Iron Fisticle
Fair · Roguelike · 2014
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $8.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.5h 5.8h to 100%
- Value
- $2.57/hr
- Reviews
- 84% of 524 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
A modern take on the classic arcade arena shooter. Taking inspiration from an entire generation of action games, Iron Fisticle builds on classic titles like Gauntlet and Robotron while adding over 100 collectible items, an RPG style upgrade system and local multiplayer.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Open GL 2.0 Compatible Card, 102 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 86 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 89 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 41 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 66 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Crimsonland ($13.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Polygoneer ($4.99, scores 35).
More about Iron Fisticle
Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 101 reviews written there were positive, against 84 percent overall, and those are 29 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 3.5 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
45% start to 8% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
It gets repetitive after a while, but it's a charming little twin-stick shooter. I loved the art and music, and the ledger describing all the collectibles is cute. It is fairly engaging too. I had a lot of fun while it lasted - wish it had more variety.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Iron Fisticle scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/306700/iron-fisticleReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.