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After a crash traps your preserved mind in a rover, scavenge the wasteland, build machines and a base, and fend off raiders.
Released 05 Mar 2026
Build Modular Rovers
Automate Rover Fleets
Rebuild Ruined Bases
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
Developed by Chudo-Yudo Games · Published by Targem Games
After a mysterious virus and nuclear war devastate Earth, your ship crashes on the wasteland planet. Your personality survives in a consciousness module inside a machine, and you set out to survive, reconnect with an orbital station, and investigate the catastrophe.
Drive a rover through hostile areas to gather resources, fight raiders and bosses, and explore abandoned sites. Craft weapons, equipment, and modules, then customize vehicles for tasks such as combat and mining.
Rebuild bases, place production facilities and defenses, and research technologies to expand your options. Assign other rovers to gather resources, build, and defend while preparing for raids and environmental hazards such as sandstorms and radiation.
Players who enjoy Machine Mind often highlight the modular rover-building, the mix of base development and automation, and the post-apocalyptic atmosphere. Some find it rewarding to design machines for different jobs and gradually expand their operations. Others describe the experience as grindy or frustrating, especially around bot behavior, controls, resources, and raid difficulty.
The world survived a nuclear war after a mysterious virus swept the planet and wiped out most of the humanity. Some managed to find refuge in an orbital station, and Earth has become a wasteland ruled by mad raiders.
After your ship crashed, your personality was preserved in a special consciousness module thanks to an experimental programme, but you remain a prisoner of the metal shell. Use the rovers to survive, reconnect with the orbital station, and solve the mysteries of the catastrophe that changed everything.
Make weapons, modules and equipment from the resources you gather to upgrade your machines and fortify your base. Build and modify rovers with the help of various modules that you can adapt for different tasks, from mining to fighting.
Reconstruct destroyed bases, build defences and structures to survive in dangerous conditions, engage in intense battles with raiders and bosses using advanced weapons and combat modules, and be ready for the challenges of nature: you’ll have to deal with disasters such as sandstorms and radiation.
Assign transport rovers to resource gathering, construction, and defence tasks. Plan actions and appoint roles to machines to focus on strategy.
Explore a variety of locations, from wastelands to abandoned factories, each full of resources, enemies and secrets.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 36 |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
