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Metal Thunder

Dumbbell Games · 2024-11-01

Steam

ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 01, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Command the legendary gunship in a high-octane action-roguelite! Engage insurgents with devastating firepower in ever-changing missions. Upgrade your arsenal, adapt to dynamic challenges, and survive relentless waves of enemies. Every run offers new tactics and chaos as you dominate the skies.

Metal Thunder is a 2024 Action, Casual, Indie and Simulation game priced at $10.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mostly Positive sentiment from 77% of 586 reviews.

77%
positive of 600 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$10.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 70 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 600 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.14 at Steam (2026-06-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
727220242026Week of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$10.99$7.142024-11-012026-08-042024-11-01 — best price $9.342024-12-19 — best price $8.792025-01-03 — best price $8.792025-02-16 — best price $8.792025-03-13 — best price $8.242025-03-24 — best price $10.992025-04-10 — best price $10.992025-05-25 — best price $10.992025-07-24 — best price $10.992025-09-07 — best price $10.992025-10-06 — best price $10.992025-10-21 — best price $10.992025-12-04 — best price $10.992026-01-05 — best price $10.992026-01-21 — best price $10.992026-03-06 — best price $10.992026-03-26 — best price $10.992026-04-19 — best price $10.992026-06-21 — best price $10.992026-07-09 — best price $10.992026-08-04 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
95.1%
earned "Maiden Flight"
14.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

29 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7567%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

WarActionCombatFlightModernShooterMilitaryRealisticHistoricalAtmospheric

Census log

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

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