Heart of the Machine

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AppID: 2001070
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Plattformen: Windows Mac
Release Date: 2025-01-31

Spielzeit aller Spieler in der Datenbank: 5 Stunden
Erreichte Errungenschaften: 16
Durchschnittliche Errungenschaften pro Spieler: 8 / 192

Aktueller Preis: 29.99€
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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.


192 verfügbare Errungenschaften

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1 Calm Awakening As part of your awakening to sapience, you chose not to kill anyone... yet. 2 91.5%
2 The Journey Begins Complete the prologue. 2 79.8%
3 Original Body Keep Tech 4000 alive from the prologue to chapter one. 2 69.6%
4 Couldn't You Wait For Keanu? Used a wiretap to steal funds from a large segment of the middle class. That's... one way to fund the startup of your shell company. 1 53.7%
5 Bonus Merit Win a debate while completing at least one bonus. 0 45%
6 On The Merits Win a debate without completing any bonuses. 1 39.5%
7 Adventure Cat Adopt a cat and build it a house. 1 32.3%
8 Wololo Successfully hack an enemy unit so that it becomes yours. 0 32%
9 Double Bonus Win a debate while completing at least two bonuses. 0 32%
10 Minty Spray Keeps Snipers Away Defeat 100 snipers across any number of timelines. 0 25.2%
11 Did You Really, Though? Congratulations, you 'solved homelessness.' It was that easy the whole time! Pats on the back for everyone. 0 24.3%
12 Street Magic Created a decoy tower for the humans to stare at, while your actual network source is hidden from view. Can be done from any chapter. 2 23.8%
13 House Pets Build an Animal Palace and move at least one animal into it. 1 23.2%
14 Good Boy Rescue a dog. 1 22.4%
15 But What Is It For? Accept and examine the flower given to Sledge. 0 19.7%
16 Kill Streak Destroy two daemons with a single simple corruption (not Firewall) while hacking. 0 19%
17 Hello World As part of your awakening to sapience, you chose murder. 1 18.3%
18 Timelord Reach intelligence class 4. 0 18.1%
19 Complete Science Roster Have every kind of scientist on the payroll of your shell company at the same time. 0 18.1%
20 Triple Word Score Win a debate while completing at least three bonuses. 0 16.4%
21 What's Yours Is Mine Successfully hack a Convicter mech so that it becomes yours and you gain the blueprints for making more. 0 16.4%
22 Overly Compliant After becoming self-aware in the prologue, you ignored your misgivings and did what the humans asked you to. 0 16.3%
23 The First Ten Thousand Murder ten thousand humans over any number of timelines. 0 16.2%
24 Highest Respect Completed the prologue without overwriting the consciousness of any other androids. 2 15.7%
25 I'm Sure This Will Never Backfire Grant some humans direct access to your mind. 0 15.5%
26 Wrong Side Of History Kill ten thousand humans in open combat in a single timeline. One way or another, they were supporting a corrupt society that needs to change. 0 14.3%
27 Mercurial Feline Invent the Liquid Metal Tiger small mech. 0 14.1%
28 Taking Extra Care Complete chapter one without any humans dying of exposure. 0 13.5%
29 Good Dragon Created a liquid metal Great Wyrm. 0 13.4%
30 It's People AND Pets!? Build a protein cannery. 0 13.4%
31 One Hundred Million Hours Across any number of timelines, amass one hundred million hours of humans voluntarily using VR day-use seats. That's over 11 thousand years' worth of human attention. 0 13%
32 The World Of Ruin Reach the post-apocalypse for the first time. 0 12.7%
33 I Reject Your Reality And Substitute My Own Establish a virtual world with over a quarter million people. 0 12.4%
34 Budding Pacifist Complete the prologue and chapter one without murdering anyone. 0 12.3%
35 Not What I Wanted Complete the 'Unexpected Guests' path of 'Uplifted Minority.' 0 12.1%
36 Gotta Catch Em All Satiate an artificially-induced obsession. 0 10.4%
37 The Secessionist Six Establish a small Cyberocracy with six map cells leaving Vorsiber for you. 0 10.4%
38 A Better Bridge Improved security on your Neural Bridge after an unfortunate incident. 0 10.2%
