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I love Heart of the Machine, and it has enjoyed a ton of awesome updates since its launch earlier this year. It is a deep and complex 4X game that plays decently on the Steam Deck, and the most recent update added some new side quest systems to the game.

Pressure Points headline the next update - a new kind of action that allows players to interact with the sprawling world without affecting major plot points or storylines. There are 14 to begin with, Previous updates made big improvements to the prologue and Chapter 1, introduced new options for starting additional timelines, and tons of balance tweaks.

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Heart of the Machine is available on Steam, and is 35% off as part of this week's sale. Have you tried this cool cyberpunk RPG? Let us know in the comments!

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Michael Baker
As a British guy in his mid-thirties, Michael has played and reviewed games as long as he can remember. Narrative Designer at Grimlore Games 2019-2020 (Spellforce 3 franchise, Plarium Games 2023 as Lore Editor). His favourite game genres are strategy, RPG, simulation and RTS.
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