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Steamroll

$9.99
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Developer:
Anticto
Publisher:
Anticto
Platforms:
Windows Mac Linux
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About This Game

Steamroll is an adventure and puzzle game with a touch of minigolf. It creates a steampunk atmosphere where you will have to solve puzzles by designing and shooting steamballs from your vehicle to create ramps, walls, activate triggers, blow things away, and more.


In Steamroll you are a young engineer in his first day of work and take control of the Scarabeus, the greatest new steam-fuelled vehicle invention, while you try to survive in a crumbling mine and look for a way out.

The Scarabeus

Half beetle, half armadillo, this amazing rolling vehicle can transform and deploy itself into certain bases. This allows you to fill the steam tank and, most important, to shoot steamballs.


In its shooting form, the Scarabeus is connected to an underground resources tank. From there, you'll have to find out the best angle to solve the puzzles this mine proposes. Precision and calculus are needed to push buttons, activate switches and open doors.

Steamballs

These small spheric devices can be shot in several angles and intensity. You'll have to be careful using them, you'll have a limited amount of resources in each deployment base. Steamballs can be filled with latest technology inventions, which will deploy after the steamball is shot.


Walls will allow you to create surfaces in which steamballs will bounce.

Explosives might be very useful to get rid of garbage and obstacles.

Placed correctly, a ramp is the best way to reach higher places.

Explore this dark steampunk adventure and meet some weird characters in your great and dangerous escape. Use your skills wisely and remember that patience is a virtue.

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User Reviews

Mostly Positive
33 user reviews
73%
Positive
16 hrs at review
Recommended

If you like puzzle games like Portal or The Talos Principle you will also like playing this one. It runs smoothly, has very nice graphics and pleasant background music. The sounds are well done, too. Gameplay is fun - playing against time or resources (or both). I like the leader board feature and I hope there will be some expansion levels in future (or even a map editor?).

16 helpful 1 funny
55 min at review
Not Recommended

I don`t like to give a thumbs down for something that has obviously taken allot of care to produce but sadly I found this game quickly became boring. There are far too many controls for one thing, a bit of simplification of these would help quite a bit. My main complaint however is that the levels themselves quickly devolve into you doing a load of grunt work to set up all the pieces to a puzzle you spotted how to solve within seconds of entering the level, only to then move on to the next level and have to do a slight variation on the same thing. With better thought out controls it might be faster to get the pieces set up and get throught the levels, or better thought out levels might make it less of a grind. As it stands I cannot see me going back to this game.

7 helpful
2 hrs at review
Recommended

I funded this game when it first appeared on Kickstarter, but unfotunately it didn't reach the funding goal. Happily they succeeded on Greenlight ;) I bought it this week and I really enjoy playing this game. It's not the typical puzzle game. Fresh air! You are an engineer inside a steam ball-vehicle and you roll inside a mine. You have to shoot and destroy obstacles to be able to move, you construct walls and ramps... Good story, nice graphics and it works on Linux. Moreover, I can play in my mother tongue, Catalan ;)

6 helpful
1 hrs at review
Recommended

Great game to each member of the family. Puzzle solving tricks, steampunk art, good music and sounds. If there will be a multiplayer mode thats will be the great fun!

6 helpful 2 funny
3 hrs at review
Recommended

I really do like this game. Steam Roll makes you think a couple moves ahead before even shooting one ball. I am having problems with "meeting point" but that shouldn't be a reason I do not recommend this game.

4 helpful 2 funny
2 hrs at review
Recommended

Really fun puzzle game, enough said. The whole steam punk aspect to it makes it unique. Well done!!!!!

4 helpful 1 funny
7 hrs at review
Recommended

I loved Vaporum and The Ball for their interesting puzzles and the steampunk feel. Steamroll is twice as better and I've enjoyed every part of it. It's atmospheric, calming (the music fits very well) and the mines make you want to replay the levels again. You get to control a larger machine (sadly, only for one level) In the end, I was satisfied with the closure. Short and to the point - nothing cliche. Try this game out, you wont be disappointed. If Anticto were miners, their games would be called gold.

3 helpful
6 hrs at review
Recommended

Overall this is an enjoyable puzzle game with an interesting steampunk theme. If you're a fan of physics based puzzle games then this is well worth a look, particuarly if you enjoy the steampunk theme. The gameplay has an interesting mix of turret based "pinball" shooting combined with a movement mechanic (I'd call it light platforming without jumping if that makes sense). While the sections focused on movement are not the most enjoyable parts of the games they are integrated into the puzzles in a manner that's more integrated into the puzzle than the simple "clear a path to the exit" that you get in a lot of puzzle games. My primary complaint with this is probably the length. I was able to complete the entire game (including achievements) in just 7 hours the first time through. I'm not opposed to short games in general but the problem with short puzzle games (including steamroll) is that a short game means that you don't really get a chance to build up a repetoire of tactics that y...

3 helpful
7 hrs at review
Recommended

So far, as a part-time gamer I find this game very good. No lagging in game play (i7, gtx760). I'm only up to level 8 but not bored with it. It works well with the remote XBOX gamepad.

3 helpful
5 hrs at review
Recommended

I was a bit unsure about it at first but ended up quite enjoying it. It's a game in which some voice acting would go a long way, just sayin'. ;P

2 helpful

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System Requirements

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • Processor: Intel i3 1.8GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVidia GeForce 260GTX series card or higher
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • Processor: Intel i5 2Ghz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVidia GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series card or higher
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space

FAQ

How much does Steamroll cost?

Steamroll costs $9.99.

What are the system requirements for Steamroll?

Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Processor: Intel i3 1.8GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia GeForce 260GTX series card or higher DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2500 MB available space Recommended: Recommended: OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Processor: Intel i5 2Ghz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series card or higher DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2500 MB available space

What platforms is Steamroll available on?

Steamroll is available on Windows PC, macOS, Linux.

Is Steamroll worth buying?

Steamroll has 73% positive reviews from 33 players.

When was Steamroll released?

Steamroll was released on Feb 19, 2016.

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