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App ID	645290
App Type	Game
Developer	Alexander Goodwin
Publisher	Alexander Goodwin
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	29817125
Last Record Update	30 June 2025 – 06:12:09 UTC ()
Release Date	19 July 2018 – 13:55:38 UTC ()

❓ 65.01%

162 reviews

In-Game

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

Additional Information

Developer

Alexander Goodwin

metacritic_name

M E C H A N I S M

controller_support

full

community_visible_stats

Yes

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Alexander Goodwin

Store Release Date

19 July 2018 – 07:00:00 UTC ()

osarch

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://x.com/AlexGoodwin63

Primary Genre

Adventure (25)

Store Genres

Adventure (25), Indie (23)

Steam Release Date

19 July 2018 – 13:55:38 UTC ()

Original Release Date

19 July 2018 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1531983600)

Store Asset Modification Time

24 September 2019 – 17:18:58 UTC () (1569345538)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	CenterCenter
width_pct	91.13185530921817
height_pct	100

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Unity Engine

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
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: 26 September 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 4305570

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	1
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-8.0-4
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

restricted_countries

Germany

First seen on SteamDB

25 May 2017 – 10:07:03 UTC (), in changelist #3018312

Supported Languages

6 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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clienticon

9aab4acc1a4e71ab5eb99102c962fe5dd0ae31fb

clienttga

48c1fbf3aed093063af502045ca4cc106fa78e15

icon

3184dc7e0efbf793d82f75f735081b24562734a4

logo

3b7ea1ba4844f5c64fea964419010bd07c08a264

logo_small

3b7ea1ba4844f5c64fea964419010bd07c08a264_thumb

clienticns

9aab4acc1a4e71ab5eb99102c962fe5dd0ae31fb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
logo_position/pinned_position	CenterCenter
logo_position/width_pct	91.13185530921817
logo_position/height_pct	100

Assets

main_capsule	capsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	3184dc7e0efbf793d82f75f735081b24562734a4.jpg
page_background_path	app/645290
timestamp	24 September 2019 – 17:20:29 UTC

Trailers

256721662 ↴
trailer_name	Mechanism
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256721662/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256721662/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256721662/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256721662/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	645290/171264/1baafd497a7c2185f9f0a2d433d7bb129094e52c/1751125680/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	645290/171264/1baafd497a7c2185f9f0a2d433d7bb129094e52c/1751125680/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256721662/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256721662/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	171264
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1530544239
256714856 ↴
trailer_name	Mechanism - teaser
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256714856/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256714856/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256714856/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256714856/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	645290/159389/770495f475749a24a4442febf2286cf16eeb49dd/1751125679/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	645290/159389/770495f475749a24a4442febf2286cf16eeb49dd/1751125679/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256714856/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256714856/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	159389
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1524324630

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
645291	Windows 64-bitMechanism	1.17 GiB	485.02 MiB
645292	macOS 64-bitUnusedMechanism MAC	No size
645293	Linux 64-bitUnusedMechanism Linux	No size

Inner depots from DLC

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
907170	DLC 907170Хранилище Mechanism - OST	107.61 MiB	107.24 MiB

Total size on disk is 1.28 GiB and total download size is 592.26 MiB.

Total size on disk is 1.17 GiB and total download size is 485.02 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		4305570	20 October 2019 – 13:23:57 UTC

Other

Name	Value
baselanguages	English, German, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian
hasdepotsindlc	1

Mechanism

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Supported Languages

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Depots

Inner depots from DLC

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