Iron Danger

Iron Danger
DeveloperAction Squad Studios
PublisherDaedalic Entertainment
DirectorJussi-Petteri Kemppainen
ProgrammerHeikki-Pekka Noronen
EngineUnity
Platforms
ReleaseWindows
March 25, 2020
PS5, Xbox Series X/S
August 16, 2023
GenreAction role-playing
ModeSingle-player

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 command. The game was released for Windows on March 25, 2020, and for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on August 16, 2023.

Reception

The PC version of Iron Danger received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. PCGamesN's review said, "Save scumming is not only okay – it's now an elegant puzzle-solving game mechanic".

Iron Danger was awarded the Creative Achievement Of The Year at Finnish game Awards 2021.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lehtonen, Miikka (March 2020). "Iron Danger". Pelaaja (209): 28–32.
  2. 1 2 Watson, Eric (2020-02-10). "This tactical RPG mixes real-time combat and rewinding to make you a time traveling mage". PCGamer. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. ↑ "Iron Danger for PC launches March 25". Gematsu. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  4. ↑ "Iron Danger now available for PS5, Xbox Series". Gematsu. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  5. ↑ "Iron Danger". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  6. ↑ "Save scumming is great, and Iron Danger proves it". PCGamesN. 2020-03-26. Archived from the original on 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  7. ↑ "The Finnish Game Awards 2021 – sympaattinen tapahtuma, jossa yksi nimike putsasi pöydältä isoimmat palkinnot". Konsolifin. 2021-11-14. Archived from the original on 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2021-11-14.