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METALLIC CHILD

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

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
85%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
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 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

1302026-05-31 — 4 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-07 — 5 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-13 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 2 pageviews2026-07-01 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3 pageviews2026-07-22 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 0 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 6 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-18 — 2 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1 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

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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