The Game Census
Miner's Mettle cover art

Miner's Mettle

Singular Scheme · 2021-11-03

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Miner's Mettle is a artillery-based real-time strategy game. Control a fleet of artillery-trains on an isolated and lawless mining planet. You'll need accurate shooting and tactical prowess to return safely with precious resources!

58%
positive of 73 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 62% of 8,584 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 73 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.24-95%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.24 at Fanatical (2026-08-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 30 of 46 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820202026Week of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$1.242020-05-132026-09-152020-05-13 — best price $17.992021-04-14 — best price $22.492021-11-10 — best price $24.992021-12-22 — best price $18.742022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-06-23 — best price $16.242022-08-08 — best price $24.992022-10-10 — best price $14.992022-11-21 — best price $24.992023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-03-06 — best price $12.492023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-05-29 — best price $11.242023-07-17 — best price $24.992023-10-09 — best price $8.492023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $6.242024-04-22 — best price $24.992024-07-29 — best price $4.992024-09-23 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $6.242025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-04-11 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-04 — best price $24.992026-05-12 — best price $24.992026-05-22 — best price $24.992026-06-01 — best price $19.882026-06-18 — best price $1.622026-06-26 — best price $24.992026-07-11 — best price $18.712026-07-15 — best price $19.882026-07-29 — best price $1.502026-08-12 — best price $1.352026-08-20 — best price $18.712026-08-24 — best price $1.502026-09-10 — best price $18.712026-09-15 — best price $1.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

3DRTSCo-opSci-fiTrainsStrategyTacticalReal-TimeManagementMultiplayer

Census log

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

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