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The closest matches to METAGAL: Mighty Gunvolt, Cave Story+, Panzer Paladin, Frogun, and 30XX. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Shares weapon upgrade system with METAGAL.
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Same atmospheric mood as METAGAL.
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: RetroRevolution
- Price: $3.99checked Nov 7
- 70% of 92 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Farm lives and health with golden gears
- Lush 16 bit visuals and sprite work
- Play as the robot masters after beating the game
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Retro
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About METAGAL
The closest matches to METAGAL: Mighty Gunvolt, Cave Story+, Panzer Paladin, Frogun, and 30XX. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If METAGAL is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mighty Gunvolt, Cave Story+ and Panzer Paladin — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and retro, and single out its character switching and checkpoint restart. 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 METAGAL: Help the young cyborg-girl Meta , in her battle against the evil "General Creeper" who kidnap her creator and her sisters! Collect new powers in order to face the advanced levels, in this fun and furious , platformer-shooter
Is METAGAL worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 70% of 92 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $3.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 2.9 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Farm lives and health with golden gears
- Lush 16 bit visuals and sprite work
- Play as the robot masters after beating the game
- Replay value from unique character abilities
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“SIGH! yet another git gud retro game. kinda sick of these by this point. every level has 1 hit death pits/spikes/ect because cant level design and padding game time though this game isn't as bad as i've seen in other wannabe retro titles…”
People who play it also play: Mighty Gunvolt, Cave Story+, Panzer Paladin
Frequently asked about METAGAL
Can I run it?
How much does METAGAL cost?
METAGAL is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to METAGAL?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside METAGAL are Mighty Gunvolt, Cave Story+, Panzer Paladin.
Who developed METAGAL?
METAGAL was developed by RetroRevolution.