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Metal Garden
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
What reviewers agree on
63 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Very rarely do I leave reviews for games but for this one I felt like I had to. This game had me intrigued since the first moment I happened to come across it while looking for cheap games to play. This entire time…”
“[9/10] Great art direction Great gunplay and level design Great music Incredible experience from start to finish. The sheer scale of everything at the end was amazing. As someone who adores Half Life, Halo and the…”
“yes absolutely loved the aesthetic great take on the megastructure gameplay was fun a little floaty jumping but it fit with the game well and i liked it a lot definitely want to see a follow up to this and would like to…”
55 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[9/10] Great art direction Great gunplay and level design Great music Incredible experience from start to finish. The sheer scale of everything at the end was amazing. As someone who adores Half Life, Halo and the…”
“yes absolutely loved the aesthetic great take on the megastructure gameplay was fun a little floaty jumping but it fit with the game well and i liked it a lot definitely want to see a follow up to this and would like to…”
“This game just felt so weird to play though, in a good way. Exploring the levels felt like I was walking out of bounds but I knew I was in the intended playspace. Its a shame the game is quite short since I would have…”
27 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Very rarely do I leave reviews for games but for this one I felt like I had to. This game had me intrigued since the first moment I happened to come across it while looking for cheap games to play. This entire time…”
“the game is great, great visuals and a great story, albeit short as hell though (only like 1-2 hours)”
“Excellent game, I loved the atmosphere of the world that was made. exploration was rewarded and the story you found in logs was interesting. Would highly recommend as a quick game for a busy person. Finished in two…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The setting and atmosphere are truly something else here. The locations in this game are all so massive, alien and surreal. They almost have a dream-like feel to them. The gameplay is serviceable, nothing too special.…”
“A relaxing way to spend an afternoon. You'll find the FPS mechanics to be well refined, although generous with hitboxes. At it's low price it's definitely worth each penny.”
“this game is so good and beautiful buy it its cheap its so good yes”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[9/10] Great art direction Great gunplay and level design Great music Incredible experience from start to finish. The sheer scale of everything at the end was amazing. As someone who adores Half Life, Halo and the…”
“Short, but sweet - feels kinda like playing Halo Combat Evolved for the first time as a kid. The aesthetic, sparing use of music that accentuates important discoveries and locations makes the game feel right at home.”
“This game is absolutely beautiful, and is worth every single cent. The only negative thing I have to say about this, is that the AI is a bit jank... but it honestly doesn't really matter when the music is as good as it…”
41 of the 103 reviews raise this · 40 of them still recommend the game.
“Basicly an exploration based little brutalist game. Gunplay is meh, and the mouseinput has some weird accel. It's an OK game. Can't really recommend it cause of the lack of content and technical problems.”
“[9/10] Great art direction Great gunplay and level design Great music Incredible experience from start to finish. The sheer scale of everything at the end was amazing. As someone who adores Half Life, Halo and the…”
“This game just felt so weird to play though, in a good way. Exploring the levels felt like I was walking out of bounds but I knew I was in the intended playspace. Its a shame the game is quite short since I would have…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Basicly an exploration based little brutalist game. Gunplay is meh, and the mouseinput has some weird accel. It's an OK game. Can't really recommend it cause of the lack of content and technical problems.”
“I want to like this game and I think it's really cool but the gunplay is absolutely dreadful”
“The setting and atmosphere are truly something else here. The locations in this game are all so massive, alien and surreal. They almost have a dream-like feel to them. The gameplay is serviceable, nothing too special.…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Basicly an exploration based little brutalist game. Gunplay is meh, and the mouseinput has some weird accel. It's an OK game. Can't really recommend it cause of the lack of content and technical problems.”
“yes absolutely loved the aesthetic great take on the megastructure gameplay was fun a little floaty jumping but it fit with the game well and i liked it a lot definitely want to see a follow up to this and would like to…”
“This is a great game for a Steam Deck, however its clearly designed with mouse aim in mind. Nothing gyro can't fix. It stays mostly at 60fps on very high, but it chugs down into the low 40s when walking around loading…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Metal Garden is a cool little game that focuses on the feeling of being a really small thing in the middle of an unimaginably vast world. I think it nails that feeling! The atmosphere is really good. The gameplay is a…”
“Very simple, straight forward gameplay, tight and responsive. Story is nothing special but it holds it's ground, has incredible atmosphere and immersion to go along. It takes heavy inspirations from Blame, like... a…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Metal Garden é um jogo interessante, mas confesso que entrei com expectativas um pouco altas por causa dos comentários que vi. No final, o conceito me pareceu mais forte que a execução.A história é simples, mas cumpre…”
“Very simple, straight forward gameplay, tight and responsive. Story is nothing special but it holds it's ground, has incredible atmosphere and immersion to go along. It takes heavy inspirations from Blame, like... a…”
“Oh? You don't like heights? Get vertigo easily? Welcome to Sweaty Palm Station! But seriously, way more fun and interesting than I expected from the cement-on-cement screenshots. If you're here from any of the videos or…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-15
“Metal garden is, as it describes itself, a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS, and I think that its the bill pretty well. Armed with a few weapons, you travel through a megastructure, trying to find a way to escape. The game is way too short and left me wanting more, having…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“What an insanely inspiring video game. It is incredible just to imagine the nuts it took to simply give people this small glimpse into your world. Add onto that an incredible atmosphere, art design, and especially gameplay, and you have an experience that i believe was worth…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“10/10. This is a beautiful, genuinely fun shooter, that has an otherwise unmatched aura.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
VERSION 2.9.1
- Updated Spanish localization. - Fixed a bug where some mines would still get spawned in Exploration Mode. - Fixed a bug where picking up the sniper rifle in the locked case in Chapter 2 would not ge
VERSION 2.9.0
- Added an in-game Achievements Menu. - Players can no longer receive damage while reading developer commentary entries. - Mines no longer spawn in Exploration Mode. - Fixed a bug where several enemie
Developer Commentary, Save Points and Console Versions of Metal Garden
With the newest update, Metal Garden now has a Developer Commentary Mode featuring various recollections from its development, as well as a manual save system allowing players to save their game at mu
VERSION 2.8.0 - Added Manual Save System and Developer Commentary
- Added Developer Commentary mode into the game. Developer Commentary can be accessed from the Modifiers menu. - Added a save point system - players can now save their game at multiple points each cha
Version 2.7.2
- Fixed a bug that would cause unfinished Developer Commentary entries to sometimes appear in the world. Developer Commentary coming out in full with the next major update!! :))))
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | FPS · Atmospheric · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · Mystery · Immersive · Action · Exploration · Adventure · Narrative · Shooter · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input · Stereo Sound · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English, Croatian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Italian |
| Achievements | 9 |
| Official site | https://tinerasoft.net/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Pentium G4560 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (or equivalent) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD RX 560 (or equivalent) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space