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METAGAL

RetroRevolution · 2016-05-22

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 29, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 26, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Mar 26, 2019 (PlayStation Vita), May 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 22, 2016 (Mac), Mar 27, 2019 (Xbox One)

Help the young cyborg-girl Meta , in her battle against the evil "General Creeper" who kidnap her creator and her sisters! Collect new powers in order to face the advanced levels, in this fun and furious , platformer-shooter

METAGAL is a $3.99 Action and Indie game released in 2016, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 154 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 154 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
3.79★
PlayStation Store rating (712 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (26 reviews).
  • · Top 33% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.9k–9.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 154 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920162026Week of 2016-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.992016-05-232026-07-272016-05-23 — best price $3.992016-10-31 — best price $1.992017-01-02 — best price $3.992017-06-23 — best price $2.792017-11-01 — best price $3.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-02-19 — best price $3.992018-06-22 — best price $1.992018-11-01 — best price $3.992018-12-21 — best price $1.992019-02-11 — best price $3.992019-10-28 — best price $1.992019-12-03 — best price $3.992020-01-23 — best price $2.392020-04-06 — best price $3.992020-10-29 — best price $2.792020-12-01 — best price $3.992021-02-11 — best price $1.992021-07-08 — best price $3.992021-11-25 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $3.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-10-10 — best price $3.992022-12-22 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $3.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-01-04 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-02-10 — best price $3.992025-04-14 — best price $0.992025-06-02 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-12-01 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-05-04 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-27 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
57.1%
earned "Tutorial is for noob "
10.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Italian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionPlatformerPixel GraphicsFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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