Roguelike Platformer Mother Machine Launches March 26th

Indie developer Maschinen-Mensch has announced Mother Machine, their new co-op roguelike platformer, will launch on March 26th of 2025.

Players who would like to experience the game early can dive into the brand new demo today via Steam. Currently the game is set for release on PC, with an unspecified console release planned for the future.

For more, here is the overview provided to us by the developers.

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Built in Unreal Engine 5, Mother Machine is a one-to-four-player co-op roguelike platformer, set in the colorful cave networks of a derelict space colony. Players can create and customize their own personal chaos gremlin, who are sent underground by the titular Mother Machine to battle alien enemies, discover rare technology, and uncover the mysterious planet’s darkest secrets.

In Mother Machine, players can:

• Create and control their own unique chaos gremlin, capable of seamlessly running, climbing and leaping through intricate procedurally-generated alien caves
• Customize the abilities of their gremlins with a range of mutations, altering gameplay to suit their preferred playstyle
• Share the experience with friends of all skill levels, as the game’s balanced co-op mechanics allow expert cave-runners to join together with novices
• Experience unique moments created by emergent gameplay, idiosyncratic level design and the singular brand of chaos that comes from you and your best gaming buddies

Set thousands of years in the future, Mother Machine takes place on a distant planet once colonized by humans but since abandoned. Left behind by her creators, an Artificial Intelligence faced a problem: without a purpose, she needed to find a way to protect her digital mind from breaking under the burden of being forever alone. Her solution was to create creatures she could care for.

True rascals, with an affinity for mischief and chaos, these little gremlins were bioengineered by their mother to withstand and survive a harsh alien environment. 3D-printed from organic filament by their godlike Mother Machine, these creatures are tasked to collect and explore a vast cave network of a mysterious alien planet, brimming with biodiversity and peculiar life-forms — but the further the gremlins venture, the more they find out about the dark secrets of the planet’s history, and the true ambitions of their mechanical mother.

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