UnMetal cover art

UnMetal

A comedic 2D stealth adventure parodying Metal Gear, built on learnable patrols and puzzles.

On Steam ↗
Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    4/10

    Light stealth timing and boss dodging

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Guards follow fixed patrol scripts

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    2/10

    Some unknown-first-time gags, mapped on replay

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    6/10

    Routes, item puzzles, and scripted bosses are solvable

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

Compare with

Similar games

see all →

Ranked by shared genre first, then by how closely the cheat-test profile matches - a cross-genre tag means a pick matched on skill profile alone.

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes cover art

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Practiced Mastery · first-person metroidvania

E
R
V
O
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Assassin's Creed II cover art

Assassin's Creed II

Practiced Mastery · stealth action-adventure

E
R
V
O
Assassin's Creed II
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night cover art

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Pure Optimization · metroidvania RPG

E
R
V
O
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time cover art

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Practiced Mastery · acrobatic platformer

E
R
V
O
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Tomb Raider cover art

Tomb Raider

Practiced Mastery · action-adventure platformer

E
R
V
O
Tomb Raider
The Simpsons: Hit & Run cover art

The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Practiced Mastery · comedy driving adventure

E
R
V
O
The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Game details

Released
2021
Developer
@unepic_fran
Platforms
PS4, PC, Vita, XONE, Switch
Modes
Single player
IGDB critics
77/100
IGDB users
74/100
PlatformAdventureIndieActionStealthComedy