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Iron Meat

Iron Meat

Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and bosses to uncover the shocking horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.

Released Sep 25, 2024 Developer Ivan Valeryevich Suvorov, Retroware Publisher Retroware Platforms Windows Shoot 'Em UpSide Scroller2D PlatformerPlatformerShooter
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

96.6%positive1,104 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Had so much fun playing this!! A true and banging successor of Gunstar Heroes, Contra Hard Corps. The gunplay, the music, the atmosphere all complement each other so good. Absolutely love the boss designs. A train snake monster? yep it got it... A truck scorpion? hell yeah , A…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I never played Contra, but I definitely see the appeal now! Fun run-n-gun gameplay with a lot of unlockables.”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“This 90's kid was brought back to his parents basement, playing midnight resistance, turrican 2 and contra. Absolutely fun game, well worth the price.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

80all-time peak
0 25 50 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 22 avg · Oct 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

35achievements
46.1%median completion
3.7%rarest: Slayer of Meat
97.1% of players 87.3% of players 77.9% of players 74.5% of players 70.8% of players 70.2% of players 68.6% of players 60.6% of players 55.2% of players 52.6% of players 52.1% of players 51.6% of players 51.4% of players 49.1% of players 47.1% of players 47.0% of players 46.8% of players 46.1% of players 35.7% of players 18.4% of players 17.6% of players 13.1% of players 11.4% of players 9.9% of players 9.7% of players 8.8% of players 8.0% of players 7.2% of players 7.2% of players 6.8% of players 6.8% of players 6.7% of players 6.4% of players 6.2% of players 3.7% of players 97.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
97.1%Anyway, I Started Blastin' — Take the first shot in the game.
87.3%Strolling Through the Forest — Complete "Forest" on any difficulty.
77.9%Ascension to Madness — Complete "Tower" on any difficulty.
Rarest badges of honor
3.7%Slayer of Meat — Earn every other Achievement in the game.
6.2%Quickdraw — On "City", destroy the first Meat Car without letting a Sniper shoot.
6.4%Check My Credentials — Reach the maximum Rank.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$15.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-14
US19.99 USD
EU14.25 EUR
UK13.49 GBP
Australia26.95 AUD
Canada22.49 CAD
Japan2,000 JPY
Brazil50.49 BRL
China72.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$9.7 China Japan Canada EU UK Australia US≈$20

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 31, 2026
The Deadly, Infectious Properties of The Meat

//INCOMING TRANSMISSION... //EARTH COUNTER INVASION FORCE INTELLIGENCE BUREAU //DISPLAYING LATEST INTELLIGENCE REPORT... This intel file will look at how The Meat infects people and machinery, along w

Dec 28, 2025
Big Updates in 2026!

In 2026, Iron Meat is looking forward to at least two major updates. I would like to briefly tell you about one of them today--an update that will introduce several new levels. To be precise, there wi

May 29, 2025
Incoming Transmission: MAJOR UPDATE #2 is HERE!

Artwork by Maxim Yasko We've been hard at work on the next major content update for Iron Meat, and we're super excited to finally be able to show you what we've been up to! Let's jump right into the M

Dec 04, 2024
Achievements Drop #4

From shooting an eyeball, to dodging projectiles from MULTIPLE eyeballs, we're back this week to give you the lowdown on three more achievements: "Concentrate Your Fire!", "Eye See You!", and "...Why?

Nov 15, 2024
MAJOR UPDATE #1

INCOMING TRANSMISSION! //Major Update #1 Initializing... We're super excited to release the first major update to Iron Meat! From a new color added to show off when Supercharge is active, to a MIRROR

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction
Player tagsShoot 'Em Up · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Platformer · Shooter · Arcade · 2D · Character Customization · Horror · Post-apocalyptic · Controller · Linear (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Polish
ControllerFull support
Achievements35
Official sitehttps://ironmeat.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-Bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4300 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated GPU DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space