Iron Mandate

Iron Mandate

Steam Deck Verified

Emerick Gibson · Adventure · Apr 9, 2025

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

It's free to play.

95%
Very Positive
183 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 183 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 108 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
63% of themes are praise25% are divided12% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
- Core gameplay controlling worm works well
17 of 108 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
the game has good potential,but still needs to be improved a bit in the way of balance and other ideas.enemies with lasers are way too powerful,making a mistake is pretty heavy (you can lose half the total hp with a single good enemy shot,or fall and die instantly). i noticed you tried to make the game immediate,but probably some more personalization would be good (change the way controls are shown for example,talking about xbox or play controller). probably going for the rogueLITE idea would be good,small improvements every time could greatly increase the replayability. also,maybe having some kind of extra life would be useful.haven't arrived to the final boss yet,hope it's not the last thing in the final game.(make it easy for a bit longer,now it ramps up the difficulty way too early)
5 of 108 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The rouge-like features, swift and satisfying gameplay, and clean visuals is just so fun to play.
5 of 108 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
There is still room for improvement like either bigger maps or a tighter steering angle, sound effects for weapons and balancing but if you like the idea of it It's fun and free (for the time being) give it a shot for sure.
5 of 108 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Plays great on Steam Deck.
3 of 108 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Gameplay17 reviews
Controls5 reviews
Graphics5 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Steam Deck3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters6 reviews
83%
Difficulty5 reviews
80%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat20 reviews
90%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
30
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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