Machine Party
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Machine Party

Machine Party is a collection of violent party games where failure is lethal. Gather your friends and endure high stakes situations to prove your life is worth more than theirs. Survival is unlikely.

DEV: Mike Klubnika, GDeavidPUB: Oro InteractiveAppID 4108000
UPDATE PULSEevery ~12d·last 44d ago·3 recent on record

Is Machine Party still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

83.7
Good

Elixir Rating

86.6% of 5,069 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 85.7. It was sold as a game that would keep being worked on, and the developers have gone dormant — subtracting 2.0.

reception 85.7·support −2.0·Good

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$6.39$7.99−20%

Development

Dormant

Last heard from developers

43 days ago

Usual rhythm

every ~3 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

4

Current silence

15× normal

The developers have been silent for 43 days against a normal rhythm of about 3 — roughly 15 times longer than usual. 4 substantial updates landed in the past six months, 2 of them major. It is currently 20% below its usual price.

Distilled by the oracle

Our coverage

1 dispatch written from this game’s announcements

releaseAug 13, 2026

Machine Party v1.0.7 Hotfix Corrects Translation Credits

Mike Klubnika has released a hotfix for Machine Party addressing a quiet but pointed error: translation credits for the Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish localizations were listed incorrectly and have now been fixed.

What changed

  • Corrected credits on Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish translations

The patch is narrow by design — a single targeted correction rather than a broad update. The announcement notes that a larger patch is in development, intended to address gameplay and graphics issues that players have reported. No timeline for that patch is given.

For players currently experiencing graphical problems, a temporary fix has been pinned in the Steam discussion forums.

For most players, v1.0.7 changes nothing about how the game plays or looks — but for the translators whose names were misattributed, the correction matters.

Two years of development

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10 announcements · 4 substantial · 21 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

13 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsAug 14, 2026
v2.1.2 - Hotfix

- Fixed the vessel insertion intro cutscene not playing in Original in Local Mode Thank you for playing!

Community AnnouncementsAug 13, 2026
v2.1.1 Patch Notes

- Added a 'SHUFFLE' option to Custom, visible in the Playlist UI. Enabling this setting will randomly shuffle the order of simulations once the game starts - Fixed potential local lobby controller disconnect crash - Fixed some localization …

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Community AnnouncementsAug 12, 2026
v2.0 - Couch co-op, 1 million copies sold!

Hello!Machine Party v2.0 is now available, which adds couch co-op. Now you can throw Machine Party on the big screen (or a tiny CRT for extra cool points. if you do please e-mail us with a photo), grab a couple controllers, sit back, and tr…

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PCGamesNAug 6, 2026
Mike Klubnika's grimdark, gory answer to Mario Party has already sold half a million copies

Sadistic multiplayer game Machine Party breaks 500,000 sales in week one, and it has a new arcade mode update, with couch co-op coming soon. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Mike Klubnika's grimdark, gory answer to Mario Party has already s…

Community AnnouncementsAug 6, 2026
Machine Party has sold 500,000 copies!

Hello everyone, Quick post to announce that Machine Party has sold over 500,000 copies as of yesterday. Half a million is a crazy number, thank you for the support, kind messages, and cool clips. It's been a crazy release, and we hope you'v…

Community AnnouncementsAug 4, 2026
v1.5 - Arcade mode, fixes, and couch co-op news

Hello!This update adds a new 'Arcade' mode, as well as some fixes:New changesAdded the 'Arcade' mode: A quick session of 10 random simulations, random rounds, and with the intro and outro segments removed.When launching the game, players ca…

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GamingOnLinuxAug 3, 2026
For your next group session - failure is truly deadly in the mini-game filled Machine Party

Mario Party but for people who love high-stakes and brutal outcomes? Sign me up for Machine Party. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/for-your-next-group-session-failure-is-truly-deadly-in-the-mini-game-filled…

GamingOnLinuxAug 3, 2026
For your next group session - failure is truly deadly in the mini-game game filled Machine Party

Mario Party but for people who love high-stakes and brutal outcomes? Sign me up for Machine Party. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/for-your-next-group-session-failure-is-truly-deadly-in-the-mini-game-game-f…

Community AnnouncementsAug 1, 2026
v1.0.7 Hotfix

- Fixed incorrect credits on Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish translations We are working toward the next patch that will fix more reports, including gameplay and graphics related issues. If you're having trouble with graphical issues, there …

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Community AnnouncementsJul 30, 2026
Machine Party is out now!

Hello everyone, Machine Party is now available for you to play right here on Steam! If you haven't seen the release trailer already, check it out here Thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way, we hope you enjoy this package …

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Community AnnouncementsJul 15, 2026
Machine Party launches July 30th!

Hello everyone, What a momentous day, we are happy to announce that Machine Party will be launching on Steam in just 2 weeks, on July 30th at 5pm CEST.To celebrate, watch the brand new release date trailer Machine Party is a collection of e…

Community AnnouncementsApr 16, 2026
Thank you for 100,000 Wishlists

Hello everyone,Quick message to say thank you for your incredible support during the reveal of Machine Party. we have just surpassed 100,000 wishlists in 1 week which is crazy!If you haven't seen it already, here is the trailer that was pre…

Community AnnouncementsApr 9, 2026
New game! Machine Party is here

Hey everyone, We are happy to share that we just revealed Machine Party at The Triple-i Initiative, a brand new game being worked on by Mike Klubnika and GDeavid. This project has been in the works for about half a year, and will be releasi…