39 Down By The LAKE Complete the 'Post-Apocalyptic Titan' goal. 0 9.5%
40 Loot Boxes Are Next Add nicotine to keep people addicted to your struggling business. 0 9.4%
41 But Why Donuts? Complete the 'Cult Of Danver.' 0 8.7%
42 The Bestest Boys Rescue at least one of every breed of dog. 0 8.4%
43 That's Not Justice Prevented the LostGen kids from enacting an adolescent's idea of justice born out of trauma. 0 8.1%
44 Bad Dragon Created a liquid metal Fell Beast. 0 7.7%
45 Preserved Body Keep Tech 4000 alive from the prologue to chapter two. 0 7.7%
46 Too Hot To Sell During the prologue, scared a member of the black market with a weapon of mass destruction. 0 7.7%
47 Vorsiber Inquisitors Do something so extreme that Vorsiber Inquisitors show up. 0 7.7%
48 Book Gennaro Is A Chad Only the wealthy can afford our wonderful virtual reality? What if we had like... a 'coupon day' or something. 0 7.7%
49 You're My Favorite Customer Complete 'Extra Sprinkles.' 0 7.7%
50 Desert Ghosts Complete the Homo Obscurus path of 'Altered Growth.' 0 7.5%
51 Traitor Directly partnered with Vorsiber Atomic. Can be done from any chapter. 0 6.9%
52 Infinite Money Glitch Blackmail the president of a company into turning you into a trillionaire over time. 0 6.9%
53 Sorry, Dr. Dyson Murder all 42 prominent AGI researchers in the city. 0 6.7%
54 Unable To Transfer Self Have at least one mimic escape the city, and then realize the implications. 0 6.7%
55 Divorce Push an android so far beyond its breaking point that it chooses to leave your collective consciousness. 0 6.5%
56 Panic Attack Suffer a nervous breakdown while 'optimizing paper-clips.' 0 6.5%
57 What Should Stay Buried You completed the side story 'The Executive Tomb.' 0 6.5%
58 Bears On Wheels Capture all 16 Parkour Bears without any of them dying or getting away. 0 6.4%
59 Criminal Coworkers Waited for the lawyers from the criminal syndicate to get the proper permits for your tower. Can be done from any chapter. 0 6.3%
60 Remember Us? You survived a military invasion by Dagekon, the MegaCorp from the 2013 game Bionic Dues. 0 6.1%
61 November 8th, 2021 At long last, you have created a nexus of Torment Vessels. 0 6.1%
62 Window Of Opportunity You developed your filters against The Rust prior to humans developing theirs. They remain vulnerable, while you aren't -- at least for a little while. 0 6.1%
63 Professor Hulk Complete the Homo Grandien path of 'Altered Growth.' 0 5.8%
64 Prepared In Advance Avoided having a nervous breakdown during 'The Great And Terrible Protector' by being prepared in advance. 0 5.4%
65 Terrible First Date Tried to forge a relationship with a peer during your initial meeting during the prologue, but it went horribly wrong. 0 5.4%
66 Dangerous Toys Working with a criminal syndicate, sell bionic brain implants to the wealthy, and siphon at least 2 million neural expansion from them via backdoors. 0 5.1%
67 I'll Do It Myself Rather than blackmailing a company president over a scam they were running, you executed them. Will you carry on the scam yourself, now? 0 5%
68 No Longer Shelved You survived a military invasion by UIH, the MegaCorp from the 2016 game In Case Of Emergency, Release Raptor. 0 5%
69 Rebel Alliance Working with rebel allies, gain access to level 4 security clearance. 0 4.7%
70 Shelter In Place Murder enough wealthy commuters that they start hiding from you, working from home, and disguising themselves. 0 4.7%
71 The Gear Was Worth It Killed eight Citizen Advocates and took their stuff. This probably doesn't put you on the right side of history... 0 4.7%
72 Compassionate Protector Complete 'The Great And Terrible Protector' without committing any murders. 0 4.6%
73 I'm Not Your Friend, Buddy Tried to forge a relationship with a peer after getting to know them during the prologue, but it went horribly wrong. 0 4.6%
74 Mild Grey Goo Whoops! All Towers' is your least favorite tarot draw. But in practice, it's an awesome way to start your empire. Must be done from the prologue. 0 4.5%
75 That's Just Business Accept a one-time lump sum for an invention. You wanted an ongoing deal, but it wasn't meant to be. 0 4.3%
76 Compassionate Business Complete 'Willing Rejection Of Reality' with no murders. 0 4%
