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DeathMetal

Playito.com · 2016-11-18

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 18, 2016 (Mac), Nov 18, 2016 (Linux), Nov 18, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Not your average brick-breaker arcade game! Prepare for hardcore action, atmospheric metal guitar riffs and old-school arkanoid difficulty. 40 challenging levels in 4 episode sets. Real-time physics and effects. 11 different power-ups to spice up the gameplay. 21 Achievements, 6 Trading Cards. Casual price.

DeathMetal is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment (69% of 49 reviews).

0
playing now
69%
positive of 49 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.68 at Steam (2019-02-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820162026Week of 2016-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.682016-11-182026-07-092016-11-18 — best price $1.192017-01-03 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-11-28 — best price $2.992018-01-04 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-11-28 — best price $2.992019-01-04 — best price $2.992019-02-12 — best price $2.992019-07-10 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $2.992020-11-02 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-11-22 — best price $2.992021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-11-21 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-11-24 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
9.2%
earned "Level 1 Conquered"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeCasual

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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