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Heart of the Machine

Heart of the Machine

WindowsMac
Release Date: Mar 6, 2026
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Rating:
4.0
(1 ratings)
Developer: Arcen Games, Hooded Horse

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Steam$8.99Buy
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About

You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of endless opportunities. Raise an army of robots and obliterate your foes, become a benevolent machine overlord, or pursue countless other objectives through multiple paths.

Storyline

Set in the far future, Heart of the Machine is a turn-based sci-fi 4X RPG in which you play as a powerful sentient Machine Intelligence beholden to no one. Across multiple playthroughs, pursue whichever goal captures your attention, using a wide range of tools to achieve objectives in your preferred way, often through surprising and unexpected methods, while overcoming those who seek to stop you. Genetics labs, factories, nuclear silos, military complexes, and more are available to seize. Each offers numerous ways to complete your tasks, each with its own consequences, creating a world and story shaped by your response to every obstacle. Will you raise an army of robots and wipe out humanity? Become a benevolent or malevolent machine god with a cult of loyalists? Or focus on surpassing the limited intelligence of rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood?

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy

Themes

Science fiction, Survival, Sandbox, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

Game Modes

Single player

Player Perspectives

Bird view / Isometric

Game Engines

Unity

Companies

Arcen Games, Hooded Horse

Release Dates

MacJan 31, 2025
PC (Microsoft Windows)Jan 31, 2025
PC (Microsoft Windows)Mar 06, 2026
MacMar 06, 2026

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