Unbacklogged
BrowseGames likeOther platformsHow it works
/
Pick for me
Sign in
Indie

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

97% positive of 14,660 Steam reviews

View on Steam
Released
2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, GOG

Made by Nick Nieuwoudt, Dominik Latos.

About the game

IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?

Tagged by players

  • Military
  • World War I
  • Alternate History
  • Steampunk
  • War
  • World War II
  • Wargame
  • Realistic
  • Immersive Sim
  • Historical
  • Tactical
  • Logic

What players say

Games like IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

See all games like IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
Indie

Operation: Harsh Doorstop

44% matchMilitary, War

77%20.9K reviews
AA

Sprocket

42% matchWorld War I, Military

92%12.5K reviews
Obscure

Steampunk Tower 2

34% matchSteampunk, Alternate History

72%312 reviews
Obscure

Steam & Iron. Battle of Port Arthur

39% matchMilitary, World War I

92%25 reviews
AAA

Hearts of Iron IV

41% matchWorld War II, Military

90%261.5K reviews89 h
AA

Headquarters: World War II

40% matchWorld War II, Military, controller support

74%510 reviews
Obscure

Empires Shall Fall

36% matchWorld War I, Military, dieselpunk

86%132 reviewsDeck
Indie

Battle of Empires : 1914-1918

37% matchWorld War I, War

68%1.9K reviews
Obscure

Fire and Steel

35% matchWorld War II, Alternate History

81%203 reviews
Obscure

Grit and Valor - 1949

37% matchWorld War II, Alternate History, dieselpunk

75%274 reviewsDeck
Indie

Isonzo

37% matchWorld War I, Military

85%14.5K reviews
Obscure

Heavyarms Assemble: WWII

40% matchWorld War II, Military

60%64 reviews
Not affiliated with Valve. Steam is a trademark of Valve Corporation.PrivacySettings
Overwhelmingly Positive

What players say

  • Recommended
    Glory to Arstozka! Wait, that's not who we're fighting for? It's Castille? Oh, okay. Glory to Castille! In all seriousness, as somebody from the artillery branch of an IRL military, this game is awesome. It scratches my artillery 'tism very well. I especially love planning out fire mission schedules, that's awesome. Open this game, do some math. Feel big brain while making big holes in the ground.

    2.3 h played when written. 162 found it helpful.

    Read on Steam
  • Recommended
    let the big dog (100+ tonnes of iron) eat. it doesn't matter if you play it with/without headphones. Just play it loud. A lot of people have said this games needs multiplayer; that it's disappointing it doesn't have it, and that to have another to crew the giant war machine would make it better... Maybe a hot take but I think that idea is saturated with the amount of friendslop this year has already brought us. You…

    3.7 h played when written. 47 found it helpful.

    Read on Steam
  • Not recommended
    Now look, I really want to reccomend this game. There are very few like it. And operating a giant manual machine is very very cool, and I would love to see more games do something like this. But it's also for those exact reasons that I'm annoyed that one of the few games to do this could be so much... better. I would honestly still 'reccomend' this game simply because I don't know many others that do this (more on…

    11 h played when written. 11 found it helpful.

    Read on Steam
All reviews on Steam