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Metal Fatigue

Zono · Nightdive Studios · 2018-07-31

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 31, 2000 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Metal Fatigue is a real-time strategy game taking the genre to new heights - literally. Build and customize your massive Combots to dominate the three battlefield levels simultaneously - from orbit, to the surface, and even underground!

2
playing now
94%
positive of 484 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.89
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Metal Fatigue is a 2000 real-time strategy computer game developed by Zono and published by Psygnosis in Europe and TalonSoft in the United States. Players assume the role of one of three factions named CorpoNations: RimTech, Mil-Agro and Neuropa, each locked in conflict on the planet Hedoth Prime to claim its alien technology. Players build structures and recruit units to overpower computer or multiplayer opponents. The gameplay occurs over a map with multiple layers, including ground, underground and orbital levels. Key units include combots, which are robots with customisable limbs that can be assembled by players, and upgraded by taking pieces of enemy combots on the battlefield.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 44% of 5,982 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 484 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.89-85%
Steam$0.89-85%
GOG$0.89-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.89-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at GOG (2019-11-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 44 of 67 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.892018-06-222026-08-302018-06-22 — best price $5.992018-11-16 — best price $4.792019-02-04 — best price $1.192019-08-19 — best price $1.492019-12-19 — best price $1.192020-02-14 — best price $2.092020-04-08 — best price $5.992020-06-15 — best price $5.992020-12-01 — best price $5.992021-02-15 — best price $5.992021-07-08 — best price $5.992022-01-20 — best price $2.092022-07-22 — best price $2.092022-10-09 — best price $2.092022-11-29 — best price $5.992023-01-20 — best price $1.492023-04-28 — best price $1.492023-08-28 — best price $1.492023-11-28 — best price $5.992024-02-06 — best price $5.992024-04-04 — best price $5.992024-06-10 — best price $5.992024-08-27 — best price $5.992024-11-05 — best price $5.992025-02-10 — best price $1.492025-03-30 — best price $5.992025-06-18 — best price $0.892025-09-25 — best price $0.892025-10-28 — best price $0.892025-12-11 — best price $0.892026-02-20 — best price $5.992026-04-24 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-08-09 — best price $0.892026-08-22 — best price $0.892026-08-30 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Player tags

RTSMechsRobotsSci-fiClassicStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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