Action · September 17, 2021

Severed Steel (2021)

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Severed Steel is a single-player FPS featuring a fluid stunt system, destructible voxel environments, loads of bullet time, and a unique one-armed protagonist. It's you, your trigger finger, and a steel-toed boot against a superstructure full of bad guys. Chain together wall runs, dives, flips, and slides to take every last enemy down. Key Features A Unique Fighter Play as Steel, a nimble, one-armed sharpshooter on a mission. There is no reloading – pick your shots well and be ready to pry a loaded weapon from your enemies' cold dead hands. Stylish Combat Dodge bullets, leap off walls, slide kick, throw weapons – do whatever it takes to come out on top in intense and frenzied firefights. Fully Destructible Environment Punch through thick concrete with .50 cal slugs, or make big holes in things with your arm cannon. Carve your own path through completely destructible levels. Dynamic AI No two battles are the same thanks to dynamic, unscripted, squad-based AI. Firefight Mode Chase high scores and fast times for leaderboard acclaim in this arcade-styled mode. Features 42 levels, each with their own sub-challenges, and over 20 unlockable, game modifying 'Mutators'. Campaign Mode Blast through six compact story chapters as you battle against the forces of nefarious mega-corporation, EdenSys. Finish the campaign and want more? Try New Game + mode which mixes up the campaign for a fresh playthrough. Rogue Mode Severed Steel with Rogue-lite elements. Click the Rogue Steel button on the main menu to start a short, randomly generated, 10 level campaign. Features unlockable perks, skins, and more. Accessibility A range of adjustable settings for features such as difficulty, visuals, audio, controls, navigation, and more. Level Editor (with Steam Workshop support) Build levels and share them with the community. Note: This feature is in beta and will continue to be updated post-launch.

Action releases from 2021

198 Action titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • FPS · 337
  • Bullet Time · 311
  • Parkour · 308
  • Action · 305
  • Shooter · 282
  • Female Protagonist · 278
  • First-Person · 265
  • Destruction · 251
  • Stylized · 244
  • Singleplayer · 235
  • Cyberpunk · 228
  • Voxel · 211
  • 3D · 196
  • Soundtrack · 181
  • Electronic · 180

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume7.1k Steam reviewsTop 49% in Action
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 9%
Metacritic76/100Genre average 77 — top 62% of Action titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 83% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Finnish
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Hungarian

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 7.1k reviews

6.8k positive · 285 negative

Metacritic

76/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

5.8/10

Curator recommendations

7.9k

Press Quotes

“2021's most stylish game” GManLives “Gameplay is fast and incredibly brutal... like you’ve stepped into an action movie channeling John Wick and The Matrix” Alpha Beta Gamer “One of the COOLEST SHOOTERS in a LONG TIME and one of the top games EVER that makes you feel like a bada$$!” David Jaffe

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

57

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 17, 2021
DeveloperGreylock Studio
Base price$2.49 -90%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

Stylized gun violence and bloodshed.

Editions & Packages

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