play this a while ago and got terrible motion sickness so gave up. Decided to give this another go but had to stop after a few minutes. The camera zooms in & out, and spins uncontrollably even though I put the controls on min. I really wanted to enjoy this game as the graphics look good. From reading the forum the dev is no longer working on it.

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