Iron Brigade
Fair · Shooter · 2012
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 85% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$14.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$2.9980% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.34/hr
- Reviews▼
- 86% of 1,256
- Critics
- 75 players 11 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 31% Shooter
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 6.4h
- To 100%
- 19.5h 3.0x the story
- Achievements
- 23
Price and sales
- Sales
- 69 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $1.49 November 2015
- Sale every
- 53d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 3 now
- Cheaper than
- 33% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 70% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
69% start to 3% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 69 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 31 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 70 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Orcs Must Die! 3 ($7.49, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ ($29.99, scores 26).
More about Iron Brigade
75 from critics against 86 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Of the 342 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 135 reviews written there were positive, against 86 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 6.4 hours; clearing it takes 20, which is 3.0 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Iron Brigade is an memorable tower defense game that has great customization and overall presentation. The story and dialogue is fun with charm and doesn't take itself too seriously, and the campaign is of medium length. The only gripe I have with this game is that the final missions have a moderate difficulty spike and may require you to replay past missions or another mode for better gear. The customization in...
1 more review
Game has always been good. Played this on the XBox 360, playing it with friends now. Just a simple TD game with a lot of cool guns and trenches. Highly suggest this game if you wanna have something fun to play not by yourself, but with friends as well.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Join The Mobile Trench Brigade and protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256 MB NVidia 8800+, ATI 3850+, 1.8 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Iron Brigade scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/115120/iron-brigadeReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.