CRIMSON METAL Classic 1999

CRIMSON METAL Classic 1999

Skip · Shooter · 2017

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 0, under the fair line, at $4.99.

Length
1.7h 5.4h to 100%
Value
$2.94/hr
Reviews
51% of 307 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Value$2.94/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews51% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 54% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 180 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

CRIMSON METAL - Far from Perfect, brutal and merciless.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 1 GB DX9 Compliant, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

The lowest price on record is $0.59, set in September 2019. Across all 36 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart.

It is cheaper than 79 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 93 percent. On the same math BONEWORKS ($29.99, scores 64) and The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners ($19.99, scores 57) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

More about CRIMSON METAL Classic 1999

Inside the two-hour refund window, 42 percent of the 171 reviews written there were positive, against 51 percent overall, and those are 61 percent of everything written about it.

Finishing takes 1.7 hours; clearing it takes 5, which is 3.2 times the campaign.

What players say

CRIMSON METAL is a first-person shooter developed and published by Madbox Entertainment that deliberately channels the spirit of late-1990s corridor shooters. Built around intense combat, industrial environments, and relentless enemy encounters, the game attempts to recreate the tension and brutality of classic FPS titles while layering in a dark sci-fi horror narrative. It does not aim for cinematic storytelling or...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 12hFeb 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Offbrand Necromorph FPS It's an alright FPS, you can dual wield shotguns, machineguns and pistols and shoot at the off-brand necromorphs from Dead Space, or cyborgs. Quite fun. There was a bug where a door didn't open, so I had to replay the level, it wasn't a headache. But the only indication I had of the bugged door, was that an enemy was clipping through it. There is no way to differentiate between doors that...
SINNERRecommendedafter 3.3hAug 2025Read on Steam
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand-the hand I...
ZubumafuRecommendedafter 4.2hJan 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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CRIMSON METAL Classic 1999 scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/606960/crimson-metal-classic-1999
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Reviews 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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 13. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

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Details

DeveloperMadbox Entertainment
PublisherMadbox Entertainment
GenreShooter
Released2017
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate