Action · September 28, 2021

UnMetal (2021)

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You play as Jesse Fox who finds himself imprisoned in a covert military base where he was arrested for a crime he didn't commit. Jesse must now escape using his dry wits, quick words, improvised skills, arsenal of warfare, violent explosives, MacGuyvered gadgets, and an elaborate explanation of how it all went down. If that all fails, he'll use his fists. Uncover a clandestine plot as you escape from an enemy base where you were imprisoned for a crime you didn't commit. Modern gameplay mechanics that pay homage to a solid classic. Gain experience and skills by utilizing stealth to take down your enemies. Deceive, adapt, and do whatever is necessary to escape… even if you have to impersonate a cat. Enjoy the thrill of interrogation as you elaborate specifics of your great escape to a lieutenant who seeks to scrutinize Jesse's every word in an intricate report. Decipher a plethora of satirical culture, gaming and movie references. You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll fall in love with them. Collect an arsenal of classic gear, things that go 'pew-pew', maybe a thing or two that goes 'BOOM!', and some things that go 'BOING!', and definitely a thing that goes 'SCRATCH'. Does this smell like chloroform to you?

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

Community Tag Signals

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

  • 2D · 246
  • Pixel Graphics · 220
  • Old School · 204
  • Action · 201
  • Comedy · 201
  • Indie · 194
  • Adventure · 187
  • Retro · 176
  • Funny · 169
  • 1980s · 169
  • Military · 166
  • Action-Adventure · 143
  • Top-Down · 137
  • Satire · 131
  • Stealth · 126

Peer Action titles

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.0k Steam reviewsTop 78% in Action
Positive rating93% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 24%
Metacritic82/100Genre average 77 — top 31% of Action titles
Engagement hours7 h averageTop 62% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English volume_up
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up
  • Italian
  • Russian
  • French
  • German
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Arabic volume_up

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Arabic

Reception Metrics

Steam community

93%Very Positive · 3.0k reviews

2.8k positive · 211 negative

Metacritic

82/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

2.1k

Press Quotes

“Seriously Unmetal is the best game I have played this year…and it is going to take something incredibly f***ing special to stop it from being my game of the year!” 10/10 – Stoffel Presents “UnMetal is GENIUS with a capital everything. The writing is far and away the best I have seen in a game for a long time. It is hilarious, clever, full of movie and gaming references, fourth wall breaks and the way the narrative works is just…

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

7h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

6h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

1h

Current engagement

Achievements

40

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 28, 2021
Developer@unepic_fran
PublisherVersus Evil
Base price$3.99
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

UnMetal use swearing in dialogs, like "f*ck", "shit", etc. It also contains one scene of non-explicit sex. The game has an option to remove all teen-adult content so kids can play it with their parents.

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Editions & Packages

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