2025-08-12 15:50 UTC · Community Announcements · Eyes
Greetings Gremlins!Today we’re happy to share with you what we’ve been working on for the last few months since launching Mother Machine: a demo of an experimental new game mode, which we’re calling Co-Op Gremlin Tours!In Co-Op Gremlin Tours, you and your Gremlin friends are on a trip to the (newly terraformed) surface of the planet, using the drilling machines left behind by the Creators. Each Tour will take you through a number of small caves, each with its own distinct theme and goal. At the end of each cave, you will find another drill taking you to the next cave: but first, you and your G
2025-03-28 18:22 UTC · Community Announcements · ByteRiot
Hello Gremlins, We are beyond excited! Embrace your inner chaos gremlin and dive into the Ashen Spores biome. With procedurally generated levels and five story acts, your adventure is limitless: unravel the mystery behind our beloved Mother! On top of the base game, we are also launching a DLC expansion: the Misty Grove biome, with more mutations and creatures to encounter. The DLC is free until April 9th 2025, and once you’ve claimed it, it’s yours to keep forever! Why don't you give it a try today? https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555980/Mother_Machine/
2025-03-16 21:18 UTC · Community Announcements · 8BitBeard
About Mother Machine After working for 10 years on games that rely heavily on procedural generation, we are about to release our latest game, Mother Machine, on March 26th. Unlike our previous games, which were tile-based strategy games, Mother Machine is a 2.5D multiplayer platformer with a strong emphasis on exploration. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555980/Mother_Machine/ It’s pretty wild when you think about the shift in genre, but I was eager to apply our knowledge of procedural generation to the more immediate, physical gameplay that platformers offer. At its core, Mother Machine s
2024-08-13 15:49 UTC · Community Announcements · ByteRiot
We're super excited to announce our new game Mother Machine! A 1-4 player co-op action-rpg where you and your friends explore alien caves as chaos-loving gremlins! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555980/Mother_Machine/ https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/34637810/e8a1f7829c295d4cefad2c1cac0c676d639a2652.png Highlights Use your ability to seamlessly climb on walls and roofs and reimagine 2.5D platformer gameplay. Extend your active abilities with mutations and creatively overcome challenges. Join games at any time with easy drop-in multiplayer. Play with anyone, independent from thei
2022-10-17 15:21 UTC · Community Announcements · lorenzo_mm
Dear Explorers, The Curious Expedition Giant Crab plushie 🦀 is now available to order! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8679033/80f90af739d70db729242ecb998ef560ba06da5d.png We teamed up with Makeship to produce a limited edition plushie of the Giant Crab, one of the most beloved creatures in Curious Expedition 1 & 2. This is how it works: 🦀 You have 3 weeks of time to place your order 🦀 The plushie will only be produced if the minimum funding goal is reached 🦀 If the campaign does not achieve its funding goal all orders will be refunded 🦀 A random selection of people among those who buy the plushie wil
2022-09-15 15:52 UTC · Community Announcements · lorenzo_mm
Dear Explorers, We just released Robots of Lux, a new DLC for Curious Expedition 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1751921/Curious_Expedition_2__Robots_of_Lux/ This one is quite special, as it features a crossover with a game we love made by another developer: SteamWorld Heist by Image & Form Games! Watch the launch trailer to get a feeling of what to expect: To celebrate the occasion we have some massive discounts on the entire catalogue and we introduced a bunch of cool bundles on Steam. If you haven't checked out Curious Expedition 2 yet this is the perfect and most convenient opportuni
2021-05-27 13:53 UTC · Community Announcements · lorenzo_mm
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8679033/1b71e0842c2bef16f009e2c5dace0997e0b42508.png Dear Explorers, As you might have heard, last week we released a huge FREE DLC for Curious Expedition 2 titled The New Director. This update features a ton of new content and a new game mode (Director Mode) which is less focused on the story compared to the existing Campaign Mode, providing more replayability and shorter game sessions. If you enjoyed the original Curious Expedition we're sure you will like it. To celebrate the launch we discounted all of our releases: Curious Expedition 2: 25% off (cheapest price ever) Cur
2021-01-28 17:22 UTC · Community Announcements · lorenzo_mm
