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Prime Mover
Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.
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Very Positive (166) - 89% of the 166 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
May 21, 2018
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4Bit Games
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Recommended
By Games 4 Programmers October 1, 2021

“A Zachtronics-like puzzle game where you need to solve tasks with maximal optimization for achieving best score.”

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“It's neat!”
Notch

“Aching for a Zachlike? Prime Mover may have you sorted”
Rock Paper Shotgun

“It's kind of like Opus Magnum, but with circuits instead of compounds.”
PC Gamer

About This Game

A god falls. A rift opens. A hero rises.

Prime Mover is a game about designing circuit boards from 4Bit Games.

In this open-ended puzzle game, you build circuit boards to solve a wide variety of logic and computer science inspired problems. Compare the speed and efficiency of your unique solutions with your friends and the world. Work your way from transistor to processor, uncover the story of the Byte of Burden!

Design Circuit boards

- Design and build Circuit boards that solve a wide variety of logic and computer science inspired problems.

Open-ended puzzles

- There are infinitely many ways to solve every puzzle, but some solutions are better than others! Compare your solutions with your friends on the online leaderboards and monitor trends with the global histograms.

A toolbox of chips

- Utilize a wide variety of components in your quest for optimization! Create circuits boards within circuit boards, within circuit boards!

Vibrant soundtrack

- Score by the amazing Jonathan Geer, composer of the Owlboy soundtrack.

Uncover forgotten secrets

- Memory fragments are scattered across the blueprint. Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden!


System Requirements

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    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10 (or Vista with DirectX 11)
    • Processor: 2.0 GHz
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 128MB
    • Storage: 200 MB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: OS X 10.6 or later
    • Processor: 2.0 GHz
    • Memory: 1 MB RAM
    • Graphics: 128MB
    • Storage: 200 MB available space
* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 14.04 64bit / Steam OS 64bit
    • Processor: 2.0 GHz
    • Memory: 1 MB RAM
    • Graphics: 128MB
    • Storage: 200 MB available space
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