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Iron Danger
Developer Action Squad Studios
Iron Danger is a steampunk action role-playing video game developed by Action Squad Studios and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The game is set in a fantasy steampunk world inspired by Finnish folklore and especially the national epic, Kalevala. The central game mechanic is trance mode, dubbed by some as a version of "save scumming", where the player can rewind time and retry moments of the game at the player's… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
192 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 27, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
68
Fresh
125 positive · 60 negative
95% range 61–74%
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| Steam reviews | 125 | 60 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
7 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
737 of 1,022 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 192 · most liked firstAt the time of writing, 6.3 % of people got the achievement for finishing Iron Danger - and now I am one of them. I can only assume that this rather low percentage - for a game that has never been given away for free so far - stems not from the game being overly difficult, but rather being really clunky and unfun to play. Let's start with the positives though. The artstyle of the game is sufficient and clean, it has a very fitting and pleasant soundtrack and the voice acting is decent. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally, a game that gets me and my savescummy ways. With Iron Danger, save scumming isn’t something to be ashamed of – it’s a game mechanic… …so despite the name don’t expect no real sense of danger. It like a weird blend of Fable and Baldur’s Gate with the rewind mechanics of Prince of Persia. You know when you were a kid playing knights or whatnot. That one kid who was always being obtuse. You know, the one who’d be like “Nuh-uh, that didn’t hit me, that didn’t hit me - I dodged it”, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great little indie rpg gem. It has a unique time rewind/stop mechanic, which made me interested in the game in the first place. The game clocks around 10 hours or maybe little less, it's short and sweet. Unfortunately daring devs like these who try something new usually dont get the attention/fame they deserve so the game probably underperformed. Would love a second game or at least more games from the same dev. Pros: *decent Story *likeable even though few Characters *Voice acting (pretty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A difficult downvote. I feel complicated to its core time manipulation mechanic. In other games that you can S/L the combats, even you could save scum it you still have to sort of think and plan it. And when the plan works through it is fulfilling. But in this game you are S/L in every moment and hardly involve any planning. You just let the time pass a few heartbeats (the unit of turns in this game), and then load back and react to it. I just feel like a machine and dont find any enjoyment…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't want to write this, but after not one, but two game-breaking bugs, I uninstalled the game, because I am not replaying another level. Manual saves and/or frequent autosaves? You wish! The game only seems to autosave when you leave an area and it can take quite a while to open up the next area. The first bug didn't let me finish the tutorial, because there was no "Sail away" icon to click on. It appeared the second time I played it and the tutorial wasn't long, so it didn't bother me…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game in theory. Then get through tutorial and find a bug that's apparently been in the game this entire time that prevents you from clearing the tutorial. Still. Over 3 years into its release. And now you can't continue playing without doing the tutorial over and over again until accidentally getting past the bug. Completely unacceptable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is time mastery your favorite superpower? you'll love this game. This game is rare, where you manipulate time in a tactics manner. Its fun when a lot of things are going on and you need to decide how to rewind time and take different actions to mitigate damage or even death! The combat is satisfyingly special and the sound effects too, enemies have decent designs and the powerups keep coming regularly. Its great to stop time and control your chars to pull off amazing elemental combos. Pretty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lovely title but be warned, for Steam Archivements do not lie: Only 50% of the players endure the steep learning curve in the first 20 minutes, and get to the healer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔵 Battle system is pretty decent. Strategic RTS gameplay with time-manipulation system. So if you die, you can quickly rewind and change your action to get a different outcome 🔵 Lots of environmental effects that you can take advantage off (fire burning through woods & grasses, breaking down trees etc) 🔴 Story is weak, only gets a little better later on 🔴 Cartonish character graphics looked horrendous 🔴 No level up or reward system for killing enemies 🔴 Only 2 playable characters at a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The timeline mechanic in itself is interesting at first, but once the novelty of it wears off you are left with a pretty mediocre action/strategy game with a likewise bland story and characters. It was fun for the first three hours or so, then it just got tedious.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The soundtrack for my game Iron Danger (by the amazing talent Ilmari Hakkola) is available for streaming again. Also features Hame music collective & my beautiful wife <3 take a listen! t.co/9KehBYvjwj
