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Kelvin and the Infamous Machine

Point-and-click adventure through history, helping famous minds finish their work

Blyts · Released Jul 21, 2016

AdventureIndie

Reviews
Very Positive
91% of 989
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
0
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Untested
Last update on Steam
6 years ago
Jun 20, 2020
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 260
2 GB RAM · 0.5 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 79/100 (critic reviews)

What is Kelvin and the Infamous Machine?

In this single-player, hand-drawn 2D adventure, you point and click through historical scenes and solve puzzles across three chapters. Kelvin travels through time to help Beethoven, Newton, and Leonardo da Vinci finish their work after his boss interferes with it.

For you if...

  • +you like time-travel stories involving famous historical figures
  • +you enjoy classic point-and-click puzzles and dialogue

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer action to exploration and puzzle solving
  • −you want multiplayer instead of a solo adventure

What players say

91% of 989 reviews are positive

Players praise the humor, voice acting, and art. Their most common complaints are the short length, slow walking between locations, and item puzzles with unclear solutions.

How many players finish Kelvin and the Infamous Machine?

39% of Steam players have unlocked «A meeting of the minds», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Kelvin and the Infamous Machine system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 260, 2 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7
Processor
1.7 GHz Dual Core
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, ATI Radeon 4870 HD, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
500 MB available space
Notes
Must have OpenGL

Does Kelvin and the Infamous Machine have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does Kelvin and the Infamous Machine run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
20
Steam features
Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian.

Does Kelvin and the Infamous Machine 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 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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