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METAL BREAKER

Ponkotsu Maker · Pink Pixel Games · 2023-11-24

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

A fast-paced, adult side scrolling shooter inspired by classic shoot-em-up games.

73%
positive of 178 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 16,519 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 178 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.19 at Steam (2025-04-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020232026Week of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$4.192023-11-252026-09-122023-11-25 — best price $4.792024-01-08 — best price $4.792024-02-19 — best price $4.792024-03-14 — best price $4.792024-04-01 — best price $4.792024-05-13 — best price $4.792024-06-27 — best price $4.792024-07-22 — best price $4.792024-09-02 — best price $4.792024-10-09 — best price $4.792024-11-22 — best price $4.792024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-01-16 — best price $5.992025-03-03 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-04-16 — best price $5.992025-05-30 — best price $5.992025-07-24 — best price $5.992025-09-06 — best price $5.992025-10-20 — best price $5.992025-12-05 — best price $5.992026-01-19 — best price $5.992026-03-04 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-04-17 — best price $5.992026-05-31 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-07-30 — best price $5.992026-09-12 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Census log

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