unlabelledView post →It felt like there was an idea with the time powers and everything else came after. The story was all over the place and the gameplay was rather janky where some items cannot be picked up and characters/enemies actions sometimes phase through each other. You cannot save halfway through a mission. You can almost keep on retrying any encounter, as long as it is within your powers. There are missions with only dialogue, or moving through a few rooms, which is weird. You are forced to partner with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →no graphics options full screen blur like you can't see anything at all
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Note* I did not complete this game as I only played it to Chapter 5 - Part 4. I stopped due to a bug that infuriated me. Below is the detail. The game is fun, like immensely so. I enjoy the puzzle action nature of it. This is not an RPG as some would say it is, it's a prince of persia style puzzle where you control 2 characters at a time and attempt to find the best way to complete a level. The time mechanics are great in my opinion and work well with 2 characters as you try to time attacks…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Didn't expect to be so enganged by the tactical joy these time mechanics provide. There's room for improvement but the game is a gem.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The concept for the combat is cool, but the execution is bad. The AI wanders around confused or makes sudden leaps at you, forcing you to use the rewind time mechanic because there's no actual good way of engaging with enemies. I know that's the point of the game, but it makes combat such a boring slog. Wait for the enemy to hit me so I can figure out what to do so he doesn't hit me. On top of that, the UI is awful. The time mechanic looks like video editing software and Excel spreadsheets…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unplayable by modern standards due to the complete lack of mid-mission saving. You don't get manual saves, quick saves, checkpoints or even a suspend and resume save. I played for 20 minutes, took a break and had to start all over again. Not a massive loss of time, but it's only going to get worse as the levels get longer and the game gets harder. The game should not have gotten anywhere near release state without this being fixed. Any developer or even average player with the slightest hint…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A story packed game with the ability to reverse time. Pros + Artstyle/Graphics + Story + Soundtrack + Voice acting + Unique gameplay Cons - Content - Occasional Freezing/Crashing Summary Decent game, not perfect. The game is very colourful. I liked the soundtrack, unfortunately, it kept on repeating quite often since there are not many songs. Voice acting was really nicely done, but some lines of text are not voiced. The ability to go back in time during the fights is great at first…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this game, on sale. Reasons below 1. This gameplay is experimental, so not everyone might like it. 2. Because it is experimental, I feel like the dev is still exploring it so some part of the game isn't as well developed as with the gameplay element. I know I just started, and there might be more surprises later on, but for the time being, since most people drop of the first 1 hour of gameplay or so, I would say that this is either a hit or miss, you might like it so much that you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game looks great in the trailer but the gameplay is very slow. There are turn-based games and then there's this, where you are constantly redoing all of your moves because your characters die in one hit. For a fantasy combat RPG kind of game we've got no gear, no looting, no exploration, no items hidden around corners, and a really poor and nearly useless journal system. I like the idea of the rewind mechanic, but I think it was implemented much better in a game like Fire Emblem Three…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Riddled with bugs, lack optimization and in dire need of polish in basic mechanics like pathing and throwing items. The combat mechanic is interesting. Unfortunately even that feel sluggish and not very well polished. I got this on sale. If I didn't I would have felt downright scammed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its fun if you like squad tactics but the ending is huge sequel bait that doesn't resolve the story of the game at all, and is really dissapointing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sands of time as a turn-based ARPG. There's nothing inherently wrong with the premise, but the execution is bland to the point of utter boredom. The main character gets dragged through the opening stages of the Hero's journey the way I get dragged through my morning routine. There's