- Update 87: Language Electric - 6 October 2026
An update on the smaller side, with translation improvements and a few bugfixes. The upcoming expansion is only a week away, now! That was the thing that I was noting for a while has been the big part that I've been working on. I'm really excited about it, and I've been glad to see testers connecting with it so well, and the enthusiasm from folks on the forums. Enjoy! If you’ve spent time with Heart of the Machine and want to leave a review, that’d be appreciated. No need to say more than you mean, but if you’ve been meaning to write one, I’d be grateful. Steam reviews carry weight. For a project like this — developed by a single person over many years, every review makes a difference.Honest thoughts are what matter. Whatever your experience has been, sharing it helps. It’s a powerful way to have your voice heard and contributes to how future patches are prioritized and addressed.Thanks…
- Save 65% on Heart of the Machine - 2 October 2026
Save 65% on Heart of the Machine right now during the Hooded Horse Autumn Publisher Sale! 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. Hooded Horse Autumn Publisher Sale
- Heart of the Machine - Kinship DLC Releases October 12, 2026 - 15 September 2026
The first DLC for Heart of the Machine - Kinship releases on October 12, 2026. Step into the frontier of strategic roleplaying with the mind-bending storylines of Heart of the Machine - Kinship. New possibilities await, deepening the lore of the game and unlocking new avenues of exploration and expansion for The Machine Intelligence. Build a giant spider mech that will blot out the sun, pour pain into art, explore a biological mystery, or plant forests and upend the hierarchy of sapient species. Your choices impact the future of the city – or the entire planet. Connect with the MachineWant to stay in the loop or share your thoughts? Join the conversation across these platforms: 💬 Discord – Best place to share feedback, get direct responses, and to talk about Heart of the Machine. 📜 Reddit – Discuss strategies, share ideas, and exchange tips with the community.
- Save 65% on Heart of the Machine - 5 September 2026
Save 65% on Heart of the Machine right now! 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.
- Hotfix 54 - 5 September 2026
I made a couple of stupid oversights in my build yesterday, and that has resulted in actually making a few balance changes that should improve game flow for players in general. Sorry for the disruption in the short term (the last 12 hours or so), but I guess it was a net positive. 1.130 Hotfix 54 Changelog Bugfixes But That's Unpossible!: Fixed an issue where cultist security stations, canine security stations, and peacekeeper deployment centers were capped at 18 in the last patch when the game requires you to build 20! The game now caps you at 30, even though more than 18 technically is not actually effective, but for where this happens in the game that's just a thematic detail.Keep Firing, Raptors!: Adjusted the balance on war raptor deployment stations so that you can have a total of 72 out now, rather than being limited to 64, which makes it so that all of them can actually do work.…
- Update 86: Of Ashes And Animals - 5 September 2026
Lots of small things, with a focus on balance and bugfixes. There's some nice quality of life bits in here, too. Other pieces are still in progress behind the scenes, and will be announced later in September. Enjoy! If you’ve spent time with Heart of the Machine and want to leave a review, that’d be appreciated. No need to say more than you mean, but if you’ve been meaning to write one, I’d be grateful. Steam reviews carry weight. For a project like this — developed by a single person over many years, every review makes a difference.Honest thoughts are what matter. Whatever your experience has been, sharing it helps. It’s a powerful way to have your voice heard and contributes to how future patches are prioritized and addressed.Thanks for reading and for playing. Update 86 Changelog Quality Of Life Sprinting Past Skyscrapers: Mechs and vehicles were previously unable to sprint, which wa…
- Heart of the Machine News Roundup at the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale - 29 August 2026
Hey everyone! Heart of the Machine has continued its steady development, seeing two new updates released since the last roundup. These updates focus on fixing performance drops during war and music triggers, as well as adding additional upgrade options to armor, new ways to steal neodymium, and more. Check out the full roundup below to get the full datablast. Heart of the Machine is also part of the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale at 65% off. Check it out, and check out the other games on sale during the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale. Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale Heart of the Machine RoundupUpdate 84: War and Danger brings a wealth of balance changes, QoL and performance improvements, and some bug fixes. The main focus of this update looked at improving war performance, especially during large wars, where a large amount of popups would slow down between turn framerates. No…
- Update 85: Armor And Wallripping - 28 August 2026
Lots of updates in here! Additional balance upgrade options for armor, and new ways to steal neodymium, among other items. The wallrip stuff is basically a place where people could get confused in chapter one if they took a really specific sequence, and it allows for multiple ways for them to solve the problem, rather than it expecting a different sequence. Other pieces are still in progress behind the scenes, and will be announced later in September. Enjoy! If you’ve spent time with Heart of the Machine and want to leave a review, that’d be appreciated. No need to say more than you mean, but if you’ve been meaning to write one, I’d be grateful. Steam reviews carry weight. For a project like this — developed by a single person over many years, every review makes a difference.Honest thoughts are what matter. Whatever your experience has been, sharing it helps. It’s a powerful way to have…
- Hotfix 53 - 18 August 2026
One fix to yesterday's build. 1.127 Hotfix 53 Changelog Bugfixes Collision Fix: Fixed some exceptions that could happen when collision checks were happening against npc units that had recently died.Full notes here. Connect with the MachineWant to stay in the loop or share your thoughts? Join the conversation across these platforms: 💬 Discord – Best place to share feedback, get direct responses, and to talk about Heart of the Machine. 📜 Reddit – Discuss strategies, share ideas, and exchange tips with the community.
