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Metal Unit

Metal Unit

Metal Unit is a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with roguelite features. Play as Joanna, a soldier on a mission to capture her treasonous sister. Wear the M-Unit 11 suit and battle against monsters and aliens while uncovering the truth about humanity.

Released Jan 27, 2021 Developer JellySnow Studio Publisher NEOWIZ Platforms Windows ActionIndieRPGAdventureFemale Protagonist
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-10-24)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

82.9%positive2,905 reviews
Recommended · 49 found this helpful

“Metal Unit is a fun, action 2D platformer inspired by mecha animes. The best feature is the combat. It's fast, responsive and satisfying. All the weapons and equipment are based on cooldowns, no need for ammo management, the game doesn't keep you from the action. The only…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
Recommended · 33 found this helpful

“Metal Unit is depicted as a side-scroller with roguelike features, yet to me, it felt more like a roguelike in essence. The game features different weapons to develop and levels to explore that generate randomly. Every time you die, you will be sent back to the beginning until…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 71 found this helpful

“I really want to recommend this game. The art is just *chef's kiss*, the combat is flashy, and who doesn't love mechs? Well, unfortunately, the game just lacks polish especially towards the end, with plain bad storytelling and rapidly deteriorating boss design. Also, it's a…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

20peak since Aug 2026
0 5 10 6 avg · Sep 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.

43achievements
5.4%median completion
1.7%rarest: Rescue Mission B
86.2% of players 62.6% of players 51.0% of players 47.1% of players 41.8% of players 41.8% of players 40.5% of players 40.1% of players 39.2% of players 36.0% of players 31.6% of players 27.6% of players 21.6% of players 21.4% of players 20.4% of players 20.0% of players 19.1% of players 18.6% of players 11.3% of players 9.4% of players 6.6% of players 5.4% of players 5.4% of players 4.6% of players 4.3% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 86.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.2%Red Flavor — Potion used!
62.6%Hard to Swallow — Hidden achievement
51.0%Ready? Get sets! — Activate a new item set.
Rarest badges of honor
1.7%Rescue Mission B — Rescue the Blacksmith in EX Mode.
1.8%Extreme Mastered — Complete a full run of EX Mode.
1.9%Rescue Mission T — Rescue the Tailor in EX Mode.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-10-24 11:05 UTC
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-05
US14.99 USD
EU12.49 EUR
UK11.39 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada17.49 CAD
Japan1,520 JPY
Brazil46.99 BRL
China50.00 CNY

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

China≈$7.5 Brazil Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-30 08-20 09-10 10-01 10-24

Latest official news

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

Oct 06, 2023
Metal Unit Extreme Mode Update Announcement

Hello everyone, This is the Metal Unit development team. Here's the latest update patch note! Added Extreme Mode This challenging mode will allow you to create weapons never seen before! Added a new o

Jul 01, 2022
New Content Update Announcement

Hello Everyone, this is Metal Unit Team! It's been pretty while since our last post, but today we have new content update news to share and we hope you like it! In this update, we added new content ca

Mar 28, 2022
New DLC, 'Community Armory' Introduction

Hello everyone, This is the Metal Unit development team. Here we present our new DLC, 'Community Armory 1' This new DLC is officialized most popular works from Steam Workshop during our last community

Dec 08, 2021
Metal Unit Workshop Update & Community Event

Hello everyone, This is the Metal Unit development team. Our goal with this new major update is to provide more freedom to you, the player. It is just a first step, but we will be looking into adding

Dec 08, 2021
Workshop Update

- Added Steam Workshop support to create items and Falcon skins. - Added a new NPC that tells you if items can be used in crafting. - Fixed sound volume during cutscenes to better match the rest of th

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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, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsAction · Indie · RPG · Adventure · Female Protagonist · Pixel Graphics · Rogue-lite · Anime · Action Roguelike · Side Scroller · 2D · Roguevania (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America
ControllerFull support
Achievements43
Official sitehttps://playneowiz.com/metalunit
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: 64-bit Windows 7+ Processor: Intel i5+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 500 MB available space