Alan's Automaton Workshop

Steampunk programming puzzles about designing machines with nodes and arrows

Laputa Labs · Released Jan 20, 2022

Reviews: Very Positive; 81% of 208
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 3 years ago; Apr 20, 2023
Minimum PC: 1GB VRAM; 4 GB RAM · 2 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Alan's Automaton Workshop?

This single-player, 2D puzzle game casts you as a novice engineer joining Alan's automaton workshop. You build and test machines for clients across a sequence of levels, progressing from loops and conditions to advanced algorithms. Once a solution works, you can optimize it for fewer instructions or faster execution.

For you if...

+you enjoy translating logic problems into visual programs

Not for you if...

−you want a gentle learning curve throughout

What players say

81% of 208 reviews are positive

Players praise the steampunk artwork. Common complaints concern the crowded interface and the tedious, repetitive work of assembling and rebuilding solutions.

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Alan's Automaton Workshop system requirements

Minimum: 1GB VRAM, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 SP1
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Graphics: 1GB VRAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space
DirectX: Version 10

Does Alan's Automaton Workshop have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Alan's Automaton Workshop run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 6
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages: Text only: English, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

Does Alan's Automaton Workshop use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam