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Apr 10, 2025

Tears of Metal

Broadly loved
Reactions
1,681
Score confidence
very high
Score trend
Platforms
PC · Xbox Series X|S
Age rating
T
83
Score

The game

Tears of Metal is a medieval hack-and-slash co-op roguelike. Carve through hordes of enemies to reclaim your island with the help of your formidable Scottish battalion. As you advance deeper into the trenches, uncover more about the mysterious Dragon Meteor and the treacherous enemy invasion.

Developer
Paper Cult
Platforms
PC · Xbox Series X|S
Screenshots

The Real Review

Tears of Metal is a solid medieval hack-and-slash roguelike that people mostly enjoy, especially for its fun combat and the charm of your Scottish battalion. The co-op multiplayer works well, and the art style and soundtrack are consistently praised. The big, widespread problem is technical performance, with constant complaints about bugs and poor optimization, particularly on PC and Steam Deck. While the core gameplay loop is a hit, the difficulty can feel punishing and the value is questioned due to these performance issues.

Synthesized from 1,681 real reactionsvery high confidence
PraisedGameplay · Graphics · Multiplayer · Value
FaultedPerformance · Difficulty

Sentiment split

77% positive
11% mixed
12% negative

By aspect

gameplay84
value63
difficulty42
multiplayer75
graphics83
performance25
story85

How opinion moved

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Buzz

Aug 2364 reactions over two weeksSep 5

How much people are talking about this game: reactions counted per day they were posted.

Names & topics that came up

Paper Cultdeveloper346× · 23%+Steamplatform51× · 6%+Scottish battalionfeature42× · 86%+PCplatform39× · 15%+Twitchplatform33× · 12%+Tears of Metalfeature28× · 50%+Steam Deckplatform26× · 35%+Scotlandfeature26× · 100%+art stylefeature26× · 96%+co-opfeature25× · 68%+multiplayerfeature22× · 50%+soundtrackfeature22× · 100%+musicfeature20× · 95%+combatfeature16× · 94%+Briennecharacter16× · 63%+

Where the signal came from

Social Media
381
Steam
1,300

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