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METALLIC CHILD

Action Square(STUDIO HG) · HIKE Inc. · 2021-09-15

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 15, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation 4), TBD (PlayStation 5)

“Grab, hurl, and eliminate” Rogue-lite Core-Action!! A large-scale rebellion erupts within the spacecraft “Life Stream.” With the help of you, Rona, an android known as “Metallic Child,” stands up against a fleet of massive robots to stop the plot devised by her own creator, Doctor Irene.

METALLIC CHILD is an Action, Indie game released in 2021, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive (85% of 1239 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
85%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Metallic Child is an isometric action roguelite video game developed by South Korean one-man team Studio HG and published by HIKE. It was released for Nintendo Switch and Windows via Steam on September 16, 2021.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (667 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,239 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2023-09-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
59459420212026Week of 2021-09-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3412Sep 2021Mar 2024Sep 2021 — avg 341 · peak 1,169Oct 2021 — avg 51 · peak 205Nov 2021 — avg 24 · peak 92Dec 2021 — avg 18 · peak 62Jan 2022 — avg 14 · peak 44Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 32Mar 2022 — avg 7 · peak 68Apr 2022 — avg 25 · peak 94May 2022 — avg 8 · peak 28Jun 2022 — avg 7 · peak 34Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 37Aug 2022 — avg 6 · peak 23Sep 2022 — avg 9 · peak 40Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 35Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9

▼ −1 avg players (−25.1%) vs prior month — Mar 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$14.992021-09-152026-07-282021-09-15 — best price $22.492021-10-28 — best price $21.242021-11-24 — best price $21.242021-12-23 — best price $21.242022-01-27 — best price $19.992022-03-30 — best price $17.492022-06-24 — best price $19.992022-07-30 — best price $19.992022-09-23 — best price $24.992023-01-06 — best price $24.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-09-29 — best price $24.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-11-20 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-08-28 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-09 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-01-18 — best price $14.992026-03-04 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-04-17 — best price $14.992026-05-27 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-14 — best price $14.992026-07-28 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1212026-05-31 — 4 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 8 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 6 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3 pageviews2026-07-23 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 3 pageviews2026-08-12 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1 pageviews2026-08-20 — 2 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 6 pageviews2026-09-05 — 3 pageviews2026-09-09 — 4 pageviews2026-09-13 — 5 pageviews2026-09-17 — 3 pageviews2026-09-21 — 5 pageviews2026-09-25 — 5 pageviews2026-09-29 — 4 pageviews2026-10-03 — 2 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
59.7%
earned "Learn From Defeat"
16.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing9 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 9 DLC released, first 2021-09-24, latest 2022-03-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4494%40
Switch (Nintendo)170%0

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

Player tags

3DCuteAnimeFunnyMechsActionRobotsSci-fiCyberpunkRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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