Machinarium

Amanita Design has worked tirelessly for 3 years to bring us Machinarium, a point/click adventure game with a unique art style. You begin the game as a trashcan-esque robot being rudely tossed out of the city and into a junk yard. From there your goals go from trying to get back into the city to saving your girlfriend and stopping a gang from blowing up a tower.

Machinarium is a must-play for point-and-click fans. It hearkens back to the early days of the genre with a brutal level of difficulty that will keep you puzzled for hours. This difficulty is also the game's weakness, though, and some players will be frustrated when they just want to explore this fascinating world. But Machinarium is visually stunning, has some incredible audio, and is surprisingly emotional.

Kicked out of your home city, separated from someone of significance, and dumped into a scrap yard is already hard to deal with. When do you realize there's a bigger problem at hand that involves more than just yourself, though? That's when it gets tricky. Guide Josef, a small yet innocent robot, through this point-and-click adventure and save the day.

The latest work of the Czech studio Amanita Design is a good example of how even a simple, low-budget Flash game can turn out to be a real gem.

Having won multiple awards spanning art, music and overall excellence, Machinarium has come to the Switch preceded by its reputation. Functionally, it is a s