The Game Census
CRIMSON METAL Classic 1999 cover art

CRIMSON METAL Classic 1999

Madbox Entertainment · 2017-05-04

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 04, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

CRIMSON METAL - Far from Perfect, brutal and merciless.

0
playing now
51%
positive of 305 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.6k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 305 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
610Apr 2017Dec 2023Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 9Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2021 — avg 7 · peak 122Nov 2021 — avg 16 · peak 146Jan 2022 — avg 22 · peak 228Apr 2022 — avg 46 · peak 829Jun 2022 — avg 61 · peak 336Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2022 — avg 24 · peak 893Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 60Mar 2023 — avg 25 · peak 461May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 206Jul 2023 — avg 20 · peak 62Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$0.592017-05-052021-02-252017-05-05 — best price $6.992017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-08-02 — best price $6.992017-09-04 — best price $6.992017-11-01 — best price $6.992017-11-28 — best price $6.992018-01-04 — best price $6.992018-01-29 — best price $6.992018-02-19 — best price $6.992018-05-07 — best price $6.992018-07-05 — best price $6.992018-09-17 — best price $6.992018-11-01 — best price $6.992018-11-28 — best price $6.992019-01-03 — best price $6.992019-01-21 — best price $6.992019-02-12 — best price $2.992019-03-25 — best price $3.342019-05-13 — best price $2.492019-06-26 — best price $1.692019-07-15 — best price $1.242019-07-29 — best price $1.992019-09-09 — best price $1.992019-10-21 — best price $1.492019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992019-12-23 — best price $0.742020-01-23 — best price $1.242020-02-03 — best price $0.742020-03-30 — best price $0.742020-05-25 — best price $0.742020-06-25 — best price $0.742020-07-26 — best price $0.742020-09-21 — best price $0.742020-10-29 — best price $0.742020-11-25 — best price $0.742020-12-03 — best price $0.742020-12-22 — best price $0.742021-02-11 — best price $0.742021-02-25 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-05-03, latest 2019-03-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

FPSGoreIndieRetroActionSci-fiShooterViolentZombiesSurvival

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.