Metal Fatigue (Steam Game) Steam logo

Metal Fatigue Header Image
Metal Fatigue Header Image

Metal Fatigue is a real-time strategy game taking the genre to new heights - literally. Build and customize your massive Combots to dominate the three battlefield levels simultaneously - from orbit, to the surface, and even underground!

Release DateJul 31, 2018
Price$ 5.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.3% (very positive) Top 10% / 94.4%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)86.7% Top 10% / 86.9%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)350  Top 25% / 373  Top 25%
Curators9 reviews
Median Play Time12.9 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar2.2 hours  Top 10%
Followers1.6K  Top 30%
Owners± 33.9K  Top 30%
Copies Sold± 13.4K  Top 25%
Gross Revenue ($)± 40.6K  Top 30%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Metal Fatigue steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Metal Fatigue's Steam rating and reviews between July 2018 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 100% (July 2018) to 93.2% (November 2021).

The 373 reviews Top 25% suggest that Metal Fatigue might be a reasonable indie success. There is a peak in November 2018 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Metal Fatigue and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Metal Fatigue's review languages. The most popular language is English (54%), followed by German (10%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 19 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Metal Fatigue percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Metal Fatigue, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is very good, reaching 39 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.5 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Building mechs with different effects
  • Crew needed to operate the mech
  • Three layers to fight on
  • Diverse factions with different strengths and weaknesses
  • Multitude of tactical approaches with different kinds of weapons
  • Parts of robots can be picked
  • Original developers in talk with new IP holders for remaster
  • Fun to play
  • Impressive graphics for a 3D RTS of its era
  • Unit customization system
  • Constant crashes
  • No in-game help, no tooltips, no real tutorial
  • Unbalanced and hard to play
  • Confusing and bugged
  • Bad art style
  • Horrible music
  • Not much to write home about regarding unit customization
  • Two huge glaring flaws
  • Not fun to play
  • Ludicrously unfitting music for a real-time strategy game

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 94.3%  Top 10% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Metal Fatigue's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

Games With Similar Tags

Warzone 2100 LogoRome: Total War™ - Collection LogoSudden Strike 2 Gold LogoState of War : Warmonger / 蓝色警戒 (Classic 2000) LogoTzar: The Burden of the Crown LogoPraetorians LogoFreaking Meatbags LogoZ LogoBlitzkrieg Anthology LogoSudden Strike Gold LogoMetal Brigade Tactics LogoIronclad Tactics LogoExtreme Tactical Executioners LogoGrey Goo Logo

More Like This

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition LogoAge of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition LogoAgainst the Storm LogoCrusader Kings III LogoMechabellum LogoAnno 1800 LogoHearts of Iron IV LogoDota 2 LogoTotal War: WARHAMMER III LogoTotal War: PHARAOH LogoLast Train Home LogoCall to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront LogoWar Robots LogoTotal War: WARHAMMER II LogoStronghold: Definitive Edition LogoARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™ LogoAliens: Dark Descent LogoDungeons 4 LogoWarhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin LogoNorthgard LogoShadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew LogoAge of Mythology: Extended Edition LogoCompany of Heroes 3 LogoTotal War: WARHAMMER LogoFrostpunk LogoTotal War: THREE KINGDOMS LogoGeneration Zero® LogoAge of Empires III: Definitive Edition LogoTotal War: ROME II - Emperor Edition LogoCommand & Conquer™ Remastered Collection Logo