Description

Maschinen-Mensch is a Berlin-based independent game studio founded by two AAA developers who left the mainstream industry to experiment with new forms of generative storytelling and create innovative games.

History

Early history

Maschinen-Mensch was founded in April 2014 by Riad Djemili and Johannes Kristmann, combining 15 years of experience in professional AAA game productions. Among other projects, they worked on the multi-award winning game “Spec Ops: The Line” by YAGER Development.

Curious Expedition

Maschinen-Mensch's debut title Curious Expedition was first released in May 2015 on Steam Early Access. After 30 feature updates (each documented with a video on their YouTube channel), the game reached version 1.0 in September 2016. In March 2017, the "Arctic Expanse" free DLC was released. The game, which to date has sold more than 300,000 copies was released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in March 2020, in partnership with Thunderful.

Curious Expedition 2

In February 2019 a sequel was announced, featuring a brand new art style, improved gameplay and vastly expanded content, aiming to provide hours of unique adventures to existing and new fans alike. After a closed alpha in 2019 and a Steam Early Access phase in 2020, the 1.0 version launched on January 28 2021 on Steam. Over the course of the following months 3 paid DLCs were released in addition to console ports for Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PlayStation.

Other projects

Maschinen-Mensch is currently working on a new unannounced game.

Projects

• Codecks
• Curious Expedition
• Curious Expedition 2
• Mother Machine
• Curious Expedition RIVALS