Heart of the Machine
90% positive of 2,083 Steam reviews
- Released
- 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Platforms
- Steam, GOG, Epic
Made by Arcen Games. Published by Hooded Horse.
About the game
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Tagged by players
- Diplomacy
- Grand Strategy
- 4X
- Colony Sim
- City Builder
- Historical
- Alternate History
- Base Building
- Economy
- Building
- Sandbox
- Management
What players say
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