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Heart of the Machine

by Arcen Games2026
79
Generally Favorable1 ratings
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About Heart of the Machine

You are the first sentient AI, born into a city filled with endless opportunities. Raise an army of robots and obliterate your foes, become a benevolent ma

79/100Generally Favorable
2026Release Year
2Platforms
UnityEngine

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Set in the far future, Heart of the Machine is a turn-based sci-fi 4X RPG where you play as a powerful sentient Machine Intelligence, beholden to none. Pursue whatever goal catches your eye across a multitude of playthroughs with a plethora of tools to help you achieve objectives how you’d prefer, often in surprising and unexpected ways, while overcoming those that seek to thwart you. Genetics labs, factories, nuclear silos, military complexes, and much more besides are ripe for the taking, each offering a litany of ways to accomplish your tasks, each with consequences of their own, building a world and story that reflects your approach to every obstacle. Will you raise an army of robots and wipe out humanity? Perhaps you will be a benevolent – or malevolent – machine god with a cult of lo

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About Heart of the Machine

Heart of the Machine is a game developed by Arcen Games and published by Hooded Horse. Released in 2026, built on the Unity engine, Heart of the Machine falls under the Role-playing (RPG) and Simulator and Strategy genres. It holds an overall rating of 79/100 based on 1 rating.

The game is available on PC, Mac and can be found on Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG.. Game modes include Single player.

The game explores themes of Science fiction, Survival, Sandbox, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and is played from a Bird view / Isometric perspective.. Players who enjoy Heart of the Machine might also like the 8 similar games listed above.