GAME
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Machinal Instinct
Mech battle arena game
There’s no biting or clawing in Machinal Instinct’s animal-on-animal battles. These critters duke it out in homemade war machines!
How it plays: Pick a pilot—maybe a scrappy pig or cuddly koala—then suit up in your junkyard mech. Land devastating punches on online foes, or pepper them from afar with rockets and grenades.
Why we love it: Adorable animals squeezed into hulking mechs? What’s not to love? Machinal Instinct is fast too: Simple swipe controls make it easy to dodge incoming missiles and leap forward for punishing counterattacks.
Don’t miss: Is your opponent cowering behind a shield made out of an old refrigerator? Latch onto it with a giant magnet and fling ’em to the dirt!
Meet the creator: Pomelo Games, an indie studio based in Montevideo, Uruguay, also crafted Once Upon a Tower and the Apple Arcade game Outlanders.