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Bartlow's Dread Machine

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App ID 1228870
App Type Game
Developer ,
Publisher Beep Games, Inc.
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 28985209
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 16:26:31 UTC ()
Release Date 29 September 2020 – 15:08:06 UTC ()
❓ 76.18%
83 reviews
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In-Game
💥 Action 🧷 Steampunk 🕹 Arcade 🔫 Shooter 🕹️ Twin Stick Shooter

An artifact from the past returns in Bartlow's Dread Machine, a game from the dawn of the Electric Age. Dread Machine is a dual stick arcade shooter with single player and couch co-op modes, six scintillating game worlds and a cast of improbable monsters and characters.

Additional Information

Developer Beep Games, Inc.
metacritic_name Bartlow's Dread Machine
controller_support full
metacritic_score 70
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/bartlows-dread-machine?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
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ReleaseState released
Publisher Beep Games, Inc.
Store Release Date 29 September 2020 – 15:08:18 UTC ()
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Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1)
Steam Release Date 29 September 2020 – 15:08:06 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 28 October 2022 – 20:50:20 UTC () (1666990220)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, OculusXRPlugin SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 6 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5929982
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Early Access Release Date 30 July 2020 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 15 January 2020 – 22:43:13 UTC (), in changelist #7547065

Supported Languages

6 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes Yes

Tags

💥 Action 🧷 Steampunk 🕹 Arcade 🌱 Indie 🔫 Shooter 👤 Singleplayer 🕹️ Twin Stick Shooter 🤝 Co-op 👥 Local Co-Op 👾 Retro 💥 Bullet Hell 🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🎨 Stylized 👤 Third Person 🕰️ Alternate History 🕹 Shoot 'Em Up

Categories

Single-player Shared/Split Screen Co-op Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Remote Play Together Family Sharing Profile Features Limited Multi-player Shared/Split Screen Co-op

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp22 September 2025 – 20:06:04 UTC
Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
1228871 Bartlow's Dread Machine Content 2.51 GiB 1.21 GiB

Total size on disk is 2.51 GiB and total download size is 1.21 GiB.

 

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 5929982 23 December 2020 – 23:43:12 UTC
original_release original release before updates. 5619505 13 September 2021 – 13:10:04 UTC

Other

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