Underplayed Gems

Hard Steel (2021)

Hard Steel cover
Developer
Prestige Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Sports, Early Access
Rating
2.5 of 5, 8 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 10 minutes
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

Battle bots collide in chunky, strategic arcade combat where destruction and clever tactics determine the winner.

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What players say

Players describe Hard Steel as an Early Access mech-combat game that received no updates after its initial release. They report it has only three robot loadouts, a single arena, broken physics where bots fall through the floor, misleading controls (the listed key 'C' does not work), and no key rebinding, making the game feel like an abandoned college project.

Screenshots

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