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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

Nick Nieuwoudt · 2026-08-06

SteamGOG

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

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 an Action, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2026, priced at $14.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 7290 reviews).

6,901
playing now
98%
positive of 13k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
36
twitch viewers (latest)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

6,901 players in-game as of 2026-08-13 01:00 UTC (census sample)

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.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 10% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 256k–575k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,782 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

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 1 of 8 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

10k5.6k2026-08-12 02:00 — 7,858 players2026-08-12 03:00 — 7,195 players2026-08-12 04:00 — 6,606 players2026-08-12 05:00 — 6,044 players2026-08-12 06:00 — 5,608 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 5,602 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 5,977 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 6,413 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 6,840 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 7,358 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 8,139 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 8,822 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 9,247 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 9,770 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 9,802 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 9,662 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 9,795 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 10,349 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 9,912 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 8,968 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 8,085 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 7,280 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 6,953 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 6,901 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

PositiveNegative
6.3k6.3k2026-08-122026-08-292026-08-12: 6,307 new positive2026-08-12: 119 new negative2026-08-13: 737 new positive2026-08-13: 17 new negative2026-08-14: 529 new positive2026-08-14: 21 new negative2026-08-15: 423 new positive2026-08-15: 11 new negative2026-08-16: 749 new positive2026-08-16: 16 new negative2026-08-17: 550 new positive2026-08-17: 16 new negative2026-08-18: 387 new positive2026-08-18: 13 new negative2026-08-19: 348 new positive2026-08-19: 7 new negative2026-08-20: 281 new positive2026-08-20: 12 new negative2026-08-21: 217 new positive2026-08-21: 4 new negative2026-08-22: 226 new positive2026-08-22: 5 new negative2026-08-23: 269 new positive2026-08-23: 6 new negative2026-08-24: 161 new positive2026-08-24: 1 new negative2026-08-25: 115 new positive2026-08-25: 1 new negative2026-08-26: 103 new positive2026-08-26: 6 new negative2026-08-27: 86 new positive2026-08-27: 5 new negative2026-08-28: 72 new positive2026-08-28: 1 new negative2026-08-29: 95 new positive2026-08-29: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$13.492026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — best price $13.492026-08-07 — best price $18.992026-08-10 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.5k1982026-08-08 — 198 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,407 pageviews2026-08-10 — 1,497 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1,500 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1,150 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1,075 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,060 pageviews2026-08-15 — 900 pageviews2026-08-16 — 954 pageviews2026-08-17 — 984 pageviews2026-08-18 — 892 pageviews2026-08-19 — 767 pageviews2026-08-20 — 679 pageviews2026-08-21 — 506 pageviews2026-08-22 — 465 pageviews2026-08-23 — 510 pageviews2026-08-24 — 478 pageviews2026-08-25 — 390 pageviews2026-08-26 — 376 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.9k02026-08-24 05:12 — 3,048 viewers2026-08-24 08:12 — 2,843 viewers2026-08-24 11:12 — 2,538 viewers2026-08-24 21:12 — 3,904 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 1,423 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 514 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 89 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 152 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 180 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 307 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 137 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 2,955 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 187 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 295 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 388 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 131 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 2,075 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 36 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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