no sense of wonder, even when literal time travel is involved, because I'm simply not invested in any of these people or places. The gameplay doesn't help here. Infinite amounts of retries via the time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Iron Danger ⭐️⭐️⭐️ === ( 🎯 Difficulty ) === ☐ No Difficulty ☐ Easy ☑ Standard ☐ Big Learning Curve ☐ Hard ☐ Impossible === ( 👪 Audience ) === ☐ Everyone ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Mature === ( 👀 Graphics ) === ☐ What Is This? ☐ Bad ☐ Acceptable ☑ Good ☐ Great ☐ Stylistic ☐ Beautiful ☐ Masterpiece === ( Sound/Music ) === ☐ Bad ☐ Nothing Special ☐ Okay ☑ Great (Voice acting is top notch) ☐ Beautiful ☐ I´m Gonna Cry === ( 🌏 Story ) === ☐ This Game Has No Story ☐ Nothing Special ☑ It´s…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →𝔸 𝕓𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕪 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝔻𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪: 𝕆𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕚𝕟, 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕔𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕙é 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕥. If Divinity: Original Sin, had a child with Vanilla Skyrim, it would be Iron Danger. Trust me when I tell you, however, that this game will still have you hooked to see Kipuna's journey through to the end. Iron Danger is a tactical, RPG-ish game where you take on the role of Kipuna, a civilian who, during a Northender raid of her…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game but the lack of saving really hinders the gameplay session and the combat is very dull. If you are going to start a level, you better be prepared to run it to conclusion or you will need to start from the beginning and the levels tend to be looooong, so if you don't have an hour or more available per level, you are better playing something else. The time traveling mechanic is novel and fun at the beginning but get old fast due to a boring set of abilities that don't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is cool (but not original)(at least the beginning); the design is cool but they tried to create something new for the combat gameplay (which is the main gameplay) and it's a mess. Combats are barely playable so they added a "chrono" feature where you can micromanage and come back few seconds before an action to time it perfectly making every fight super long, and boring at least, annoying at most.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite Iron Danger being paraded as being an extremely innovative RPG with time manipulation mechanics, to me, it felt the same as if I was playing any other RPG (think Divinity: Original Sin) except this time the combat happened in (mostly) real-time and wasn't strictly turn-based: You got your skills, which take a certain amount of time to execute You can interact and blow up the environment And you can see what actions the enemies are about to perform by watching their models I am…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deadly duo destroys demented dregs of a despot dictator and doing deeds of derring-do.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Experience Imagine you're playing a real-time tactics game with a party of two characters, and you really goof it up. You walk on a spike trap and get one of your characters impaled, while the other, at the same moment, gets hit by an enormous fireball. Although this scenario would normally be "game over," in Iron Danger you can "rewind" and try things a little differently. Therein lies the appeal of the game. You're often up against a number of difficult enemies at any one time, but the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good premise marred by horrifyingly bad gameplay. Most of the 'spells' and abilities you obtain are nigh-worthless. The game punishes you for experimental gameplay with overpowered enemies who have pathetic hitscan - you are pushed into mindless attacking and dodging, and rewarded with victory for obedience. Some game-breaking bugs have lasted for over four years, and it is infuriating to know that there was next to no attempt to fix them, even with the oversimplicity in the game's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The mechanic for this game was fresh and interesting. The game itself felt short - I was disappointed at what felt like the narrative cutting off in the middle in a way seemed set up to sell DLC. I enjoyed the game, however, and would play more if it were available! There were some bugs - especially with being able to pick up interactable objects.