Dear Explorers, We made it! Curious Expedition 2 is leaving Early Access today. We'd like to thank once again all the players who supported us during the past few months and shared their feedback with us: you really helped us create a much better game. To celebrate the launch, we've put the game on 10% discount for a week, so if you haven't joined the adventure yet, this is an excellent time to do it. Make sure to check out the Curious Expedition 1 & 2 Collection Bundle for an additional discount. As we said before, please remember that this version 1.0 is not the "final" version of the game:
2021-01-14 15:04 UTC · Community Announcements · lorenzo_mm
Dear Explorers, We're excited to announce that we are going to leave Early Access and release Curious Expedition 2 version 1.0 on Thursday, January 28th! This version will include lots of polish improvements, balance adjustments and bug fixes. It will also feature Steam Achievements and Steam Community Items (Trading Cards, Badges, etc.) We want to thank everyone who played the game during Early Access (and the closed alpha period before that), your feedback and support was indispensable and truly helped us make a better game. Please note that version 1.0 won't be the "final" version of the ga
2020-08-27 14:54 UTC · Community Announcements · lorenzo_mm
Indie Arena Booth Online is taking place this week, part of gamescom 2020. Curious Expedition 2 is being showcased there (make sure to check out our new demo!), and for the occasion the Maschinen-Mensch team will be hanging around the Discord server to answer all of your questions. Just click on the banner to join: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8679033/b62629fb8cde281a144b6c93ae2a7e07e23c8384.png https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040230/Curious_Expedition_2/
2020-06-17 14:22 UTC · Community Announcements · lorenzo_mm
Curious Expedition 2 just launched on Early Access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040230/Curious_Expedition_2/ If you already own the original Curious Expedition on Steam, or if you'd like to buy both games at once, don't miss the Curious Expedition 1 & 2 Collection bundle to receive a 10% discount,! Also check out the new release trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC43-xmjl9w If you enjoyed the first game, we think you'll probably like this one too 😉 Adventure awaits, once again!
2020-06-10 13:05 UTC · Community Announcements · lorenzo_mm
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34637810/d0f270f983ec83cc1dd8e2186555f3a3d0509824.png The time has come! After running the Closed Alpha phase for the past 6 months, we're excited to announce that Curious Expedition 2 is coming to Steam Early Access on Wednesday, June 17th. Instead of writing a long message we have prepared a video update for you, where we introduce the team, show some preview footage from the game and provide information on what to expect from the Early Access: https://youtu.be/JMEPTV4OXFk If you haven't done it already, make sure to add the
2020-03-19 12:27 UTC · Community Announcements · lorenzo_mm
We're incredibly thrilled to be part of the Steam Game Festival Spring Edition with a demo for Curious Expedition 2 — it will be available only UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK, so don't wait! This is the first time we're making the game accessible to a wider audience outside of the closed alpha we've launched last November, and we can't wait to hear your impressions. Before playing the demo, please make sure to wishlist the game, it really helps us by making it discoverable to more players: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040230/Curious_Expedition_2/ Some important notes: This demo was originall
2019-12-20 13:47 UTC · Community Announcements · Eyes
We've been updating the game quite a lot since launching RIVALS - thanks for your patience! We had a huge number of players in the first few weeks, and our server was a bit overloaded. But now we've fixed most of the connection and stability issues people were having, and today's patch rolls in some gameplay tweaks and fixes too. Here are the full patch notes: 1.4.1 (December 20th 2019) Fix for being able to promote while travelling Fixed some localisation / pronoun issues Flare Usage perk doesn't stack Fix for losing a mummy when two mummies come alive from your inventory (you now fight two m
2019-11-29 18:18 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Natalie Clayton)
After a little over a year, The Curious Expedition‘s multiplayer mode Rivals has left open beta. Once limited to a browser-only test version, this week Rivals launched as a free update to the main downloadable game. Developers Maschinen-Mensch are offering a tantalising prize for dropping in, too – find a particular golden pyramid within its expanse, and earn early entry to the closed alpha for Curious Expedition 2. (more…)
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