- March 25, 2016
- G2CREW
- 5h median play time
MachineCraft
Platforms
About
MachineCraft is a Simulation game that allows both single-player and multi-player experiences. The main focus is creating and watching machines made out of blocks, with the ability to battle or race against others. With a variety of functional parts and the freedom to create your own room with custom rules, MachineCraft offers a unique and creative outlet for players.





- The game offers a vast amount of creative freedom, allowing players to build anything from tanks to mechs.
- It's a fun and engaging sandbox experience, especially for those who enjoy engineering and complex mechanics.
- The community, although small, is generally friendly and supportive, providing help and sharing creations.
- The learning curve is steep, making it difficult for new players to understand the mechanics and controls.
- The game suffers from a lack of active servers and a dwindling player base, making multiplayer experiences rare.
- The user interface and tutorials are poorly designed, often leading to confusion and frustration for players.
- gameplay50 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The gameplay in this game is centered around complex mechanical building mechanics that offer players extensive creative freedom, allowing them to construct a wide variety of machines. However, the steep learning curve can be daunting for newcomers, and many players recommend familiarizing oneself with the mechanics through examples and community support. While the game provides a sandbox experience reminiscent of titles like Besiege and Scrap Mechanic, it has faced criticism for its recent updates affecting overall gameplay quality.
“The creativity that you can put into your machines is unmatched by other games, and I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a sandbox game built on creativity, advanced building mechanics, and how you can have lots of independence with the ability to create your own custom server and other fun things.”
“If you are really creative, and you understand the game's mechanics, you can build pretty much anything you like.”
“It's the kind of game that requires a lot, and I mean a lot of time to study how exactly things work, and the only way to juice out all of the fun is by understanding perfectly the mechanics of the game and figuring them out to create what you want; if you're patient and like games that have a lot of nooks and crannies to analyze and require some degree of research and engineering, this is the game for you.”
“There is no gameplay; it's just build something and be happy you built something, or go to a server where nearly everyone has been playing the game for 2000+ hours and has contraptions you can only dream about.”
“As of update 243 and 244, the game and its mechanics, gameplay, and overall worth have dropped below the bar.”
“No forms of movement work; all machines require really dumb mechanics to avoid dying in one shot and you can't move anyway, so why bother?”