Machine Party: All 15 Minigames & How to Win

Every Machine Party minigame, explained — what you're supposed to do, how you actually win, and which ones will end your friendships.

Last updated: Aug 22, 2026 · compiled from launch-week guides and press breakdowns

Quick list

The full 15, grouped below by how you win:

• Memory & precision: Minefield, Chisel Gauntlet, Wrong Way, Smoke Break, The Filter
• Race & assembly: Firearm Factory, Table Manners, Forklift Certified
• Elimination & social: Duck Hunt, Stable Footing, Tunnel Hazard, Inside Job, Lethal Rebound
• Sabotage: Debris Platforms, Spine Breaker

Memory & precision games

Minefield

Run down a corridor using a mine detector. Step on a mine and you lose half your body — but you get to keep crawling. There are three rounds, and the layouts repeat, so memory wins. Don't dawdle: a harvester follows behind and crushes anyone too slow. Standing still is required to detect mines, which turns the whole thing into a race against time.

Chisel Gauntlet

You're locked in a room with an image of a 3×3 Rubik's Cube with missing pieces. Memorize the gaps and carve your cube to match exactly. It's timed — wrong shape or running out of time gets you shot.

Wrong Way

Run up an escalator while a crusher chases from below. The screen shows directional buttons — press them in order. Wrong input slows you down; too many errors and the crusher claims you.

Smoke Break

Take the most puffs to win. Mistiming a puff makes you cough and wastes time. The winner survives; the loser gets shot. Simple, but the timing window is cruel.

The Filter

Sort a conveyor line: throw picture frames into the furnace, but let mechanical parts (bolts, nuts) pass through. Correct sorting scores points; most points wins.

Race & assembly games

Firearm Factory

Weapon parts are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Pick them up and assemble them on the table in order. First to build a complete firearm wins.

Table Manners

Everyone sits at a table eating peas with a fork while a murderer at the head of the table reads a newspaper. When he looks up, freeze — caught moving means shot. Click to fork and eat peas. Finish your plate first. Very Squid Game.

Forklift Certified

You get 20 seconds to forklift as many boxes as possible into your room. Lowest count is eliminated — and you can steal other players' boxes to sabotage them. Be the best forklift driver or die.

Elimination & social games

Duck Hunt

One player is the hunter in a building; everyone else runs down an air corridor toward them. Runners must reach the hunter; the hunter must shoot everyone first.

Stable Footing

A 6×8 tile floor over an abyss. The correct tile is shown — stand on the wrong one and you fall. There's no friendly way out: it continues until one survivor remains.

Tunnel Hazard

One shutter, six alcoves. Hide in the green-lit alcove — a train runs over everyone else. Stand in a red-lit alcove and a pillar crushes you. Last player standing wins.

Inside Job

One hunter must find a syringe in the office and infect the runners. Infected players gain movement speed and turn the hunt around. Darkness deepens as the round progresses, so the hunter gets weaker while the infected get faster.

Lethal Rebound

A room with three crawl spaces that periodically release spinning blades — which bounce unpredictably across the room. Get hit and you die. Last player standing wins. Corners and calm movement beat panic.

Sabotage games

Debris Platforms

Each player stands on a circular platform that must stay free of debris — if it fills up, a piston crushes you with the junk. You can throw your debris onto other players' platforms. Rings on the platform show how close the piston is.

Spine Breaker

A mechanical spider chases players and latches on. When the timer ends, whoever it's latched to gets crushed. You can avoid it — or throw it at another player. Use corners and the environment to hide while it hunts someone else.

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