Rank 01Games like Heavy Metal Machines
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Heavy Metal Machines: Battlerite, Rocket League®, SMITE®, Diesel Guns, and Dropzone. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Shares vehicle customization with Heavy Metal Machines.
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: Hoplon
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 71% of 930 reviews
- Genres: Action, Sports, Indie, Free To Play, Casual
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Deep vehicle customization changes playstyle per match
- Fast paced matches last 10 minutes
- Heavy metal soundtrack enhances adrenaline
- Competitive
- Epic
- Funny
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About Heavy Metal Machines
The closest matches to Heavy Metal Machines: Battlerite, Rocket League®, SMITE®, Diesel Guns, and Dropzone. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Heavy Metal Machines is your kind of game, the closest matches are Battlerite, Rocket League® and SMITE® — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as competitive, epic and funny, and single out its arena combat and bomb delivery objective. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Heavy Metal Machines: Heavy Metal Machines is a one of a kind Free-to-Play Multiplayer Vehicular Combat game where players engage in 4v4 intense battles, controlling lethal vehicles in post-apocalyptic arenas.
Is Heavy Metal Machines worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 71% of 930 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 14 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 4 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Deep vehicle customization changes playstyle per match
- Fast paced matches last 10 minutes
- Heavy metal soundtrack enhances adrenaline
- Mixes rocket league style vehicular combat with moba team mechanics
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I love micro racers and it's an interesting setup but to be honest I own many of them and the one thing they all have in common is that the multiplayer side of them is completely dead and in most cases DOA. I'm not sure why these…”
“Wanted this to be Rock N Roll Racing re-imagined....it's not. The concept is good but there are no North American servers that I can get on as of 10/28/17 so games take too long to even get into. My second problem is the controls are too…”
People who play it also play: Battlerite, Rocket League®, SMITE®
Frequently asked about Heavy Metal Machines
Can I run it?
Does Heavy Metal Machines run on Steam Deck?
Heavy Metal Machines is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Does Heavy Metal Machines have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Heavy Metal Machines supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Heavy Metal Machines?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heavy Metal Machines are Battlerite, Rocket League®, SMITE®.
Who developed Heavy Metal Machines?
Heavy Metal Machines was developed by Hoplon and published by Forthright Entertainment.