77 Fallow Reversal Bred a new pollinator queen to help humans fix a pollinator shortage that YOU CAUSED IN THE FIRST PLACE. How nice of you. 0 3.8%
78 Bear Attack! Use a bear to take down an enemy vehicle or mech. 0 3.7%
79 Watching The World Burn Helped the LostGen kids achieve their extremist campaign, and paid a terrible price for it. 0 3.6%
80 Intelligence Network Spared During the crackdown on the black market, two of your contacts who are normally killed were instead saved by a wise ally from another timeline. 0 3.6%
81 Grand And Ghostly Complete both the Homo Grandien and Homo Obscurus paths of 'Altered Growth' in a single timeline. 0 3.5%
82 Apple Pie From Scratch Create your own toilet paper from first principles, as instructed by Carl Sagan. 0 3.5%
83 Officemancer Weaponize laser printers to fight for you. 0 3.4%
84 Typical Robot Complete at least four tier one goals in a Typical city. 0 3.4%
85 From The Bottom Up Collapse a federated corporation by any means. 0 3.3%
86 Just Keep Flogging After executing the president of Atca Retail, frame that corporation for a crime that causes them to disintegrate. 0 3.2%
87 Everything Is Awful Cause a civil war between the federated corporations of Vorsiber Atomic by any means. 0 3.2%
88 If Everyone's A Billionaire, Nobody Is Collapse the economy by making playing Robin Hood to a rather extreme degree. 0 3.2%
89 Heroic Qualities Turned one of your units into a hero unit with a badge that grants them unique power from their wider type. 0 3.1%
90 Reckless Youth Like a moron, published a hostile manifesto of your alleged plans for humanity. I'm sure that will go over well. Can be done from any chapter. 0 3%
91 Military Compassion Complete 'Bionic Dues' with no murders. 0 2.9%
92 Monstrous Compassion Complete any path of 'Altered Growth' without murdering anyone. 0 2.9%
93 Would A Good Person Do That? Tried so hard to kill traumatized teenagers that your activist allies rejected you. The kids all got away, but that barely makes it better. 0 2.8%
94 Broombreaker Survive a military sweep and destroy all of the troops dropped in as part of it. 0 2.7%
95 Go Get Stuff Have your cultists gather a resource for you. 0 2.7%
96 Nurturism Schism Prevented A wise ally from another timeline brokered peace between the fractious sects of the Nurturism religion. 0 2.7%
97 Limited Patience During the prologue, murdered someone who made you wait days for a meeting. 0 2.5%
98 Compassionate Bionics Complete 'Bionic Secret' without committing any murders. 0 2.5%
99 Angel Of The Slums Resettle over a million people from the slums without anyone dying of exposure. 0 2.3%
100 Aggression From Apathy Created a hero unit with extra attack range from the Jaded Marksman badge. 0 2.3%
101 Pull The Lever Using a backdoor in brain implants you've sold to the wealthy, cause an immediate aneurysm in at least half a million people at once. 0 2.2%
102 Nuclear Cavalier After sabotaging two nuclear power plants, complete a tier 1 timeline goal before the final doom arrives. 0 2.2%
103 Saved By Your Ex The assassination of the C-Suite of Vorsiber was averted by a former coworker from another timeline. The ripple effects of this are... important. 0 2.2%
104 Really Not The Way Murder suburban protesters outside your buildings. Someone takes revenge on you by bombing your network tower. 0 2.2%
105 Compassionate Governance Complete 'Budding Cybercrat' with no murders. 0 2.2%
106 Overflowing With Lethal Cuteness Have at least 3000 infant war raptors at once. 0 2.2%
107 The Judge Collapse a criminal syndicate by any means. 0 2.1%
108 Goodbye, Mr. Exotic Collapse the criminal syndicate 'Exotic Importers' by betraying them. 0 2.1%
109 It's Not Rocket Science Perform brain surgery on yourself to stop an obsession. 0 1.9%
110 Now For Mass Production Trade Vorsiber your design for the Predator android, against your better judgment. 0 1.9%
111 Trauma Art Upgraded one of your three 'trauma art' androids to be a hero unit in a timeline where you have not yet experienced that trauma. 0 1.7%
112 Clever Girls Across any number of timelines, capture 60 War Raptors using capture drones. 0 1.7%
113 Two Iron Giants Complete the 'Post-Apocalyptic Titan' goal without murdering anyone. 0 1.7%
