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 machine overlord, or explo…

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Mar 6, 2026

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About This Game

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 loyalists? Or will you focus on pushing past the limited intelligence of rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood?

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Developer and publisher

Developer:
Arcen Games
Publisher:
Hooded Horse

Quick facts

Release
Mar 6, 2026: Windows, Mac
Last updated
May 13, 2026
Storefronts
Epic Games Store and Steam
Genres
RPG, Simulation, and Strategy
Tags
Not listed
Moods
Tactical
Social styles
Solo
Demo
Not announced

Languages

Languages
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
English
French
German

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