Machine Party Launches July 30 on Steam, Mixing Co-Op Mini-Games With Saw-Style Horror
Steam is getting another co-op party game that leans hard into horror and instant consequences. Machine Party, launching July 30, blends fast, board-game-style mini-games with the kind of cruel trap-and-survive energy popularized by the Saw movies, aiming to turn a friends night into a fight for your life.
The developer team, led by Mike Klubnika and GDeavid, describes Machine Party as a collection of uniquely violent party games where failure is lethal. It supports online co-op for 2–4 players and includes character customization, while piling on “devious” ways to sabotage other participants as the mini-games ramp up.
Machine Party builds on the creator’s earlier work, including the viral roulette-style horror of Buckshot Roulette, but expands both the variety and the party size. The game’s trailer shows players facing a range of grisly challenges: surviving a room filled with spinning buzz saws, matching the correct block shape or risking being hit by a gatling gun, ducking for cover from a sniper, and taking part in many other short, punishing competitions.
At launch, Machine Party will feature an industrial soundtrack by Alex Peipman and lets players “customize your test subject.” The game is designed to be pick-up-and-play for groups, with high-stakes rounds that make survival unlikely and push everyone to endure traps together.
While the total number of mini-games in the final release hasn’t been confirmed, the trailer suggests a wide spread of formats beyond the classic trap rooms. Viewers can spot challenges that include assembling firearms in a factory, competing to smoke cigarettes as quickly as possible, running across minefields, dodging trains, and even eating peas competitively—plus additional styles not detailed yet. The team previously started with a small experiment: creating just five mini-games per month to see if the concept could hold, and then expanding after deciding they enjoyed building and playing them enough to finish the full game.
