Iron Harvest
Iron Harvest is a real-time strategy game (RTS) set in the alternate reality of 1920+, just after the end of the Great War. The Game lets you control giant dieselpunk mechs, combining epic singleplayer and coop campaigns as well as skirmishes with intense action on the battlefield for multiplayer fans, Iron Harvest is the classic real-time strategy games fans have been waiting for. Tradition clashes with scientific and technological progress, while Europe is still recovering from the brutal battles of the World War. Cities are being rebuilt and in the countryside, the era of the Iron Harvest has begun. Farmers are uncovering the remains of the majestic walking machines that had fought on the battlefields of the Great War. In the midst of this chaos, a new threat appears that will put Europe’s very existence at risk. Secret forces are putting everything they can towards destabilization of entire countries, determined to set the world on fire once again and finally seize control. Lead dozens of different unit types into battle, carefully utilize cover and blast entire buildings to shreds. Take your time to come up with a plan which allows for a wide range of tactics, including a stealth approach. Mechs. We got mechs. Lots of them.
Game Discussion
Steam User 45
The game is good. Unfortunately, it was left in this state, no updates or patches for it, getting dead as I write this. The story was good but it ended very fast, in game achievements should be worked out to work the same as the ones on the steam, nothing records without a VPN set up. Overall I am giving it a 6.5/10. I had fun
Steam User 26
The game is rather clunky, and the multiplayer community does not exist. Even so, the game is rather fun for single player; but should be bought when on sale.
Steam User 27
I've bought this game including all DLC and I played it as Singeplayer Campaign game.
Growing up with Starcraft and Warcraft, C&C and all those good SP Campaigns... boy did this feel awesome to play. The story is actually quite well written and the setting is incredibly unique. The campaign videos are georgous to the say the least!
The amount of love in the animations for all those units are just showing how those devs cared for the game. It's not the hardest game, not the most mechanical demanding, but it has a good enough difficulty to it to keep being enjoyable. Some missions suffer from the heroes being too strong, where you barely need to build an army, but it is never crossing the line to make it boring.
MP - never played it dont care.
Worldmap - never played it, maybe in the future.
HIGHLY recommended to whoever is looking to feel escape the sad reality that we dont get too many SP-RTS games anymore. I really loved the game to its bones and really wish they might do a second one.
Steam User 20
a fantastic game that i have bittersweet memories of playing with friends ill never see again.
i miss you both deeply, even though i shouldnt.
Steam User 11
As a Company of Heroes 2 player with over 1000 hours, I would recommend this game on sale. I really enjoyed the single player campaign.
Pros:
- Beautiful graphics, design, dieselpunk. Original and imaginative. The design styles are consistent and polished.
- Well-directed cutscenes - which are many!
- Interesting plot & characters. Deep, very insightful, captures the essence and brutality of war. Inspired by WW2.
- Eastern European voice actors, which are a refreshing change compared to always hearing American. They are not perfect, but very passionate. There was an attempt to put on an American accent, which was hilariously bad.
- Well-written and thought out dialogue.
Cons:
- EVERY VEHICLE MOVES AS FAST AS AN ELEFANT TANK DESTROYER, WITH ENGINE DAMAGE. No wheeled tanks. Forget about Blitzkrieg because the war will be over by then.
- Terrible UI. For example to cancel the production of a unit, you have to click the --> arrow to scroll to the unit and cancel it in the unit groups tab. The unit groups tab only displays about 8 units at a time.
- Infantry variation is quite bland between the factions. Every faction has the same: flame, MG, anti-tank, etc.
- the air artillery unit is OP. You can just build it and win the game with the only 1 type of unit. Every faction has the same unit.
- dead player count and multiplayer, sadly.
- connecting to their servers is problematic at times
That being said I'll still say that I really enjoyed the campaign. The World Missions is fun, but gets stale after a while because of the air artillery spamming and repetition. Definitely worth it on sale. No regrets buying.
Steam User 12
I wanted to like this game. I remember when they released the Pre Alpha in 2016, and many said the combat feels clunky and in 2024 it's the same.
Art style is very good, campaign is good, but the fighting is clunky. I wanted to play the challenge mode where you have to defend against 10 waves. Damn. I was pressing R like there is no tomorrow, constant unit replacement, constant retreat. Pathfinding is not good, units jump out of cover and get shot down. Ai is basic.
Only thing they had to copy was COH combat and this game would be golden.
I recommend this game for campaign only.
Steam User 16
I was eyeballing this game for years. Reviewers kept me at bay.
They are stupid.
This game is an awesome mix of WW1/Mechs/Warcraft 3