The Construct

The Construct

Released Sep 2016

“The Construct” is a classical top-down view adventure indie game. The gameplay mixes retro-like gameplay mechanics with modern features and a spectacular atmosphere and mysterious storyline.

63% positive · 146 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $4.99
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Evaluation

The Construct launched on September 12, 2016 as a self-contained indie title with a clearly scoped experience — a 2–3 hour main storyline, bonus maps, hard mode, and Steam collectibles. The store description presents this as a complete package with no mention of future content or expansion plans. Following launch, the developer pushed a series of updates through November 2016: control adjustments and physics improvements on launch day, two bug fix patches in September and late October, a major content update on October 18, 2016 that added a new level ("Air Chamber 14") fully integrated into the story, and a final feature patch on November 14, 2016 adding graphical enhancements and extended level lengths. The October 18 update noted "expect more updates," but the November 14 patch appears to have delivered on that, and no further communications have been made since. The last developer post was on November 14, 2016 — nearly a decade ago. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap, no announced future content, and no active update pattern beyond the short post-launch polish window in late 2016. The game shipped as a complete, finite product and the developer has had no further communications since that final patch.
Evidence
Final developer post: update adding graphical elements and extended level lengths shipped alongside a sale. No subsequent communications from the developer.
news post · Nov 14, 2016 source development ending
high
Version 1.1 shipped with a new integrated story map ('Air Chamber 14') and various fixes. Developer noted 'expect more updates.'
news post · Oct 18, 2016 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Publisher
Cannibal Panda Studios
Achievements
10
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

“The Construct” is a classical top-down view adventure indie game. The gameplay mixes retro-like gameplay mechanics with modern features and a spectacular atmosphere and mysterious storyline. The game features an approximetly 2-3 hours long main story line with a constant variety in level design and cinematic elements, several bonus maps to unlock, numerous steam achievements, trading cards, emoticons, badges and profile backgrounds to collect, and after completing the story for the first time, the real hardcore skillgamers can choose to complete it for a second time on hard mode, that offers numerous changes in level design and a highly increased difficulity. With all of the above claculated it takes around 5-6 hours to 100% complete the game.

The game can be played using both a controller or mouse and keyboard. It features full controller support, but first you must enable your controller at the options tab in the main menu of the game.
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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