Tears of Metal

Tears of Metal is developed and published by Paper Cult, the studio behind Bloodroots. It entered Steam Early Access on July 22, 2026, for Windows, with a same-day launch on Xbox Game Pass for PC. Players lead a Scottish battalion across a medieval island, fighting to reclaim territory from invaders unleashed by a mysterious meteor event.

Über das Spiel

Tears of Metal blends musou-style crowd combat with roguelike run structure. Players carve through large enemy formations solo or alongside up to three friends, combining powers pulled from Emblem clans with over a hundred artifacts to build increasingly explosive combat styles. Since each run offers a different mix of upgrades, no two campaigns play out with quite the same arsenal.

Progress carries forward between runs through village growth. Recruited soldiers gain permanent skills, and expanding the settlement unlocks new shops, permanent upgrades, and tougher optional challenges for bigger rewards. Over 45 handcrafted battlefields give the campaign room to introduce new enemy types and objectives as players push deeper into the mystery behind the invading force known as the Metal.

Wesentliche Merkmale

Musou-Style Crowd Combat: Carve through large enemy formations on vast battlefields, solo or with up to three friends in co-op.
Emblem and Artifact Builds: Combine powers from four clans of Emblems with over a hundred artifacts to create distinctive combat styles each run.
Permanent Village Progression: Recruited soldiers gain lasting skills, and settlement growth unlocks new shops, upgrades, and harder optional challenges.
45+ Handcrafted Battlefields: Reclaim the island across dozens of distinct environments, each hiding its own objectives and secrets.

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Hades	Hades focuses on a single-character roguelike loop with tighter, more isolated combat encounters. Tears of Metal instead throws large enemy crowds at players across bigger battlefields.	Players who prefer smaller-scale, precision-focused roguelike combat.
Dynasty Warriors 9	Dynasty Warriors 9 spreads musou combat across a large open world with a historical Chinese setting. Tears of Metal keeps its scope tighter with roguelike runs instead of open-world exploration.	Fans of musou combat who want a bigger, more traditional open world.
Blutwurzeln	Bloodroots, Paper Cult’s earlier game, uses puzzle-like environmental combat in tight 2D levels. Tears of Metal expands into 3D crowd battles with roguelike progression instead.	Fans of the studio’s earlier puzzle-combat style.

Details zum Spiel

Developer: Paper Cult
Publisher: Paper Cult
Platforms: Windows (Steam); Xbox Game Pass for PC and Microsoft Store
Release Date: Early Access, July 22, 2026
Genre: Action, Indie (Early Access, Roguelite, Hack and Slash, Musou)
Online Co-op: Up to 4 players
Supported Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish (Latin America)