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Machinarium is a singleplayer flip screen adventure and puzzle game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Also contains copy of Botanicula.
Developer website		The Definitive Version
GOG.com		The Definitive Version
Humble Store		The Definitive Version
itch.io		The Definitive version
Mac App Store		The Definitive Version (since 2018)
Microsoft Store		The Definitive version (requires Windows 10+)
Steam		The Definitive Version
Microsoft Store (unavailable)		Windows 8 Edition

Version differences

The Definitive Version uses a custom made engine, with improved fullscreen support, leaderboards, cloud saves, achievements, new languages and controller support.^[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Amanita-Design.Machinarium\ %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\<user-id>\localhost\ <path-to-game>\machinarium.sol^{[Note 2]}
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects/<user-id>/#localWithNet/ <path-to-game>/machinarium.sol
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

(Windows) Machinarium's saves were stored in the Flash cache so will be removed by tools such as CCleaner; disable Flash file deletion to avoid this.^[2] However, since the Definitive update, the game no longer runs on Flash.

(Windows) Amanita Design also released their own tool to extract save-files.^[3]

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

General settings, found under help.

Original Flash version general settings. Move the cursor to the bottom of the main menu to view.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Game is displayed at roughly 16:10 aspect ratio. Screen size option simply adds black borders.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Original version's frame rate is capped at 25 FPS. The Definitive version's frame rate is unlimited; if Vsync is disabled externally, it's highly recommended to cap the frame rate manually.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Controls.

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised		Microsoft Store version.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Used to move cursor.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		^[4]
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4 ^[4]
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		In-game interaction is done visually and speech is mumbling.
Closed captions		At least one puzzle relies on sound, but an in-game walkthrough exists.
Mute on focus lost		Does full pause on focus loss.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese				Not on GOG version
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese				Steam only.
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian				Steam & Mac App Store only.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.0	OS X and Linux only.
Metal support		Metal 2.0 since 2021.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows				There was ARM support on the delisted Windows 8 Edition.
macOS (OS X)				Probably supports the Silicon SoCs as it adds Metal 2.0 and improved support for Big Sur since 2021.
Linux				Linux version didn't get the Definitive update & is no longer supported.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8.x, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	380 MB
Other	1024x768 screen resolution

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.12 (MacOS X 10.5.8 is no longer supported after the Definitive update.)
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	380 MB
Other	1024x768 screen resolution

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Linux 32 bit
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	380 MB
Other	1024x768 screen resolution

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/40700/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (40700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ The Definitive Version of Machinarium is now live! :: Steam Community - last accessed on 2017-06-24
↑ Yahoo Answers save game topic - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Official forum thread save file - last accessed on May 2023
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Verified by User:Marioysikax on 2017-06-24

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/40700/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (40700) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/40700/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (40700) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[gamedir-3] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] The Definitive Version of Machinarium is now live! :: Steam Community - last accessed on 2017-06-24

[4] Yahoo Answers save game topic - last accessed on May 2023

[5] Official forum thread save file - last accessed on May 2023

[Marioysikax-6] 4.0 ^4.1 Verified by User:Marioysikax on 2017-06-24

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[2]

[3]

[4]

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-|winehq       = 10619<!--yes, there's native linux build, but half of the stores actually offers it-->
+|winehq       = 10619 <!--yes, there's native linux build, but half of the stores actually offers it-->
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-'''Key points'''
+{{Introduction
-{{++}} The Definitive Version uses a custom made engine, with improved fullscreen support, leaderboards, cloud saves, achievements, new languages and controller support.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/games/40700/announcements/detail/1343611136291725559|title=The Definitive Version of Machinarium is now live! :: Steam Community|date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
+|introduction      =
-{{ii}} Other stores and versions should get updated in the future,<ref>{{Refsnip|url=https://twitter.com/Amanita_Design/status/877930443433050112|title=Amanita Design on Twitter|date=2017-06-24|snippet=it's not exclusive. we're going to start updating the game on other outlets soon. please stay tuned!}}</ref> this article is based off the updated version and differences to the original Flash version are indicated.
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
+}}
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-{{DLC|
+===Version differences===
-{{DLC/row| Soundtrack & Artbook |  | Windows}}
+{{ii}} The Definitive Version uses a custom made engine, with improved fullscreen support, leaderboards, cloud saves, achievements, new languages and controller support.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/games/40700/announcements/detail/1343611136291725559|title=The Definitive Version of Machinarium is now live! :: Steam Community|date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
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+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|appdata}}\Amanita-Design.Machinarium\|{{p|appdata}}\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\{{p|uid}}\localhost\|{{p|game}}\machinarium.sol}}
 {{Game data/saves|Microsoft Store|}}
 {{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
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 ==Video==
 {{Image|Machinarium - General.png|General settings, found under {{code|help}}.}}
-{{Image|Machinarium Options.png|Original flash version general settings, move mouse to bottom of main menu to view.}}
+{{Image|Machinarium Options.png|Original Flash version general settings. Move the cursor to the bottom of the main menu to view.}}
 {{Video
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 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
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-|controller support notes  = At least XInput and [[Controller:DualShock 4|DualShock 4]].<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Marioysikax|date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
+|controller support notes  =
 |full controller           = true
 |full controller notes     =
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 |touchscreen notes         = {{store link|Microsoft Store|9wzdncrdl89f}} version.
 |xinput controllers        = true
-|xinput controllers notes  =
+|xinput controllers notes  = <ref name="Marioysikax">{{Refcheck|user=Marioysikax|date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
 |xbox prompts              = true
 |xbox prompts notes        =
 |impulse triggers          = false
 |impulse triggers notes    =
-|dualshock 4               = true
+|playstation controllers   = true
-|dualshock 4 notes         =
+|playstation controller models = DualShock 4
-|dualshock prompts         = unknown
+|playstation controllers notes = <ref name="Marioysikax"/>
-|dualshock prompts notes   =
+|playstation prompts       = unknown
-|light bar support         = false
+|playstation prompts notes =
+|light bar support         = unknown
 |light bar support notes   =
-|dualshock 4 modes         = unknown
+|dualsense adaptive trigger support = unknown
-|dualshock 4 modes notes   =
+|dualsense adaptive trigger support notes =
+|dualsense haptics support  = unknown
+|dualsense haptics support notes =
+|playstation connection modes =
+|playstation connection modes notes =
 |tracked motion controllers= unknown
 |tracked motion controllers notes =
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 |other controllers         = true
 |other controllers notes   =
-|other button prompts      = Xbox
+|other button prompts      = unknown
 |other button prompts notes=
 |controller hotplug        = false
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 |haptic feedback           = unknown
 |haptic feedback notes     =
+|digital movement supported = unknown
+|digital movement supported notes=
 |simultaneous input        = true
 |simultaneous input notes  =

Developers

	Amanita Design
Publishers
	Daedalic Entertainment
	Lace Mamba Global
Engines
Original	Flash
Release dates
Windows	October 16, 2009
macOS (OS X)	October 16, 2009
Linux	October 16, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	85
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Flip screen
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles	Cartoon, Stylized
Themes	Sci-fi