2012 · Talawa Games · Adventure · Indie
Unmechanical
Unmechanical is a puzzle adventure that combines tricky puzzle solving, alluring exploration, and an engrossing atmosphere. Set in a fantastic world of flesh, rock and steel, your journey to freedom requires you to solve a great variety of puzzling challenges, and while it’s easy to pick up and play, later challenges may prove very difficult indeed.
- Released
- 9 August 2012
- Platforms
- AndroidLinuxPlayStation 3WindowsXbox 360iOSmacOS
- Genres
- AdventureIndiePuzzle
- Developers
- Talawa Games
- Publishers
- Teotl Studios
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- Science fiction
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 3
About
5D puzzle video game developed by now defunct Swedish studio Talawa Games and published by Teotl Studios. It was released in 2012 for Windows. It was later available for iOS. com, GamersGate, OnLive, Rain, Desura and on the App Store.
Unmechanical: Extended is an extended edition of the original game, developed by Czech developer Grip Games. It features new levels and bonuses. It was also released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2015.
Keywords
- exploration
- casual
- physics
- robots
- 2.5d
- steam
- achievements
- multiple endings
- blocks
- easy
- darkness
- steam achievements
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Unmechanical features puzzle solving and exploration. The game began as a student project. Unmechanical focuses on accessible controls that make it easy, and challenges the player with a wide array of puzzles.
Reception
The iOS and PlayStation 4 versions of Unmechanical received "generally favourable reviews", while the PC and Xbox One versions received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the PS3 and PS4 versions were ported for release and published by Cross Function on 21 October 2015, followed by the Xbox One version on 21 December 2015, Famitsu gave the PS4 version a score of one eight, one seven, one eight, and one seven for a total of 30 out of 40.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Expanded editions
- Unmechanical: Extended Edition
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Collections4 collections
Platform libraries
Years
- Games released in 2012List › July–September
- Games released in 2015List › January–March
Genres
- Puzzle gamesSingle character control
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