# Machinations: Fog of War

Summer DB entity ID: 3d579e34\-db68\-4e73\-9e7d\-1c40c051b050

Steam App ID: 517240

Gunpowder diplomacy in a city primed to explode\! You're a shapeshifting android created to infiltrate the enemy\. Steal, lie, and persuade your way to success\. Can you save a people on the brink of war?  "Machinations: Fog of War" is a 150,000\-word interactive fantasy novel by Chris Conley, where your choices control the story\. It's entirely text\-based\-\-without graphics or sound effects\-\-and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination\.     Explore a 150,000\-word tale of deception, intrigue and betrayal in an age of gunpowder and rapier duels\.    Embody a lifelike automata with the ability to study and mimic the appearance and behavior of anyone you meet\.    Develop your personal skills, accumulate an array of disguises, and cultivate contacts and allies\.    Navigate the hostile waters of diplomacy, scheming and plotting when everyone has their own motives\.    Decide who to trust and who to deceive\.    Serve your master faithfully, or break away and serve only yourself\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Hosted Games

- Publisher: Hosted Games

- Release date: Aug 19, 2016

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Captions available, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/517240/ss\_88d846357271cf9ad8f11896d19f2628b911bf66\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734031879, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/517240/ss\_bfe792c8fc9e92fdbe649659522ab0e1576e648d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734031879, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/517240/ss\_b37fd2a74810f8c43458d5a0cb8ff49e9fcb8970\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734031879, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/517240/ss\_8652f95688a51cb1d8858625690025fdb8c25850\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734031879, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/517240/ss\_edf6e7c8d1389f29ef609527edae8d24dc5533cc\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734031879

- Price: 499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 10

- Steam positive reviews: 3

- Steam negative reviews: 7

- Steam positive percentage: 30%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/3d579e34-db68-4e73-9e7d-1c40c051b050/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/3d579e34-db68-4e73-9e7d-1c40c051b050/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T14:06:29\.667163\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T14:06:30\.970967\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T14:06:30\.647845\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/517240/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/3d579e34-db68-4e73-9e7d-1c40c051b050)