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This gimmick is not fun to have to constantly use in every battle. Actually, for every frame of every battle and do that for 15 hours? Are you out of your mind? everything is so painfully slow to execute and time right and get the sequence right to just get it other with a simple battle. constant back and forth and random enemy behaviour. i'll give some proprs for daring to try something new but I'd rather just play a tactical RPG and not this turn back time over and over nonsense. Even Sands…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still has some bugs that stop your progress - or you need to run some levels all over from the start to be able to complete it. That was too much effort for me, because the controls and time controlling are a bit off for me at least... Action and character selections change while doing other stuff, sometimes time just keeps running and there is only so much you can rewind, so gameplay is definately not optimal even frustrating sometimes. Too bad, because otherwise it was enjoyable and mechanics…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A cool gimmick that wears of pretty quickly, just a few hours in and it feels like a regular turn-based RPG. Only encountered a soft-lock once which required reload, but there are a lot of kinks that just makes the whole experience feel like a drag. Also, there is no incentive to actually explore the maps, since there's no XP or Item progression. Story is passable but nothing special - and it ends very abruptly. tl-dr: cool concept, but kind of boring game,
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No rebindable controls really makes me glad I only paid 3 bucks for this, despite it being a decent game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing with the feminist program. The phrase of the character “He is a man. And men are eager to crush and break everything that falls into their hands." There are many artists, builders and scientists in the world, yes, they definitely destroy and break everything they touch. You creators are vile people. I liked the game, and I will go through it to the end, but "THIS" left a disgusting aftertaste.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can see why this game is only $1.99 right now but honestly I overpaid. Pros: Voice acting is good, character design and graphics are great and it runs well even on max settings. Cons: absolute ♥♥♥♥ controls, confusing layout that just gets layered on itself in more cumbersome frustrating ways.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beware: not reasonable to play with Steam Input. Only but if you are willing to play with KB & Mouse. I'm overall neutral here, as the voice acting seemed pretty good, the introduction seemed interesting, and while the graphics weren't really that great, for an indie game I wouldn't penalized the developer. The lack of controller support is the primary reason for the downvote, as the game can only really be played with KB & mouse and I have wrist issues that prevent that medically. I would…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game for people who love save scumming.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one is a rather interesting project that is totally worthy of a playthrough. While the game doesn’t really have a good story (not only it is simple and unoriginal, it also ends abruptly with a big sequel/DLC cliffhanger), can’t boast about its visuals or sound, it can, however, offer a really solid gameplay loop to be fun. The entirety of the game is built around time manipulation, with progression adding more tools to play around with. I will note, however, that the ability to rewind any…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game features REALLY unique combat system. What do you get when you mix action and turn-based combat? RTwP is the wrong answer - always has been! THIS game shows the proper way to do it. You can dodge, parry, lunge, attack and counter-attack, use various magic tricks and items to your advantage. It feels a lot like a description of sword combat in books, a blow-by-blow account of fight between two master fencers. This system would fit The Witcher wonderfully, for example. The rest of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quite an interesting style of combat. Time is at your disposal and you can turn back time to a degree and deal with the enemy and puzzles the game throws at you. It is quite a unique way of handling the combat, and for the most part, it works rather well. There's not really death per say, the characters can die, and you can't progress if they do so, but you can revert time to avoid that, characters are extremely vulnerable and it's a challenge to see how to succeed in combat without recieving…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Being particularly useless at most battle games, even on the easiest settings, I found this one to make a pleasant change. Instead of having to die and then start the section over again, you can simply rewind time and try a different tactic. Yes, it makes the action a little slower, but it still remains very challenging (yes, even on the easiest setting!). Only twice I've had to restart the whole chapter. Which is a relief, as i hate playing the same thing multiple times. I think I'm nearing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a bop. I really enjoyed it and the mechanics are solid. There are things to take into consideration though because it may not be for everyone. - The mechanics heavily revolve around using your ability to go back in time, It may seem hard since you can easily get insta-killed but that is because you are meant to go back and fix your mistakes. -The skill system is akin to something like Divinity Original Sin but it is not open world. It is linear and the progression is based on the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very pretty game and an interesting take on time mechanics but it's so slow, on rails and being able to undo everything actually eliminates the challenge. Try it on sale but I think the MP rating is deserved...