Metal Thunder

Worth buying? What 233 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 233 Steam reviews actually say.

Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%2026

−20%~~$10.99~~$8.79

US Steam price, checked 2 h ago

The verdict

A simple, satisfying AC-130 roguelite horde-defense game that's great for mindless explosions on a budget. Skip it if you want depth, variety or a campaign, or dislike late-mission FPS drops.

Great for

Players wanting a relaxing, brain-off AC-130 power fantasy with roguelite upgrades in short sessions

Main risk

Repetitive survival-only gameplay with thin content, plus FPS drops late in missions

What players love

Rewarding roguelite upgrades and weapon variety

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Even failed runs award permanent upgrade currency, which always makes it feel worth playing.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗

“Roguelite gameplay; gain XP and every time you level up you get to choose between 3 upgrades/weapons/units.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗

Satisfying AC-130 power fantasy

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“Its an ac130 game that actually feels good to play.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗

“this one is better for feeling like an angry god unleashing death upon poor unsuspecting soldiers”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗

“very fun, you get to blow stuff up with a 105mm cannon”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗

Relaxing, simple, brain-off fun

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“its just dumb straight forward fun. After a long day at work stressing its nice just to throw this on and sit back and enjoy something like this that I can turn my brain off to play.”
Steam review · 91 h played ↗

“An excellent brain-free way to keep your hands and eyeballs busy while you listen to educational YouTube videos playing on your second monitor.”
Steam review · 53.6 h played ↗

Active, responsive solo developer

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“a developer that actually listens and responds to community feedbacks and tries to fix them on a regular basis”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

“Dev is back and has been quick to acknowledge and repair bug reports so far!”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗

Good value at a low price

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“For $11, I've received 50+ hours of joy in which I click on dudes until they explode.”
Steam review · 53.6 h played ↗

“Its great value for the $.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗

Runs well on Steam Deck and modest PCs

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews

“Runs pretty well on the Steam Deck with the default settings for graphics and controls.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗

What players complain about

Repetitive with thin content

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“The game is really empty, like, REALLY empty.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗

“Every mission is the same and after the first two missions”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗

Not worth the price, AI content, bugs

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“the asking price i just too steep for what is currently in the game”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗

“the heavy use of AI created "content" gives it a deep sour note that is hard to ignore.”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗

“Out of the 20 I have won/lost about 8 of them. The other 12 has been crashes.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗

Unfinished: no campaign or zombie mode

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“game has been in EA for over 2 years now and there's really nothing there. No campaign, no zombies, just survival on a few uninspired maps.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“the devs said the zombie mode was coming out at the end of the month that was 3 months ago.”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗

Abandonment and poor dev communication

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Two years later and it's barely made progress.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“Developer, have you forgotten about us? Develop the modes already!”
Steam review · translated · 35.5 h played ↗

FPS drops and lag late in missions

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“with the upgraded standard 30mm gun my frames dropped from around 150 to 2-3 frames when i started to shoot it”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗

“Optimization is bad, on the very first sortie it dropped from 200 to 40 and kept going down.”
Steam review · translated · 0.4 h played ↗

Poor balance and grindy progression

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“the game decides that it doesn't want you to win and will spawn in double or triple the forces”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗

“a massive grindfest and a feeling of powerlessness as you base gets overrun”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows (64-bit) 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-2500 @ 3,3 GHz (4 CPUs)

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 670

Storage6 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows (64-bit) 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-6500 @ 3,2 GHz (4 CPUs)

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 1060 4GB

Storage6 GB available space

OSWindows (64-bit) 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-2500 @ 3,3 GHz (4 CPUs)

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 670

Storage6 GB available space

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