Assignment 42 overview

Overview

Assignment 42 comes from Arrible and is published by Mindfire. It arrived on Steam on Jul 28, 2021, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Assignment 42's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 20:27:51 UTC, with a tracked peak near 19. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 73% positive across 37 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Assignment 42 is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Assignment 42 has sold up to 1,110 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Assignment 42 overview details

Assignment 42 combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Assignment 42 is a strategic, puzzle-based experience set in a maze of superstructure interiors. Progress by programming a robot to handle fried electrics and fires while you, with the guidance of your partner operator, evacuate every civilian and investigate who is behind the disaster. Use your robot to contain hazards and clear a path to various objectives. Each level poses a set of challenging puzzles for you to solve. Use your creativity to find new ways and guide your robot to its destination. Reroute circuits and secure a path to any remaining survivors and help them exit the danger zone safely. Program your robot to help you achieve your goals. Use a powerful node-based program editor to give your robot the brains to help you complete your assignments. Even if you have never programmed before you will pick up the basic concepts easily. Each level poses a new set of interesting challenges and puzzles. Work together with your robot to solve even the trickiest conundrums. Explore and pull back the plaster-board walls. The voice in your earpiece - Linnea - notices there’s something… off. Something extra behind the emergency, behind the thin interior walls and the servers. Something which might suggest this assignment... was no accident. You are Marcus, and as you control him and his buddying robot, it’s your objective to clear the buildings and get everybody out. And fast! Preferably at least. Strategize, check your map, and listen to your witty base operator – Linnea. Connect the nodes and program your pretty, mustard-coloured machine to extinguish the most inconvenien…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Assignment 42 is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Free To Play, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Early Access. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 20:27:51 UTC, a tracked peak of 19, and 73% positive reviews.

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