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a very novel combat system. It almost feels like a puzzle game, mixed in with a turned based rpg. Worth trying for the combat system.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed it a lot; I can see some people bouncing off it, but I think it's worth a shot for most people. A few notes and caveats: * It's a pretty tight experience. No open world exploration or complex builds to be found here; just 20-ish hours of gameplay. * There are some rough edges, but nothing that'll force you to restart, or really derail your experience by more than a few seconds. Dialogue might repeat, and some mechanics (looking at you, automatons) don't handle time-warping…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game. Definitely worth a buy. Whole game seems to focus on presenting an extra ordinary game mechanism that allows you to manipulate time and everything else is kind of just a bonus. Regardless of above I enjoyed the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to give this game a chance but the english voice acting was flat and lifeless. Really damaged the potential of the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8/10 This is a tactical combat game first and foremost and it's a really good one. It also features a good story with good voiceovers. But this is not an RPG, no XP, no leveling, no decisions although you do get to choose a new ability or upgrade an old one for one of your characters after almost every mission. The combat gameplay is reminiscent of Baldur's Gate style RPGs but instead of throwing tons of RNG in your face this one is deterministic in nature and to help you cope with the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Visually, it's alright. However, the timeline and reverse death mechanic of the game is just annoying, becoming a quick trial and error of "Alright let me dodge this arrow I didn't see a second ago" to "Alright let me not step right there."
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was excited to try Iron Danger due to promising time manipulation mechanic. But I found it to be a frustrating game. As others have mentioned the battles are clunky and tedious which is what the core gameplay loop is. I assume forcing us to control two characters just makes it even more frustrating. I assume it would've been better to have only one character. Currently you keep switching back and forth between the two as bunch of enemies try to rush them and keep rewinding as one of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall I quite enjoyed this game. I liked the time rewind mechanic quite a bit, and the game didn't overstay it's welcome. Pros: - Very well voice acted - Characters had personality, interactions with them and between them were interesting - The time rewind mechanic worked well IMO - Most of the abilities were pretty great Cons: - Pathing could use polish in some areas. - While parts of the story were good, the majority of it was just 'go collect these 5 things'. The worst part was the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ughh. I dont get the positive reviews. The dialog and writing are awful - total AI garbage. the characters therefore seem pretty paper thin and kind of silly. Can't save in mission, game runs VERY poorly, even at the lowest settings and you only get LOW MED HIGH for graphics settings nothing else. The time mechanic is pretty poor too. for expample in the tutorial you have to dodge once you die, but the dodge skill requires a cooldown - Sooo you push the wait button 3 times before you move…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've started playing Iron Danger, which is an isometric action RPGish game with all interesting time reverse mechanic. The voice acting is of a high standard, higher than I'd been expecting, tbh. Sight concern about complexity escalation, but yeah having fun right now a couple of hours in.
unlabelledView post →Unique and interesting battle system which is engrossing and a lot of fun. My only regrets are the lack of a full replay feature, and more content to consume.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Performance and game play is very jank. But worst of all, cannot even finish the bloody tutorial mission, because the damn interactable element to "sail away" just isn't there. Oh, and the save is at the start of the mission, so I shall replay 20+min to just HOPE that this time around a lazy dev bug isn't there?!? Worst humour of all: Cannot refund b/c I picked it up in sale like 20 days ago and didn't go bug hunting straight away. Standard policy, I hear ya. Do yourself a favour and stay…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →another stupid game! who thought replaying and replaying and replaying the same thing would be fun? idiocy I say! some might say 'novel'... I certainly dont.. NOT FUN AT ALL!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Iron Danger, you will either love or hate. The game is very unique, having a mixture of turn-base gaming and time travel. Which means you can play the same fight over and over until you gain victory. Personally I loved the game, although the tutorial could have been better perhaps. The first fight was a frustrating struggle as I grappled to learn the rules, but eventually Iron Danger became a fun experience. The soundtrack and voicing is excellent and the story (although somewhat basic)…
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