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TINY METAL cover art

TINY METAL

AREA 35, Inc. · Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. / UNTIES · 2017-12-21

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 21, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 21, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 21, 2017 (Mac), Dec 21, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Craft unique strategies and outmaneuver your foes in TINY METAL, a turn-based Japanese wargame! With new tactical options, you will command over 16 tactically diverse units, flank, assault, deploy heroes from orbital dropships, and focus the firepower of multiple units to even out otherwise disastrous odds.

71%
positive of 291 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)
Tiny Metal is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Area 35 and published by Unties. It was released for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows in December 2017.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (69 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 28,418 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.3k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 291 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.24 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720172026Week of 2017-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$6.242017-12-212026-07-092017-12-21 — best price $24.992018-06-21 — best price $12.492019-01-03 — best price $24.992019-04-30 — best price $12.492019-07-09 — best price $24.992020-01-23 — best price $12.492020-05-06 — best price $24.992020-08-26 — best price $12.492020-11-02 — best price $24.992020-11-25 — best price $12.492021-01-05 — best price $24.992021-06-24 — best price $12.492021-08-04 — best price $24.992021-11-24 — best price $12.492022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-03-30 — best price $12.492022-06-07 — best price $24.992022-09-13 — best price $12.492022-11-15 — best price $24.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-02-20 — best price $24.992023-06-01 — best price $7.492023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-11-21 — best price $7.492024-01-04 — best price $24.992025-06-26 — best price $6.742026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $6.242026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2852026-07-18 — 25 pageviews2026-07-21 — 16 pageviews2026-07-24 — 15 pageviews2026-07-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-30 — 17 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-05 — 15 pageviews2026-08-08 — 15 pageviews2026-08-11 — 12 pageviews2026-08-14 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-20 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 19 pageviews2026-08-29 — 19 pageviews2026-09-01 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 14 pageviews2026-09-07 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 11 pageviews2026-09-16 — 12 pageviews2026-09-19 — 11 pageviews2026-09-22 — 11 pageviews2026-09-25 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 8 pageviews2026-10-01 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 21 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 7 pageviews2026-10-13 — 9 pageviews2026-10-15 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
79.8%
earned "Every Victory Counts"
11.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-07-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4652%14
PS4 (PlayStation)2136%15
PS4 (PlayStation)2006%15
PS4 (PlayStation)14212%15
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

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

Player tags

AnimeIndieWargameStrategySimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayerTactical RPGTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based Tactics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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