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Legions of Steel

Studio Nyx · Slitherine Ltd. · 2015-07-16

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 17, 2015 (iOS), Jun 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Empire of the Machines is threatening the entire universe. The other factions have banded together to defend the galaxy from the invader. Battles are raging in the corridors of the Machines underground production facilities!

Legions of Steel is a 2015 Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (52% of 46 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-12

52%
positive of 46 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

The Empire of the Machines is threatening the entire universe. The League of Aliens and the U.N.E. (United Nations of Earth) have banded together to defend the galaxy from the invader. Battles are raging everywhere, but it is inside the twisting corridors of the Machines underground production facilities, that the tactical upper hand is taken. And the war is won.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920152026Week of 2015-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-07-22 (Steam store data)

Census log

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Similarity via IGDB.

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