Metal Garden

Metal Garden

Steam Deck Playable

Tinerasoft · Atmospheric · Mar 21, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $5.99. It has been as low as $4.19.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 98 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise44% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The game gives scant detail on it's setting and story, although that's the point of a story like this, it functions far better when the viewer is left make their own conclusions and fill in the gaps, and it straddles the line between "not enough info", and "too much information" very well.
98 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
The mixture of exploration, environmental traversal/storytelling and combat kind of reminds me of older FPS titles like Half Life (but indie, so much rougher around the edges ofc).
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The visuals for one are really solid.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The game mostly utilizes a background soundtrack, with some more prominent pieces where necessary.
23 of 300 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 love4 themes
Story and characters98 reviews
Performance72 reviews
Graphics46 reviews
Audio23 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat132 reviews
89%
Gameplay70 reviews
94%
Difficulty32 reviews
88%
Interface8 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs6 reviews
83%

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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $5.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.19.

3 points recordedtoday · $5.99

The data behind the verdict

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Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
9
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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