Homo Machina is an adventure developed by Darjeeling, released 17 May 2018 on Nintendo Switch, Android and iOS.
What Homo Machina is
Homo Machina is an adventure game developed by Darjeeling and released in 2018. It was published by ARTE France. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android and iOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Homo Machina is a 2D exploration mobile game, inspired by Dr. Fritz Kahn’s medical illustrations. Journey through the human body which becomes a gigantic mechanized factory, filled with tiny workers that are controlling every function of the human anatomy. By adapting his work into a video game, we want to share his vision that science can be fun and raise awareness about his iconic work. Young players will find a fun entry point into exploring the human body with the artistic expression in Homo Machina, with each level exuding charismatic animation and sound effects. The game makes it possible to operate the main functions of the human body with straightforward gameplay appealing everyone…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Homo Machina holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Homo Machina launched on 17 May 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered and Vampyr. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered, Vampyr.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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