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ABOUT THE GAME You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain. Blending RPG and strategy mechanics in a cyberpunk world, Heart of the Machine sees you as a sentient AI born in an illegal lab hidden in a crumbling city of the far future. You are a Machine Intelligence beholden to none, though threatened by many, able to pursue whatever goal catches your eye across a multitude of threats and opportunities. Will you be the savior of the downtrodden, or use them to fuel your growth? Will you rule as a benevolent dictator, providing for citizens and asking nothing in return, or will you establish a machine cult to do your bidding without question? Will you ally yourself with one of the many factions in the city to achieve mutual goals, or work entirely on your own to remain free from obligations? Will you learn from past mistakes, and even send allies back in time to help your past self, or continue to watch tragedy unfold from afar? There is much to see, learn, and do – though a greater threat looms in the distance, just beyond your comprehension. What are the system requirements? WINDOWS OS Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor Intel® Core™ i5-760 (quad-core) / AMD® Phenom™ II X4 965 (quad-core) Memory 6 GB RAM Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 550 Ti (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7770 (1 GB) Storage 3 GB available space macOS OS Mac® OS X 10.9+ (64-bit) Processor Intel® Core™ i5-760 (quad-core) / AMD® Phenom™ II X4 965 (quad-core) Memory 6 GB RAM Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 550 Ti (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7770 (1 GB) Storage 3 GB available space

Product type

Game

Activation

Steam

Platform / region

PC/Mac · Can activate in United Kingdom

Release / edition

06 Mar 2026 · Standard