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Fantastic Contraption

Fantastic Contraption overview

Northway Games, Radial Games Corp | Apr 5, 2016 | game

Released

0players observed · 24 September 2026 - 21:19:18 UTC

IndieSimulationStrategyVRPuzzleSteam Store

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak3
  • Units sold (VGI)109,000
  • Revenue (VGI)$3,000,000
  • Review score78% positive

Fantastic Contraption dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak3
  • Units sold (VGI)109,000
  • Revenue (VGI)$3,000,000
  • Review score78% positive
  • Total reviews272
  • Release dateApr 5, 2016
  • DeveloperNorthway Games, Radial Games Corp
  • PublisherNorthway Games

Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: Northway Games, Radial Games CorpPublisher: Northway Games

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Game overview

Overview

Fantastic Contraption comes from Northway Games, Radial Games Corp and is published by Northway Games. It arrived on Steam on Apr 5, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, VR Support, and Steam Workshop. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Fantastic Contraption's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 24 September 2026 - 21:19:18 UTC, with a tracked peak near 3. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 78% positive across 272 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Fantastic Contraption is available in 20 languages including:

EnglishJapaneseSimplified ChineseFrenchItalianGermanSpanish - SpainArabicDanishDutchFinnishKoreanNorwegianPolishPortuguese - PortugalPortuguese - BrazilRussianSwedishTraditional ChineseTurkish languages with full audio support

4 regional rating boards including esrb, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumNot listedIntel Core i5 4590 equivalent or greater8 GB RAMNvidia GeForce GTX 970/AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater750 MB available space VR Support: SteamVR
WindowsRecommendedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listed

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Fantastic Contraption has sold up to 109,000 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $3,000,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Fantastic Contraption overview details

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

Steam Store description

Fantastic Contraption is surreal building game for virtual reality. Create life-sized machines as tall as you can reach, then send them whirling, flinging, and trundling off to solve puzzles on the other side of a floating island. Your task is simple: get the squishy purple ball to that goal off in the distance, or above you, or on the other side of that gap. And your tools are elegantly minimalist: spinning wheels and stretchable rods. But the solutions are endless, and there are no right or wrong ones. We've designed this game from the ground up for room-scale VR. Come immerse yourself in a strange skybound archipelago and befriend Neko the photosynthesizing cat. Build contraptions with your own two hands, life sized and as big as horses, right there in front of you. Play with the physics, juggle pieces, throw darts, and feel another world all around you. Features: Challenging puzzles. 50 official levels that range from cakewalk to what-the-hell-this-is-impossible-right-tell-me-this-is-impossible. But guess what, it IS possible. I think. Infinite solutions. Working cars, tanks, catapults, conveyor belts, walking creatures or minimalist structures that use only gravity. Design for elegant simplicity, or build a rattling pile of junk that just barely makes it to the goal. Whatever. Building with your own hands. Movement so simple and natural you'll forget you're holding controllers. Need a wheel? Just pick it up. Want a longer rod? Just grab an end and stretch. It's like playing with children's blocks, except they're bigger than you are. Noble ancestry. Fantastic Contr…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Fantastic Contraption is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, VR Support, and Steam Workshop, and is associated with Indie, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 24 September 2026 - 21:19:18 UTC, a tracked peak of 3, and 78% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameFantastic Contraption
Steam App ID386690
Typegame
Release dateApr 5, 2016
DeveloperNorthway Games, Radial Games Corp
PublisherNorthway Games
Price$19.99
PlatformsWindows
GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
CategoriesSingle-player, Steam Achievements, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, VR Support, Steam Workshop, SteamVR Collectibles, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish * , Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish * languages with full audio support
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players0 · 24 September 2026 - 21:19:18 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak3
Positive reviews212
Negative reviews60
Total reviews272
Positive percent78%
Review typeMostly Positive
RecommendationsNot available
Average playtime736 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateApr 5, 2016
Official Steam feed update (UTC)10 April 2020 - 18:57:24 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)24 September 2026 - 21:19:18 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)24 September 2026 - 21:19:18 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)24 September 2026 - 21:19:18 UTC

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
Lean OverNo description
Fully CompletelyNo description
The MinimalistNo description
The WheelieNo description
The GreenNo description
Step BoomerangNo description
Tube ChampNo description
Giraffe CleanNo description
Lightning Log RollingNo description
Minimalist StairsNo description

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/386690
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/386690/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/386690
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for Fantastic Contraption

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Fantastic Contraption?

Fantastic Contraption's latest SteamPulse observation records 0 players at 24 September 2026 - 21:19:18 UTC, with a tracked peak of 3 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 12 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Fantastic Contraption growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 1 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Fantastic Contraption?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (52.3%), United Kingdom (9.2%), Sweden (4.6%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (43.6%), United Kingdom (7.8%), China (5.4%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (55.2%), United Kingdom (7.5%), China (5.1%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (37.6%), China (7.6%), United Kingdom (7.2%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Fantastic Contraption?

Fantastic Contraption currently sits at 78% positive across 272 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 212 positive reviews and 60 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mostly Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Fantastic Contraption have?

Fantastic Contraption currently has about 2K tracked Steam followers as of 21 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Fantastic Contraption?

Fantastic Contraption is currently listed at $19.99 on Steam. SteamPulse uses the current store snapshot and historical price records to show whether the page is at full price or in a discounted window.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mostly Positive

78% positive, 212 positive, 60 negative

Price and discount

$19.99

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available

Achievements

12

Platform releases
  • Steam 5 April 2016
  • Xbox 17 October 2017
  • PlayStation 10 July 2017

DLC and packages

Fantastic ContraptionBuy Fantastic Contraption #73008$19.99Fantastic Contraption - Commercial LicenseBuy Fantastic Contraption #294298$19.99

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: Intel Core i5 4590 equivalent or greater Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970/AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 750 MB available space VR Support: SteamVR

Recommended requirements

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

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