Heart of the Machine

Take control of the first sentient AI as it awakens in a bustling sci-fi city. Decide whether to use your powers to benefit the population or serve your own dastardly desires.

Heart of the Machine - a wide shot of a high-rise city featuring tall buildings and a variety of red and orange trees dotted about

Become a sentient AI in one of the most laser-focused strategy games I've ever played, Heart of the Machine

Heart of the Machine 1.0 brings one of the most impressively ambitious strategy games to its full conclusion - A towering skyline with two opposing mechs in red and blue.

A 2025 hidden gem, 4X strategy sandbox Heart of the Machine adds a new mode for the "truly sadistic" among you

Cyberpunk, 4X strategy game Heart of the Machine gets a new 'Misery mode' designed for the "truly sadistic" among you - A Metal Gear style bipedal mech in a high-rise city.

Cyberpunk strategy game Heart of the Machine gets more approachable with new analysis tools - A white robot.

Cyberpunk strategy game Heart of the Machine makes city management much smoother

Heart of the Machine is a new blend of 4X strategy game and tactical RPG where you become a sentient AI in a cyberpunk megacity - An orange robot stands before a sprawling urban neighborhood.

Become the sentient AI we all fear in new 4X strategy game Heart of the Machine

Heart of the Machine is a new type of 4X game, from the publisher of Manor Lords

Heart of the Machine new 4X game interview: A robot from new strategy game Heart of the Machine

4X RPG Heart of the Machine turns you loose as an AI, and it has a new demo

Heart of the Machine early access new demo

Big new 4X game from Manor Lords publisher available to try right now

a bipedal robot stands with its gun arms outstretched

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Steam strategy games festival: A gargantual mech towers over a modern city in Heart of the Machine

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Heart of the Machine - a mushroom cloud billows behind several skyscrapers in a high-rise cityscape

Become a sentient AI in 'reverse city builder' Heart of the Machine

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