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Opus Magnum

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App ID 558990
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Zachtronics
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 30130191
Last Record Update 18 July 2025 – 11:18:37 UTC ()
Release Date 7 December 2017 – 17:53:00 UTC ()
😍 93.95%
6k reviews
156
In-Game

Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!

Additional Information

Developer Zachtronics
metacritic_name Opus Magnum
metacritic_score 90
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/opus-magnum?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Zachtronics
Store Release Date 7 December 2017 – 17:53:48 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Simulation (28)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28)
Steam Release Date 7 December 2017 – 17:53:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 29 October 2022 – 19:05:43 UTC () (1667070343)
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review_score 9
review_percentage 97
Detected Technologies (?) Ogg SDK, SDL SDK, SteamworksNET SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • 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
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 1 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7993169
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 15 November 2016 – 19:50:20 UTC (), in changelist #2452107

Supported Languages

12 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes
French Yes
German Yes
Japanese Yes
Russian Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes
Korean Yes
Turkish Yes
Ukrainian Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes
Czech Yes

Tags

🧩 Puzzle 💻 Programming 🤖 Automation 🌱 Indie 🖥️ Simulation 🧩 Logic 👤 Singleplayer 🧷 Steampunk 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🏠 Building 😓 Difficult 🏽 2D 🧱 Sandbox 🛑 Hex Grid 😌 Casual

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Includes level editor Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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header_image
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library_hero ↴
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library_logo ↴
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Assets
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timestamp29 October 2022 – 19:06:04 UTC
Trailers
256697803 ↴
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User File System

Key Value
quota 93.13 GiB (100000000000)
maxnumfiles 10000
savefiles
0 ↴
rootgameinstall
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patternsave.dat
1 ↴
rootgameinstall
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pattern*.solution
2 ↴
rootgameinstall
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pattern*.puzzle
rootoverrides
0 ↴
rootgameinstall
osWindows
oscompare=
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addpathMy Games/Opus Magnum
1 ↴
rootgameinstall
osMacOS
oscompare=
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2 ↴
rootgameinstall
osLinux
oscompare=
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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/Opus Magnum/{64BitSteamID} save.dat
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Opus Magnum/{64BitSteamID} *.solution
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Opus Magnum/{64BitSteamID}/custom *.puzzle
Windows (Override) %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/Opus Magnum{64BitSteamID}
%USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/Opus Magnum{64BitSteamID}
%USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/Opus Magnum{64BitSteamID}/custom
MacOS (Override) ~/Library/Application Support/Opus Magnum{64BitSteamID}
~/Library/Application Support/Opus Magnum{64BitSteamID}
~/Library/Application Support/Opus Magnum{64BitSteamID}/custom
Linux (Override) $XDG_DATA_HOME/Opus Magnum{64BitSteamID}
$XDG_DATA_HOME/Opus Magnum{64BitSteamID}
$XDG_DATA_HOME/Opus Magnum{64BitSteamID}/custom
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