- Update 84: War And Danger - 18 August 2026
Lots of updates in this one! The big ones are higher performance during war, and proper music during danger. That said, there's a lot of good stuff in here. It's been a hot minute since the last update, but I've been working steadily on a variety of things. You're seeing some of that here, but other pieces are not quite ready to announce yet. Enjoy! If you’ve spent time with Heart of the Machine and want to leave a review, that’d be appreciated. No need to say more than you mean, but if you’ve been meaning to write one, I’d be grateful. Steam reviews carry weight. For a project like this — developed by a single person over many years, every review makes a difference.Honest thoughts are what matter. Whatever your experience has been, sharing it helps. It’s a powerful way to have your voice heard and contributes to how future patches are prioritized and addressed.Thanks for reading and fo…
- Save 60% on Heart of the Machine - 20 July 2026
Save 60% on Heart of the Machine right now! 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.
- Heart of the Machine News Roundup at the Hooded Horse Summer Sale - 2 July 2026
Hey everyone! Heart of the Machine has been developing faster than a self-replicating nanobot, with a ton of new updates coming to the game recently! From quality of life, performance, balance, and new additions, these updates are full of great changes and additions, largely based on feedback from players and preparations for modding to come to Heart of the Machine. Check out the full roundup below to get the full datablast. Heart of the Machine is also part of the Hooded Horse Summer Sale at 55% off. Check it out, and check out the other games on sale during the Hooded Horse Summer sale. Hooded Horse Summer Sale Heart of the Machine RoundupUpdate 73: Self-Regeneration focused heavily on quality-of-life improvements, adding new options for greater clarity in many key gameplay functions. These changes should make a lot of players very happy. Some standout changes include the option to ch…
- Save 55% on Heart of the Machine - 25 June 2026
Save 55% on Heart of the Machine right now during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale! 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. Hooded Horse Summer Sale
- Update 83: Investigative Goggles - 23 June 2026
Generalized updates based on player feedback, plus a new mod. Enjoy! If you’ve spent time with Heart of the Machine and want to leave a review, that’d be appreciated. No need to say more than you mean, but if you’ve been meaning to write one, I’d be grateful. Steam reviews carry weight. For a project like this — developed by a single person over many years, every review makes a difference.Honest thoughts are what matter. Whatever your experience has been, sharing it helps. It’s a powerful way to have your voice heard and contributes to how future patches are prioritized and addressed.Thanks for reading and for playing. Update 83 Changelog Quality Of Life Infinite Workers: Added adjustments to all of the worker hubs so that they never stop producing units, whereas possibly they would run out before, eventually, per hub.Remaining Target Location: In the slum obsession, if you click "frust…
- Update 82: Seeing-Eye Mech - 16 June 2026
This one has quite a mix of things, including some cool new upgrade paths for mechs and vehicles, and a new Guide section to help with tricky sections of the game. Plus various other bugfixes and clarity items. Enjoy! If you’ve spent time with Heart of the Machine and want to leave a review, that’d be appreciated. No need to say more than you mean, but if you’ve been meaning to write one, I’d be grateful. Steam reviews carry weight. For a project like this — developed by a single person over many years, every review makes a difference.Honest thoughts are what matter. Whatever your experience has been, sharing it helps. It’s a powerful way to have your voice heard and contributes to how future patches are prioritized and addressed.Thanks for reading and for playing. Update 82 Changelog Clarity Can't Redirect Them To Yourself: Adjusted the SecForce Weapons Shipments pressure point to not…
- Hotfix 52 - 10 June 2026
