Roguelike Platformer MOTHER MACHINE Swings into Couch Co-Op Fest— Demo Available on Steam Today!

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Roguelike Platformer MOTHER MACHINE Swings into Couch Co-Op Fest— Demo Available on Steam Today!

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Team up in splitscreen co-op from February 10th - 17th, then jump back into the action with online multiplayer during Steam Next Fest!
BERLIN, Germany (February 10th, 2025)— Gremlin heads rejoice: today, indie studio Maschinen-Mensch has announced that the demo for its roguelike/platformer hybrid Mother Machine is now live on Steam as a part of Couch Co-Op Fest! From today until Monday, February 24th, the demo for the chaotic cave-crawler— where no two levels are ever the same— will be available exclusively with local, splitscreen multiplayer functionality for up to four players. A procedurally-generated roguelike platformer starring 3D-printed gremlins and their decaying robot mother, Mother Machine provides hours of co-op chaos rolled into one slick n’ slimy package— interested players can dive into the demo today!

The latest demo for Mother Machine includes multiple new features, including splitscreen local co-op, difficulty modes, voice acting, UI improvements and level design adjustments for a richer gameplay loop. As well, players can customize their gremlin with a variety of abilities and cosmetics so that their freaky little guy can spelunk in style! The demo available from Monday, February 10th to Friday, February 24th will exclusively offer splitscreen, local co-op to celebrate Couch Co-Op Fest on Steam — following that, a demo featuring online multiplayer will be made available as a part of Steam Next Fest, available from February 24th to March 3rd.

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.

Players interested in the demo can play Mother Machine today! For more information and news related to Mother Machine, visit the official Maschinen-Mensch website, or visit Terminals.io.

About Maschinen-Mensch
Maschinen-Mensch is an independent game studio from Berlin founded in 2014 by Johannes Kristmann and Riad Djemili. We love creating games using a mix of carefully hand-crafted elements and procedural gameplay to create unique experiences for players. Our first game Curious Expedition sold more than 500, 000 copies across all platforms.

As a studio we aim to offer opportunities to local artists and creators and strive to be a part of the vivid, wonderful Berlin indie scene through collaborations, events and our shared office space and collective, Saftladen.