TINY METAL

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TINY METAL

Short description

Craft unique strategies and outmaneuver your foes in TINY METAL, a turn-based Japanese wargame! With new tactical options, you will command over 16 tactically diverse units, flank, assault, deploy heroes from orbital dropships, and focus the firepower of multiple units to even out otherwise disastrous odds.

Developer
AREA 35, Inc.
Publisher
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. / UNTIES
Release
Thu, Dec 21, 2017
Price
$24.99
Reviews
264
Positive
70%
Followers
10,030
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
1
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Features
Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available
Tags
Strategy Indie Simulation Turn-Based Strategy Turn-Based Combat Wargame Turn-Based Tactics Tactical RPG Anime Turn-Based Multiplayer
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$281ksomewhere between $125k and $474k · roughly 5K–20K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $23.68, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $24.99 launch price. That is 5% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

3 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$280k → ~$281k
Reviews 263 → 264
Followers 10,030 → 10,030
Concurrent players 1 → 1
Price $24.99 → $24.99
Positive reviews 69.6% → 69.7%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 155 further data points reach back to Dec 1, 2017 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $6.24 on Jun 25, 2026.

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TINY METAL: FULL METAL RUMBLE TINY METAL: FULL METAL RUMBLE AREA 35, Inc. 3 titles 5 − Turn-Based Combat + Tactical RPG $14.99 176 81% Thu, Jul 11, 2019 $113k
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