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Explore a hand-drawn maze of abandoned machinery, solve point-and-click puzzles, and follow a banished lighthouse keeper’s trail.
Released 13 Oct 2023
Explore 1,900 Rooms
Repair Broken Machinery
Follow a Banished Keeper
Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.
Developed by Mateusz Skutnik · Published by Mateusz Skutnik
Alone in a vast network of desolate rooms, you explore the world of Submachine and follow the footsteps of a banished lighthouse keeper as he descends into its ruins.
Use point-and-click exploration to inspect locations, collect items, and solve logic puzzles. Progress often means repairing machinery by finding missing parts, restoring power, or working out how devices fit together.
The adventure spans more than 1,900 rooms and chapters that unlock as you progress. Scattered notes reveal the story, while secrets and clues encourage you to connect discoveries across the network.
Players in this sample often enjoy the challenging puzzles, distinctive hand-drawn environments, and eerie sense of lonely exploration. Many also appreciate how the mysterious story and discoveries link the chapters, with longtime players highlighting the nostalgia and unified collection. Some players find the clues and interactable items easy to miss, the navigation and backtracking tedious, or parts of the story difficult to follow.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 28 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
