Fans of the action genre will find plenty to enjoy in Metal Eden.
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Verdict
86%
Steam
98
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive Steam reviews (86% positive)
Critically acclaimed (98/100 critic average)
No significant drawbacks reported
Metal Eden is a 2025 first-person shooter video game developed by Reikon Games and published by Deep Silver. The game released on 2 September 2025 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Windows.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 15h ago
An ok game idea but don't expect it to run smoothly. Frequent crashes and corrupted saves made this a pain to play through. I even had to restart about 2/3rds of the way through due to a save error. Even if it didn't crash, the controls frequently lagged in response or wouldn't respond at all. Bugs with audio being stuck in a loop or guns just not functioning in their secondary mode would lead to some frustrating moments. It's interesting for about the first half of the game and the game looks good with a cool art style. But then the novelty of the world starts to wear off as each area looks very similar to the last and you are left with a very "ok" Doom style shooter game that had the potential to be a lot better than it was. 5 out of 10.
As much as I love the Ruiner franchaise, I'd have to give a lukewarm positive to this game. Visually, the game is stunning; however the gameplay is linear and cumbersome, and the story...... oooh the story is as long and convoluted as this run on sentence. Achievement bugs, skill buttons freezing bugs, UI clutter, and a jarring map layout are few of the many grievances to list. Subtle hints to the Ruiner universe are the callbacks to various names to the game: Heaven, Rengok, Hanza, Angels...etc. It's an attempt at world building for Ruiner 2, but Reikon games could've done a better job at it for a FPS game.
Game is completely broken at the moment. NG+ Mission 1 Paradise Lost door won't unlock bug. Can't progress past that point.
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