Striking dieselpunk setting and art
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The thing that make this game unique is the setting with its immaculate dieselpunk vibes and asethetics”
Steam review · 35.9 h played ↗
Iron Harvest
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 74%Mostly Positive · 74%KING Art2020RTS · Base Building · Strategy
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A Company of Heroes-lite RTS with striking dieselpunk mechs and a solid story campaign. Skip it if you want multiplayer, deep strategy or smart AI, since devs abandoned it and crashes persist.
Great for
Single-player and co-op fans who want a dieselpunk mech setting and a story campaign, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Campaign-blocking crashes and black screens, plus dumb AI and clunky gameplay in an abandoned game
What changed in the last 30 days
16 recent reviews
Recent negatives mention the dev team leaving, a shrinking player base and a dull campaign start. Only a few recent reviews, so low confidence.
16 recent reviews
What players love
Engaging story campaign
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“What shines more than everything, though, is the campaign. it is closer to watching a movie than to playing a game.”
Steam review · 19.3 h played ↗
Company of Heroes-style tactical gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Cover mechanics and artillery make the game very interesting.”
Steam review · 22.6 h played ↗
Good value on sale, plenty of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“100% worth especially on sales”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗
Fun co-op and skirmish with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“I played a lot with a friend and its was a ton of fun destroying every thing with mech”
Steam review · 35.4 h played ↗
Weighty, destructible mechs and units
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Good graphics and physics, and the units actually feel heavy as well.”
Steam review · 39.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Boring campaign and annoying protagonist
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Most missions are just frustrating or outright boring, with your infantry doing little to nothing”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗
Dumb AI and awful pathfinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Simply the combat AI sucks so much. Most of the time your units will not attack or flank any enemy units if you don't tell them to do.”
Steam review · 49 h played ↗
Shallow, repetitive gameplay and limited units
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It's 'Company of Heroes' with less of what feels like everything.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Cheating AI and poor balance
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Insane AI resource cheating makes skirmish modes nearly impossible to play”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Abandoned by developers, dead multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Six years later and game breaking bugs still exist, no developer workshop support means no community maps.”
Steam review · 34 h played ↗
Campaign-breaking crashes and black screens
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“You cannot finish it. At a certain point in the mission, when the game tries to trigger a cutscene, it crashes.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 x64
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 or AMD equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 960 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB VRAM
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 x64
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i7 8700k or AMD equivalent
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce RTX 2060 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB VRAM
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 10 x64
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 or AMD equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 960 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB VRAM
Storage30 GB available space
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