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Contraption Maker

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App ID 241240
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Top Meadow
Franchise Kevin Ryan
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 28970735
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 00:27:38 UTC ()
Release Date 7 July 2014 – 17:11:15 UTC ()
😎 86.68%
1k reviews
7
In-Game
🧩 Puzzle 🏽 2D 📖 Level Editor 🐹 Lemmings 🧱 Sandbox

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.

Additional Information

Developer Kevin Ryan
gamedir ValveTestApp241240
metacritic_name Contraption Maker
icon empty string
NoServers No
state eStateComingSoonNoPreload
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
checkpkgstate Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Top Meadow
Store Release Date 7 July 2014 – 17:11:15 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
AbsoluteMouseCoordinates Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/eatXdwaC
https://x.com/TopMdw
Primary Genre Casual (4)
Store Genres Casual (4), Indie (23), Simulation (28)
Steam Release Date 7 July 2014 – 17:11:15 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 19 August 2023 – 18:58:11 UTC () (1692471491)
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height_pct100
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review_score 8
review_percentage 91
RemotePlayTogetherTestingBranches default,1.4.25,comingsoon,remote
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 17 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7156924
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-1
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 30 May 2013 – 07:47:41 UTC (), in changelist #227557

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

🧩 Puzzle 🏽 2D 📖 Level Editor 🐹 Lemmings 🧱 Sandbox 🛠️ Moddable 👥 Online Co-Op 🔋 Physics 👪 Family Friendly 🖥️ Simulation 🏠 Building 💻 Programming 🎨 Colorful 📺 2D Platformer 🧸 Cute 🐰 Cartoony 🕹️ Old School 👤 Singleplayer 😌 Casual 🌱 Indie

Categories

Single-player Online Co-op Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Includes level editor Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op

Assets

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timestamp26 August 2024 – 20:06:47 UTC

Trailer 592042 ↴

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timestamp 28 July 2023 – 22:48:11 UTC

Trailer 388037 ↴

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timestamp 15 June 2023 – 20:31:30 UTC

Trailer 28981 ↴

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User File System

Key Value
quota 1.30 GiB (1400000000)
maxnumfiles 1000
savefiles
0 ↴
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rootoverrides
0 ↴
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oscompare=
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addpathcontraptionmaker

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/ContraptionMaker/data puzzles.data
MacOS (Override) ~/Documents/contraptionmakerdata
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