Ironcast
Turn-based match-three battles with upgradeable Victorian walking war machines
Dreadbit · Published by Ripstone · Released Mar 26, 2015
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 72% of 967
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 2
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 10 years ago
- Jun 24, 2016
Metacritic: 75/100 (critic reviews)
What is Ironcast?
Ironcast is a turn-based match-three strategy game set in an alternate 1880s England under attack by walking war machines. In its roguelite campaign, you match resource nodes to power your machine’s weapons and defenses, salvage upgrades from defeated enemies, and keep rewards between runs despite permanent death.
For you if...
- +you enjoy tactical combat built around match-three puzzles
- +you like steampunk settings and customizable war machines
- +you want a difficult roguelite with rewards between runs
Not for you if...
- −you dislike restarting and repeating early missions after death
- −you want puzzle outcomes with little randomness
What players say
72% of 967 reviews are positive
Players praise the match-three battles, steampunk setting, and challenge. Their most common complaints are that random puzzle outcomes can undermine planning and that repeating early missions makes progression feel grindy.
How many players finish Ironcast?
17% of Steam players have unlocked «Rule Britannia!», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Ironcast system requirements
Minimum: X850 XT, 2 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Ironcast?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70 Ghz
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon X850 XT
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 @ 3 Ghz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Ironcast have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Ironcast run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 30
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain.
Does Ironcast use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Match 3
- Strategy
- Indie
- Steampunk
- RPG
- Mechs
- Puzzle
- Roguelite
- Perma Death
- Singleplayer
- Roguelike
- Casual
- Turn-Based
- Epic
Recent updates
- Jul 1, 2015 · Ironcast 1.1.1 Update is now live!
- Jul 1, 2015 · Ironcast 1.1.1 Update is now live!
- May 29, 2015 · Ironcast 1.1 Update is now live!
- May 29, 2015 · Ironcast 1.1 Update is now live!
- Mar 23, 2015 · Ironcast 1.0: Update notes
3 DLC available.
