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Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!

Opus Magnum is a puzzle, programming and automation game developed and published by Zachtronics.
Released on December 07th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 13 languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Turkish, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Portugal, Czech and Polish.

It has received 6,001 reviews of which 5,848 were positive and 153 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 14.85€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Opus Magnum into these genres:

Puzzle Programming Automation Indie Simulation Logic Singleplayer Great Soundtrack Steampunk Building Difficult Sandbox 2D Hex Grid Casual

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 1366 x 768
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 600 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 10.9+
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 1366 x 768
  • Storage: 600 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0, 1366 x 768
  • Storage: 600 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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37 hours played
July 2026
I'm here because of Goodbye Galaxy and I think this video is the best advertisement for the game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Ekun0WDIk
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9 hours played
May 2026
I discovered this game through Goodbye Galaxy's video [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Ekun0WDIk&t=1827s] How I Accidentally Set a World Record in Opus Magnum and five minutes in without understanding what was going on I immediately knew I would love this game and needed to get my hands on it desperately. The reason I was so immediately interested is simple; Opus Magnum is a coding game. I love code. End post. It can be extremely hard to wrap my head around, especially because unlike in traditional code, you can't leave comments reminding you what part of the sequence does what. The closest you have is that after you run the devices, if it doesn't end up working out, you can press a key to show the last position of all the little marbles, but this only does so much. This does cause me a lot of trouble because I just can't remember ♥♥♥♥, I'm gonna hafta work something out to make things easier for me to parse. After a device "successfully compiles" (let's say), the game will show you how your device compares to the averages on a set of histograms. You can disable this in the settings by turning on "hermit mode", but I find it useful and, well, just plain interesting. There is a plot. It's pretty silly, but I don't think it's trying to be all that serious. Anateus is almost certainly autistic and you cannot tell me otherwise. I wasn't expecting to like him at all but the way that he, like, *is*, is shockingly relatable in extremely specific ways. In the end though my favorite thing about this game is easily that there *is* no "right" way as long as you get the right answer. You can have abhorrent histogram scores but as long as your device makes the correct structure, it doesn't matter; you still get to continue.
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34 hours played
March 2026
Saw it on a youtube video (GoodbyeGalaxy on yt) and thought "man that seems like a game i would like" and booooyyyy was i right. I have 13.4 hours as of rn and i love it so much. Genuinely a genius concept of a game. If you like Satisfactory, techtonica, factorio, or any other of those types of games, this is 100% for you!
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45 hours played
March 2026
I am not a computer programmer and I don't enjoy math. I have a degree in English Literature, which doesn't make me the obvious target audience for a game like this. And yet somehow even I got addicted to Opus Magnum. I enjoy the game is because the puzzles have open-ended solutions. I can be creative with my solves without feeling limited to only following a set of rigid and obscure rules, which is why I never enjoyed math. In fact, Opus Magnum feels similar to how one approaches the study of literature (art). When analyzing a poem (novel, short story, painting, whatever), the point isn't to try and explain what the artist meant (which is a common misconception), the point is to construct a text-supported and logical argument as to what *you* think the art means. Analyzing art is an exercise in explaining yourself and your opinions to others in a reasoned, logical, and articulate manner. And that is why Opus Magnum is so much fun for someone like me. My solutions are my own unique interpretations of the puzzle's instructions, just like my reading of, say, an Emily Dickinson poem is also going to be unique to me. I have to design a logical and articulate solution to each puzzle, but that solution is going to be different than someone else's. And just like a good paper on an Emily Dickinson poem will make a well-reasoned and text-supported argument for my interpretation of her work, so too must my puzzle's solution be logical and functional. I think we too often forget that the humanities and the sciences actually have a lot in common and that each field supports the other. An engineer who can't articulate their ideas will struggle to explain their ideas to others, just as an artist who can't support their arguments logically will struggle to reach an audience. Science teaches us how to do something logically, while the humanities teaches us how to explain it to each other. So, anyway, it you're not someone who thinks they will enjoy this game because they never enjoyed math or aren't in a STEM field, I assure you that the game can still appeal to you because of how creative you're allowed to be. Fantastic game: 10/10!
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1430 hours played
Feb. 2026
One of the best games I've ever played. I spent countless hours optimizing and enjoyed every aspect of this game.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Opus Magnum is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

No, Opus Magnum is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.

Yes, Opus Magnum received 5,848 positive votes out of a total of 6,001 achieving an impressive rating of 9.40.
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Opus Magnum was developed and published by Zachtronics.

Yes, Opus Magnum is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yes, Opus Magnum is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Yes, Opus Magnum is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Opus Magnum is a single-player game.

Yes, there is a DLC available for Opus Magnum. Explore additional content available for Opus Magnum on Steam.

Yes, Opus Magnum is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

No, Opus Magnum does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Opus Magnum is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Opus Magnum PEGI 12
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Developer
Zachtronics
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Release 07 Dec 2017
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