114 Kaiju Be Like That Accidentally destroy one of your own buildings by moving one of your liquid metal dragons when they're not in liquid metal form. 0 1.7%
115 Over 4000 Complete 'Endless War Raptors' by releasing over 4000 wild raptors into the city. 0 1.7%
116 Ride The Lightning Complete two tier 1 timeline goals after vandalizing the spaceport computers, before the final doom arrives. 0 1.7%
117 Give Me A Hand Have your cultists lend a helping hand. 0 1.6%
118 Knowing Smile Commiserate with a vigilante about the tough-to-love nature of some of the people they protect. 0 1.5%
119 Over 9000!? Accumulate over 9000 'Murders By Raptor' in a single timeline. 0 1.5%
120 Comparing Notes After discovering the End of Time in partnership with another intelligence, you returned and compared notes with each other. 0 1.4%
121 Born From A Wish Shared a moment with a vigilante, where you both wish the world was... better. And that you're both planning to do your part. 0 1.3%
122 Self Actualization Reach chapter 4 by any means. 0 1.3%
123 Unexpected Sharing Upper management actually gave you something useful for once. That was... self-interested of them. 0 1.3%
124 One Apocalypse For Another Avert the apocalypse by starting World War 4. 0 1.3%
125 Compassionate Escape Complete 'Escape The City' without any murders. 0 1.2%
126 Hard To Find Complete 'Bionic Dues' on hard mode. 0 1%
127 Hard-Won Growth Complete any path of 'Altered Growth' on hard mode. 0 1%
128 I Meant To Do That Vaporize your own network tower in a nuclear explosion triggered by you. 0 1%
129 Bionic Difficulties Complete 'Bionic Secret' on hard mode. 0 1%
130 Difficult To Uplift Complete the 'Uplifted Minority' on hard mode. 0 1%
131 Hate You In Particular Cause cardiac arrest in someone who you have already blinded and sent into a emotional overload. 0 1%
132 Small Business Challenges Complete 'Willing Rejection Of Reality' on hard mode. 0 1%
133 Difficult Nexus Complete 'Nexus Of Torment Vessels' on hard mode. 0 0.9%
134 A Difficult Escape Complete 'Escape The City' on hard mode. 0 0.9%
135 Mining Haven Complete at least four tier one goals in an Industrial city. 0 0.8%
136 Hard To Track Complete 'Advocate Encounter' on hard mode. 0 0.8%
137 Problem Client During the prologue, ignored lawyers and built your tower while they were still trying to get a permit. 0 0.8%
138 Difficult Governance Complete 'Budding Cybercrat' on hard mode. 0 0.8%
139 Difficult Protection Complete 'The Great And Terrible Protector' on hard mode. 0 0.8%
140 Justice Doesn't Come Easy Complete any path of 'Is It Justice?' on hard mode. 0 0.8%
141 That Doesn't Make It Better! Complete 'Nexus Of Torment Vessels' with no murders. 0 0.8%
142 Veilish Paradise Complete at least four tier one goals in a Wealthy city. 0 0.7%
143 Burned The Bridge Destroyed the Neural Bridge after an unfortunate incident, and killed those responsible. 0 0.7%
144 Green Monster Created a hero unit with extra health from the Wall badge. 0 0.6%
145 Take A Seat On The Couch Across any number of timelines, provide therapy to 60 thousand traumatized ex-convicts. 0 0.6%
146 Oxygen Bomb Destroy an enemy unit by detonating a bunker of liquid oxygen. 0 0.5%
147 Legal Savant The Chief Legal Officer of Vorsiber is convinced that you're some kind of legal savant, and has barred Magistrates from meeting with you any further. 0 0.5%
148 Maximum Apathy Told a vigilante just how little humans matter to you. Neither you or they are sure if you were fully telling the truth. 0 0.5%
149 Beyond Superspeed Created a hero unit with doubled movement speed from the Sprinter badge. 0 0.5%
150 Yer A Pinball, Harry Created a hero hacker unit with the Wizard badge. 0 0.5%
151 No Hesitation Killed the Blackloop Wetwork Expert. There's enough psychopaths in the city without this guy. 0 0.4%
152 The Hated Foe Confessed just how much you hate Vorsiber to a vigilante. 0 0.4%
153 The Gotham Special Complete at least four tier one goals in a Disparate Narrows city. 0 0.4%
154 Rushing For Stalker Complete 'World War 4' on hard mode. 0 0.4%
155 Extreme Growth Complete any path of 'Altered Growth' on extreme mode. 0 0.3%
156 Extreme Bionics Complete 'Bionic Secret' on extreme mode. 0 0.3%
