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Tears of Metal

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2026

Should you play it?

Fight solo or up to 4-player co-op to reclaim your island alongside your Scottish battalion. On each campaign, gain new powerful upgrades, rally your forces, and stop the invader as they carve into the Mother Stone to harvest its power.

What works

  • Engaging hack-and-slash combat
  • Strong roguelike progression and unlocks
  • Unique scottish fantasy setting and art style
  • Satisfying music and sound design
  • Cooperative multiplayer support

Things to keep in mind

  • Some repetitive combat and boss encounters
  • Multiplayer connectivity issues in early access
  • Lack of mid-run save/checkpoints
  • Steep difficulty and grind for progression
  • Limited map and upgrade variety noted

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • LORT

  • Leviaclaw

  • Roboquest

  • Memoness

  • Windblown

  • DAIMON BLADES

  • 5089: The Action RPG

  • Death Trash

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Rum & Gun

  • Second Stellar

  • EXOME

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Tears of Metal: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Value.

Last update: 26/07/2026