Tiny Metal
Tiny Metal is a military themed turn-based tactics game. It's simple yet has deep gameplay with an engaging story. Play as Artemisian Lieutenant, Nathan Gries, as he commands his units to victory against the…
Tiny Metal is an indie developed by Area 34, released 21 December 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux and Mac.
What Tiny Metal is
Tiny Metal is an indie game developed by Area 34 and released in 2017. It was published by Unties. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on BattleCore.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"The tenuous peace between the two nations of Artemisia and Zipang is suddenly brought to a head when the Artemisian king and his escort go missing after his transport mysteriously explodes. Among the presumed dead is Col. Luja Lindberg, mentor to Lt. Nathan Gries. Nathan, a young but fierce and patriotic officer, is shocked and saddened with the loss of his commander and father-figure and patiently awaits orders for mobilization. Given their long history of conflict, Artemisia wastes no time in deploying Nathan and his small strike force to launch a counter-offensive against Zipang. En route to his objective, Nathan receives orders to coordinate efforts with the mercurial White Fangs, led…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 14 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Tiny Metal holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Quad @ 2.80 GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 @ 3.10 GHz, 3 GB RAM and ATI Radeon HD 5770 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS450 with 1GB VRAM. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Tiny Metal launched on 21 December 2017, within three weeks of Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition and OKAMI HD. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition, OKAMI HD.
Official trailer
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