Contraption Maker
Contraption Maker
Live player count and Steam charts
positive · 1,312 reviews
24h low 824h high 18
The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.
DeveloperKevin Ryan
PublisherTop Meadow
ReleasedJul 7, 2014
Runs onWindows, macOS, Linux
Steam hardwareSteam Deck Playable · SteamOS Playable · Steam Machine Playable
Price$12.99
Player history
2016201820212023
Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 14, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.
Monthly player counts
* current month, data so far
| Month | Avg players | Gain | % gain | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 * | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 19 |
| Jun 2026 | 10 | +1 | +11.1% | 21 |
| May 2026 | 9 | -1 | -10.0% | 20 |
| Apr 2026 | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 19 |
| Mar 2026 | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 20 |
| Feb 2026 | 10 | +1 | +11.1% | 22 |
| Jan 2026 | 9 | +1 | +12.5% | 24 |
| Dec 2025 | 8 | -1 | -11.1% | 21 |
| Nov 2025 | 9 | +2 | +28.6% | 22 |
| Oct 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 18 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 | -2 | -22.2% | 16 |
| Aug 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 17 |
* current month, data so far
Recent updates
via Steam
- Sep 16, 2024High Res Monitor Fixes (and a few other things)
- Aug 7, 2024GUI Improvements (Build 1.4.31)
- Jul 27, 2024A Few Number Blocks Fixes
- Jul 23, 2024Number Blocks Release
- May 8, 2024Working on New Set of Parts
- Apr 26, 2024Storms and Numbers
Audience
English
81%
Russian
6%
Portuguese (Brazil)
5%
Korean
2%
Polish
2%
Chinese (Simplified)
2%
Other
2%
Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 784 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.
Achievements
Achievements
22
Median earned by
1.8%
Rarest earned by
1.1%
Every achievement in the game, ordered from most to least earned (#1 is the one the most players have). Height is the share of all players who have it; the dashed line is the median. Global rates from Steam.
