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Iron Meat

Ivan Valeryevich Suvorov · Retroware · 2024-09-25

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Sep 25, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 26, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Sep 26, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Sep 26, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 26, 2024 (Xbox One)

Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and bosses to uncover the shocking horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.

3
playing now
97%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

As Vadim, exterminate the Meat, an iron-ravenous mass consuming Earth, and unearth the cataclysmic horror behind scientist Yuri’s experiments on Mars. Overcome mutated victims and machines, evade bullet barrages, and blitz across forest, city, and sky in seven levels infested with meaty brutality.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,101 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 22 of 47 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$13.992024-09-262026-08-302024-09-26 — best price $17.992024-10-10 — best price $19.992024-11-11 — best price $15.992024-11-18 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-20 — best price $19.992025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-03-01 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-17 — best price $19.992025-05-29 — best price $14.992025-06-12 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-21 — best price $19.992025-09-01 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $19.992025-12-08 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-16 — best price $19.992026-03-09 — best price $15.992026-03-19 — best price $13.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-03 — best price $19.992026-04-07 — best price $15.992026-04-30 — best price $19.992026-05-11 — best price $15.992026-05-17 — best price $19.992026-05-25 — best price $15.992026-06-16 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $13.992026-07-17 — best price $19.992026-08-01 — best price $19.992026-08-05 — best price $15.992026-08-16 — best price $19.992026-08-24 — best price $15.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
97.1%
earned "Anyway, I Started Blastin'"
46.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6408%35
PS5 (PlayStation)53725%35
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3055%35
PS4 (PlayStation)12437%35
Switch (Nintendo)230%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DActionArcadeHorrorLinearShooterControllerPlatformerShoot 'Em Up2D Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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