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Sharper · Published by Sharper
Last updated 9 Oct 2026
Design elaborate contraptions, where the longer a ball takes, the better. Inspired by Rube Goldberg machines, you’ll soon craft sprawling machines where complexity is your goal. Get ready to overtake your screen with over-engineered chaos.
Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Casual · More free games
Over Engineered invites you to design intricate contraptions where every added component adds to your score. Inspired by Rube Goldberg, this casual yet strategic game lets you explore the joy of over-engineering on your screen.
About this game
Over Engineered is simulation strategy game that encourages construction of complex machines.
Using limited space, money, and power; you must build complex contraptions to bring a ball from its spawn, to its goal. The longer each ball takes, the more money you make in return.
Rube Goldberg Puzzles
Play through dozens of Rube Goldberg style puzzles, each carefully crafted to challenge your engineering intuition. With a fixed set of parts, and a locked goal; you must think critically to understand how each component interacts with each other.
With unlimited possibilities, you can create your own puzzles and share them with the world.
Each game begins with a ball dropping from a spawner. The player must place and connect different mechanical parts to guide the ball across the map. As the ball moves, it gains value from tricks, combos, and the time is has remained alive. The player must design their world to maximize these values to unlock more elaborate and sophisticated machines. With increasing ball values, the player will unlock new machines to expand upon their system, allowing the player to push their designs further than ever.
With future machines locked behind time milestones, the player must overcome time barriers to create something original. With 45+ parts, each new advancement propels the players machine further into Over-Engineered chaos
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4000
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 300 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1060
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
v0.7 Info Mode
Info ModeAdded ability for each items description to be seen in shop.Info mode now highlights selected partInfo mode shows part requirementsInfo mode provides descriptionFixed bug where logo image was missing.Read full article on Community Announcements (Sharper)Patch NotesOfficial
v0.7 Bug Fixes
Game Breaking:Attempting to leave the game while paused would cause issues with saving, sometimes leaving game frozen. This has been resolved.Game now saves every 30 seconds.After claiming certain upgrades ( such as ball types ), the upgrade was being removed from the loot pool. This accidentally carried over toward other upgrades such as the skill points. This prevented skill points from ever being earned in late stage level ups. This has been resolved.Minor Bugs:When attempting to move an item while game is frozen, the piece would not follow. Items now move regardless of game speed.Animations now play even when frozen.Some trampoline inconsistencies have been fixed.New Content:Added an additional transition from place to info mode.Added a leaderboard to track highest score as well as longest ball.Read full article on Community Announcements (Sharper)Patch NotesOfficial
v0.677 Consistent Collisions
Collisions Originally, collisions became unstable and unpredictable at high speeds. This update implements a new continuous collision detection, which gives more stable and predictable outcomes. This will result in a drop in frames but in return makes contraptions work as expected.Read full article on Community Announcements (Sharper)Patch NotesOfficial
v0.676 Blueprints
NEW TAB - Blueprints Blueprints can store, and reproduce identical copies of an existing board Create groups by dragging cursor along multiple tiles Sell or create blueprints for groups Group copy & paste Sharable blueprints New sound effects Multiple deletions that can occur at onceRead full article on Community Announcements (Sharper)Patch NotesOfficial
v0.675 Spawner Upgrades
Fixed issue where some tabs were pixel based not percentage based, giving unexpected behaviors on larger monitors Spawners can be upgraded, giving additional points Camera movement tweaked to allow full visibility during upgrading Path History no longer shows as box to accommodate ultra-wide monitors Lightning symbol added in bottom hud to ensure power usage is clear Descriptions have been added to upgrade tab to prevent confusion Animation added to spawner upgrade Animation added to spawner information tabs Points can now be used simply by clicking the correct upgrade tab. New colors added higher level spawners Additional sound effects to improve immersion Fixed issue where the countdown of a spawner was not correctly displayed Increased spawner time by default to 30Read full article on Community Announcements (Sharper)
