Genre StrategyReleased Mar 6, 2026
Heart of the Machine
Developed by Arcen Games · Published by Hooded Horse
-70%
View on Steam$8.99
$29.99
Estimated lifetime revenue
$1.38M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$962.6K
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
55.6K
≈ 26 sales per review
Reviews
2,168
Very Positive91% positive
Playing now
304
26-day peak 304 · low 37
New reviews, last 26 days
+40
≈ 2 a day since Sep 17
History
Sep 17 – Oct 13
2.2K2.2K2.1K2.1K
Sep 17Sep 30Oct 13
Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.
How it compares
Strategy →Against the 120 most-reviewed Strategy games on Steam
Outearns 21% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.
Median
$15.86M
114,708 reviews
Top 10% start at
$70.74M
This game
$1.38M
Fewest reviews of the group
The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.
About
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.
- Developer
- Arcen Games
- Publisher
- Hooded Horse
- Genre
- Strategy
- Released
- Mar 6, 2026
- Steam app ID
- 2001070
- Data updated
- Oct 13, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.