Mother Machine is an adventure developed by Maschinen-Mensch, released 26 March 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Mother Machine is
Mother Machine is an adventure game developed by Maschinen-Mensch and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Climb, jump, and explore alien caves full of emergent surprises in this 1-4 player co-op action-rpg platformer. Customize your cute chaos gremlin with a never-ending appetite for adventure & mayhem! Unlock a vast range of mutations to choose your preferred playstyle and role in a group.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Mother Machine holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Mother Machine launched on 26 March 2025, within three weeks of Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction and Blue Prince. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction, Blue Prince.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mother Machine yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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