Maquette

First-person puzzle adventure with nested worlds and shifting object scales

Graceful Decay · Published by Annapurna Interactive · Released Mar 2, 2021

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 70% of 674
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 1; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 5 years ago; Apr 3, 2021

What is Maquette?

This first-person puzzle adventure takes place in a world nested inside itself. You explore its differently scaled spaces and manipulate objects to solve puzzles, while a modern-day love story unfolds.

For you if...

+you enjoy spatial puzzles built around changing scale
+you like colorful settings and relationship-centered stories
+you prefer short, single-player puzzle adventures

Not for you if...

−you want nonstop puzzles without stretches of walking
−you prefer action over exploration and object puzzles

What players say

70% of 674 reviews are positive

Players praise the scale-based puzzles, colorful visuals, music, and voice acting. Players also find some puzzles uneven or unclear and the romance unconvincing. Others report glitches, choppy movement, and crashes.

Screenshots and trailer

Maquette system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-650 | AMD Phenom II X4 965
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 470, 1GB | AMD Radeon HD 6970, 2GB
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 5 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 22
Steam features: Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish.