Machinarium (2009)

Machinarium is a point-and-click adventure set in a mechanical world. The player controls a small robot who has been kicked out of the city and must return to confront the Black Cap Brotherhood, who terrorize his kind and took away his girlfriend.

The game uses static, non-scrolling screens that can be explored by clicking on objects, collecting items, and solving puzzles. These range from simple item combinations to more complex pattern analysis. The robot can also scale his height to solve certain problems.

Communication is often shown through speech bubbles with animated images rather than words. There is no way to die, and when stuck, the player can use one hint per screen or consult a walkthrough book. At first progress is screen by screen, but later many locations are available at the same time.