OneShot: World Machine Edition

A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.

Verdict

Verdict coming soon: the jury is still reading

Buy, Wait, and Skip land in the next pass. Nothing on this card can be bought.

Player sentiment

Player sentiment is from Steam (PC) reviews.

All time

98.5%

5,817 reviews

12 months

98.2%

2,134 reviews

90 days

97.9%

533 reviews

30 days

97.7%

130 reviews

Stable-0.4 pts versus the previous 90 days

Review history

Bars are review volume. The line is the positive percentage. Periods under 10 reviews are faded.

What players are saying

Positive

a much better version of what is my favorite game of all time, if you've somehow never played oneshot i highly, HIGHLY encourage you to try it out because it changed my life
4h 19m played at review · 12 Sept 2026
This game is amazing
2h 22m played at review · 12 Sept 2026
This game is one of my favorites atp because how peak it is. It almost made me cry and it genuinely has one of the best story games you will see out there for just this price. Would play it again and get all achievements again of how good it was.
18h 30m played at review · 19 Sept 2026
About ~16 gameplay hours ago, I started the original OneShot with zero knowledge (besides its 'meta'? And theres a cat person?). Now ~16 gameplay hours after, I have 100% World Machine Edition, and loved every minute of gameplay. OneShot has gripped me unlike any other game out there. Every character is lovable, the art is amazing, and the story genuinely made me cry. My only issue is that I was unable to play the original version on Linux (CachyOS + Niri). However, WME solved that issue (while still costing me a bit of money; but that was money well spent). If you have not played OneShot yet, and know little to nothing; [i]please[/i] do yourself a favor, and play it.
12h 11m played at review · 30 Sept 2026

Negative

Sadly a plain game that I’ll definitely forget again. :( Right from the start, "OneShot" tries to be more than it actually is, only to end up annoying you for hours with dull characters and dialogue while serving up a story that lacks substance. The whole point of the game is breaking the fourth wall, but that’s hardly compelling when the world and the characters are completely uninteresting. I don’t know, this game did absolutely nothing for me, even though I’m exactly the target audience for this kind of game... The only good thing about it is the “vibe", provided you use a lot of imagination to really get into it.
8h 54m played at review · 9 Sept 2026