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Is Pythagoras' Perpetual Motion Machine worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Puzzle fans who prefer logic and mechanism-based challenges over combat
- Players seeking a tower-climbing setting with environmental mysteries
- People who want optional hints and stage skipping in a 40-stage puzzle game
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for combat, fast aiming, or precision-focused controls
- Those seeking a story-led adventure without repeated mechanical problem solving
- Players who prefer open-world exploration instead of separate puzzle stages
Our take on Pythagoras' Perpetual Motion Machine
Instead of treating tower ascent as a platforming or combat challenge, the game makes arranging interacting mechanisms the central activity. Progress comes from constructing continuous boulder routes, while hints and stage skipping replace the usual pressure of failure penalties.
What is Pythagoras' Perpetual Motion Machine?
Climb a tower guided by a mysterious voice while solving 40 stages built around perpetual motion machines.
Each stage uses devices such as boulder switches, elevators, catapults, and balance scales. Move the contraptions, activate switches, and position objects so boulders travel along continuous routes. Solving puzzles requires considering how the mechanisms affect one another rather than relying on fast aiming or precise control. Monuments throughout the tower contain messages connected to questions about the speaker and the tower's purpose. Every stage includes hints and a skip option, with no penalties or restrictions for using them.
How Pythagoras' Perpetual Motion Machine plays
- 01Contraption Puzzles
- Stages require positioning mechanisms so boulders follow continuous routes.
- 02Four Device Types
- The tower includes boulder switches, elevators, catapults, and balance scales.
- 03Forty Stages
- The game contains 40 stages, including levels described as difficult.
- 04Hints And Skips
- Every stage provides hints and an option to skip it without penalties or restrictions.
- 05Tower Mystery
- Inscribed monuments and a mysterious voice raise questions about the tower and the player character.
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Pythagoras' Perpetual Motion Machine: platforms & release
Is Pythagoras' Perpetual Motion Machine worth it?
It is worth it if: puzzle fans who prefer logic and mechanism-based challenges over combat. Skip it if: players looking for combat, fast aiming, or precision-focused controls.
Where can I download Pythagoras' Perpetual Motion Machine?
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What platforms is Pythagoras' Perpetual Motion Machine on?
Windows only.