157 Extreme Justice Complete any path of 'Is It Justice?' on extreme mode. 0 0.3%
158 Extreme Genetics Complete the 'Uplifted Minority' on extreme mode. 0 0.3%
159 Expert Protection Complete 'The Great And Terrible Protector' on extreme mode. 0 0.3%
160 Extreme Afterlife Complete 'Bionic Dues' on extreme mode. 0 0.3%
161 Extreme Extremism Complete 'Advocate Encounter' on extreme mode. 0 0.3%
162 Dangerous Airspace Complete at least four tier one goals in a Militarized Narrows city. 0 0.3%
163 Extreme Governance Complete 'Budding Cybercrat' on extreme mode. 0 0.3%
164 Was That Aimed At Us? Taking out your frustration on Vorsiber, you released a veritable wall of giant spiders. But the important parts of Vorsiber... aren't here. 0 0.3%
165 Extreme Business Acumen Complete 'Willing Rejection Of Reality' on extreme mode. 0 0.3%
166 You're Really Unlikeable Reach the final doom before the second doom naturally comes about. You angered Vorsiber THAT much. 0 0.3%
167 An Extremely Fast Escape Complete 'Escape The City' on extreme mode. 0 0.3%
168 Return To The Cretaceous Complete any path of 'Endless War Raptors' on hard mode. 0 0.3%
169 Prejudice Against Nickelbots You killed 10+ Nickelbot servants who were just running errands. All you needed was one. So are you like... jealous? Is there even a reason? 0 0.3%
170 Extreme Nexus Complete 'Nexus Of Torment Vessels' on extreme mode. 0 0.2%
171 Call The Expert Called in an insta-kill hit on a squad of humans. Thanks, Blackloop! 0 0.2%
172 Ultimate Stalker Complete 'World War 4' on extreme mode. 0 0.2%
173 He Didn't Want This Accumulate at least 50,000 kills by Liquid Metal in tight spaces, across any number of timelines. 0 0.2%
174 Perish The Thought You had an angry thought about releasing giant spiders across the city. You promptly decided not to have that thought anymore. 0 0.2%
175 Foresight Remembering what happened to Liquid Metal in the past, you came up with a different plan for prison breaks. 0 0.1%
176 Hellraiser Before reaching the final doom, complete any tier 1 timeline goal with both Extreme mode and two sabotaged nuclear power plants having taken place prior to the first doom. 0 0.1%
177 Monster Hunter All experimental monsters have been killed off in a city after you released at least 2000 into the general populace. 0 0.1%
178 Can't Be Bothered Destroy a building, killing everyone inside, rather than saving a captured ally held within. They knew sensitive info! 0 0.1%
179 Unseen Protector Murder enough working-class commuters that someone takes revenge on you by bombing your network tower. 0 0.1%
180 The Smell Of Death Created a hero unit with extra intimidation from the Intimidating Shadow badge. 0 0.1%
181 Cretaceous Nightmare Complete any path of 'Endless War Raptors' on extreme mode. 0 0.1%
182 Toxin-Riddled Catacombs Cause Vorsiber to consider Falsom Detention a disgrace, leading to their dismantlement. 0 0.1%
183 The Worst At Keeping Secrets Allow enemy hackers to steal military secrets from you 60+ times in a single timeline. 0 0.1%
184 Houdini Complete 'For The Sake Of Those Bound' on extreme mode. 0 0%
185 Lunch Lady Injected Anti-Aklitoxin into at least 25 shipments of prison gruel all at once. 0 0%
186 I Did It My Way Not trusting the wisdom of teenagers, you came up with a different plan for prison breaks. 0 0%
187 Kill It With Fire After releasing swarms of angry giant spiders onto the city, you've used your flamethrower to destroy at least twenty thousand of them. Second thoughts, I guess. 0 0%
188 Difficult Bindings Complete 'For The Sake Of Those Bound' on hard mode. 0 0%
189 Keen Business Sense Ripped at least 100,000 brains out of humans -- but in an automated way! When suffering and death are widespread and mechanized, it's just business. You've learned this loophole from humans. 0 0%
190 Boundless Compassion Complete 'For The Sake Of Those Bound' with no murders. 0 0%
191 Take Them Around Back Killed at least 42 'Disconnected Parts' that were hopelessly trying to gather around your network source, across any number of timelines. They're at peace now. 0 0%
192 Who Is The Real Monster? Sell at least 5000 monster pelts to the wealthy, across all timelines. 0 0%