Handful of fixes relating to the Buried Buildings feature from yesterday, along with the updated localization. 1.111 Hotfix 52 Changelog General Language Update: The localization has been updated for all non-English languages to match additions to the game as of June 1st (there is not much text changed since then yet, but there are a few things).Don't Nlock ME: Buried Buildings, the feature from update 81, no longer prevent players from moving to them with their regular units if they can.Do Block Things I Can't Reach: Buried buildings are now blocked from having streetsense, exploration sites, contemplations, or investigations targeting them. This prevents edge cases where someone would not be able to reach them.And Detect More Accurately: Improved the Buried Buildings calculator to not have as many false positives. With the other changes in this build, any false positives are a lot les…
- Update 81: Crystallized Workers - 10 June 2026
More updates based on player requests, including crystallized emotion adjustments, and worker clarity. Also improvements for certain languages' text entry. Enjoy! If you’ve spent time with Heart of the Machine and want to leave a review, that’d be appreciated. No need to say more than you mean, but if you’ve been meaning to write one, I’d be grateful. Steam reviews carry weight. For a project like this — developed by a single person over many years, every review makes a difference.Honest thoughts are what matter. Whatever your experience has been, sharing it helps. It’s a powerful way to have your voice heard and contributes to how future patches are prioritized and addressed.Thanks for reading and for playing. Update 81 Changelog Clarity The Flow Of Emotions: In the tooltips for the crystallized emotions, it now shows breakdowns of where each amount is coming from, to help with underst…
- Hotfix 51 - 8 June 2026
One fix that at the moment affects one user. Not really a hotfix per se, but just something I wanted out quickly. 1.109 Hotfix 51 Changelog General Keep Working Even If Broken: In the event that the game settings or controls are saved in a corrupted fashion, the game now recovers as many of those settings or control bindings as possible on load, but then otherwise moves along without blocking anything. Previously it would show a scary error message that made it seem like you couldn't keep going, when in reality it was actually fine. This removes the confusion, and also retains as much as possible from a torn disk write or other interruption, without bothering the user about something they can't change. In their log, it now quietly notes the parts that were messed up, just so that they can check that if something seems amiss for no reason.Full notes here. Connect with the MachineWant to…
- Update 80: Creative Research - 8 June 2026
Re-rolling research results, plus a language fix. Enjoy! If you’ve spent time with Heart of the Machine and want to leave a review, that’d be appreciated. No need to say more than you mean, but if you’ve been meaning to write one, I’d be grateful. Steam reviews carry weight. For a project like this — developed by a single person over many years, every review makes a difference.Honest thoughts are what matter. Whatever your experience has been, sharing it helps. It’s a powerful way to have your voice heard and contributes to how future patches are prioritized and addressed.Thanks for reading and for playing. Update 80 Changelog Features You Feel A Creative Impulse: In the rewards screen for inspiration in a given category, you can now re-roll your options if there are options that are not currently shown. This costs 4 creativity on normal difficulty, 8 on hard, 16 on extreme, and 24 on m…
- Update 79: Electronic Aggression - 3 June 2026
More player requests, including finally nailing that M-series startup crash bug. Crash bugs are incredibly rare with this game, but it turns out that since the update to unity 6.3, if you used a 5k or double-UHD resolution on macOS, that would cause one. Talk about specific. All fixed now. Similarly, people keep having their international airports blown up, and so certain information brokers will now reluctantly meet you at a different airport. I find this one pretty amusing. Enjoy! If you’ve spent time with Heart of the Machine and want to leave a review, that’d be appreciated. No need to say more than you mean, but if you’ve been meaning to write one, I’d be grateful. Steam reviews carry weight. For a project like this — developed by a single person over many years, every review makes a difference.Honest thoughts are what matter. Whatever your experience has been, sharing it helps. It…
