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ActionIndieAction RoguelikeHack and SlashMusouCo-opMedieval

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Game description

Fight solo or up to 4-player co-op to reclaim your island alongside your Scottish battalion. On each campaign, gain new powerful upgrades, rally your forces, and stop the invader as they carve into the Mother Stone to harvest its power.

Basic info

DeveloperPaper Cult
PublisherPaper Cult
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateJul 22, 2026
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10
ProcessorDual Core 2.4GHz
Memory8 GB
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1070 or equivalent
Storage10 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 453 reviews from the past 1 year

81.2/ 100
Top 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (86%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 15, 2026)

Fun combat wins 156 reviews of Tears of Metal, though clan balance and long boss fights draw criticism; it scores 81.2.

👍 Strengths

156 reviews find the combat fun, and the most upvoted believes in the game's potential. Visuals & Sound ranks 232nd of 1249: 71 call the aesthetics fantastic and praise the art team, and 32 like the concept and music. Others enjoy playing with friends for a while, and Multiplayer ranks 202nd of 642. Gameplay appears in 69% of analyzed reviews and ranks 678th of 1396.

👎 Where it falls short

50 reviews say clan boons are poorly balanced, and the most upvoted says area damage clans are left invalidated. 39 find progression rigid and want to save between rounds, and 34 say boss fights drag on, the most upvoted likening them to endurance tests. Others report performance dips in the largest third act battles, and some say only three bosses and repeated areas get boring fast. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1076th of 1399, and Content Volume ranks 648th of 1351.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“combat is fun, has faith in game potential” · 156 reviews
“the aesthetics are fantastic and the art team deserves praise” · 71 reviews
“fun playing with friends for a short while” · 28 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 69% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +1.45 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “combat feels fun at first” · 26 reviews

Progression 40% · Difficulty 32% · Onboarding 8% · Freedom 4% · Strategy 29%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 11% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.11 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “great premise with potential” · 3 reviews

Story 1% · Characters 4%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 37% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Replayability +2.06 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+
Positive “roguelike structure creates addictive one-more-run cycle” · 13 reviews
Negative “runs feel too similar, perks lack variety and impact” · 4 reviews

Volume 18% · Variety 21%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 37% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.56 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “the aesthetics are fantastic and the art team deserves praise” · 71 reviews
Negative “too many visual effects obscure enemy attack signals” · 3 reviews

Audio 19%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 29% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +2.69 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “fun playing with friends for a short while” · 28 reviews
Negative “no group finder or matchmaking for solo players” · 5 reviews

Community 1% · Servers & Connection 4%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 27% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.56 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “clan boons are very imbalanced, AOE-focused clans completely invalidated” · 50 reviews
Positive “fighting feels pretty balanced and rewarding chaining combos” · 1 review

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 10% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 29% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support +0.25 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Positive “devs constantly push updates, bug fixes and difficulty changes” · 5 reviews
Negative “devs not addressing core HP and healing economy problems, making wrong changes” · 2 reviews

Stability 8% · Performance 10%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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