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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

Nick Nieuwoudt · 2026-08-06

SteamGOG

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 06, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator is a 2026 Action, Indie, Simulation game priced at $14.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 13987 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

98%
positive of 15k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
64
twitch viewers (latest)
32.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
54
Nexus mods (56k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)
Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator is a 2026 military simulation video game developed by Nick Nieuwoudt and Dominik Latos. Set in 1920s Castile, the game focuses on the operation of a fictional mobile gun turret, manned alone. In order to suppress a rebellion against the monarchical government, the player is provided with targets, reconnaissance information, and other intelligence to utilize in a series of missions. Players must strategize, plot bearings, and prioritize targets in order to load, aim, and fire the turret's weapons accurately and quickly.

Trailer

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator trailer thumbnail

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator | Official Launch Trailer

≈49,080 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6,653 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~832/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,669 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-28

Estimated sales: 304k–684k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,189 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2026-08-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 53 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.6k7.6k20262026Week of 2026-08-06: 7,631 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 152 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 3,118 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 1,131 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 530 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-09-03: 333 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-09-10: 276 positiveWeek of 2026-09-10: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-09-17: 346 positiveWeek of 2026-09-17: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-09-24: 327 positiveWeek of 2026-09-24: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-10-08: 135 positiveWeek of 2026-10-08: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
96962026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 19 new positive2026-09-16: 32 new positive2026-09-17: 38 new positive2026-09-17: 1 new negative2026-09-18: 25 new positive2026-09-18: 1 new negative2026-09-19: 38 new positive2026-09-20: 56 new positive2026-09-20: 4 new negative2026-09-21: 66 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 46 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 40 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 96 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 55 new positive2026-09-27: 56 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 37 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 42 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 28 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 35 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 63 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 65 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 58 new positive2026-10-05: 58 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 44 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 52 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 77 new positive2026-10-08: 7 new negative2026-10-09: 26 new positive2026-10-10: 33 new positive2026-10-11: 33 new positive2026-10-12: 30 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 14 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 33 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$13.492026-08-062026-10-142026-08-06 — best price $13.492026-08-10 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-08-31 — best price $19.992026-09-02 — best price $19.992026-09-04 — best price $19.992026-09-06 — best price $19.992026-09-08 — best price $19.992026-09-10 — best price $14.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-09-14 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-20 — best price $19.992026-09-22 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $14.992026-09-26 — best price $14.992026-09-28 — best price $14.992026-09-30 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $14.992026-10-04 — best price $14.992026-10-06 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-12 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.5k1622026-08-08 — 198 pageviews2026-08-10 — 1,497 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1,150 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,060 pageviews2026-08-16 — 954 pageviews2026-08-18 — 892 pageviews2026-08-20 — 679 pageviews2026-08-22 — 465 pageviews2026-08-24 — 478 pageviews2026-08-26 — 376 pageviews2026-08-28 — 290 pageviews2026-08-30 — 379 pageviews2026-09-01 — 338 pageviews2026-09-03 — 333 pageviews2026-09-05 — 331 pageviews2026-09-07 — 296 pageviews2026-09-09 — 278 pageviews2026-09-11 — 192 pageviews2026-09-13 — 219 pageviews2026-09-15 — 190 pageviews2026-09-17 — 203 pageviews2026-09-19 — 229 pageviews2026-09-21 — 308 pageviews2026-09-23 — 215 pageviews2026-09-25 — 210 pageviews2026-09-27 — 269 pageviews2026-09-29 — 162 pageviews2026-10-01 — 180 pageviews2026-10-03 — 238 pageviews2026-10-05 — 240 pageviews2026-10-07 — 253 pageviews2026-10-08 — 232 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.2k02026-09-30 22:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 169 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 64 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
92.8%
earned "Just Calibrating"
3.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportColor Alternatives#category_contrast_controlsCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

16 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Czech…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,6310%33

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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