In 2026, Iron Meat is looking forward to at least two major updates. I would like to briefly tell you about one of them today--an update that will introduce several new levels. To be precise, there will be a series of posts detailing this update because there's too much content for just one post. WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD! The new levels will serve as a prequel, revealing events on the Moon durin…
From shooting an eyeball, to dodging projectiles from MULTIPLE eyeballs, we're back this week to give you the lowdown on three more achievements: "Concentrate Your Fire!", "Eye See You!", and "...Why?" 1. Concentrate Your Fire! To earn this achievement, you'll have to destroy every Meat Generator that appears in the final phase of the Monster House boss fight. There's four of them, but be caref…
INCOMING TRANSMISSION! //Major Update #1 Initializing... We're super excited to release the first major update to Iron Meat! From a new color added to show off when Supercharge is active, to a MIRROR MODE, in addition to minor bug fixes, you can take on the hordes of Meat monsters in a whole new way! Updates List: · Mirror Mode has been added - Unlocked after completing the game for the first t…
Following his triumph over the menacing Carrionvoy train monster, Vadim arrives beneath a military research base infested with Meat. Unaware of its current operations, Vadim enters the base--desperate to find any human survivors of the ongoing attack. With Meat tendrils and spores overgrowing along the corridors and within ventilation shafts, Vadim faces off against new Meat monster forms: Grub…
Today, we'll be taking a look at three achievements you can earn only on Tower: Unsanitary Conditions, Keeping It Polished, and the And Stay Out! achievement! 1. Unsanitary Conditions For this one, we're focusing on our responsibility as good soldiers to clean up all the Meat monsters clogging up the vents on the broadcast Tower! Destroy a full set of these Meat Chains (about 10 of those links)…
This week, we're chatting with Xander Arnot, Art Director at Retroware! Check out his insights into how the visuals of Iron Meat convey its unspoken story... Please introduce yourself and describe your involvement in Iron Meat's development. Xander : Hey, I’m Xander Arnot! I work as an art director at Retroware. At the start of my involvement with Iron Meat several years ago, I was tasked with…
Today, we're taking a look at the all-consuming, interdimensional collective that is the MEAT! Let's take a look at where this entity came from and how it unleashed itself upon humanity... Its Origin Established as a hyper-intelligent, universe-sized entity of pure flesh existing in a dimension separate from our own, the Meat desires nothing more than to consume the energy of other universes, a…
This week, we chat with Christian Czmar, our Senior QA Tester, as we delve into what it was like in the earlier builds of Iron Meat and what's it like post-launch! Please introduce yourself and describe your involvement in Iron Meat's development. Christian: Hi! I'm Christian "Siz" Czmar, I'm the Senior Game Tester at Retroware. My involvement with Iron Meat for the last 2 years has been trying…
In hopes of contacting the rest of the Earth Counter Invasion Force of the Meat's assault on his Forest sector, Vadim attempts to climb the Meat-infested broadcasting Tower! In this level, you'll face monsters growing from within vents and infected humans running across walkways! As soon as you enter this level, you'll quickly get a sense of Tower's verticality. With turrets and enemies positio…
This week, we're bringing you an interview featuring a member of Iron Meat's development team! Today, we'll be sitting down with Ryan Rasing, a game designer and writer. Please introduce yourself and describe your role in Iron Meat's development. Ryan : My name's Ryan Rasing, I'm a game designer and writer here at Retroware. I worked on roughing out some of the UI elements, level ideas, and I w…
We're back this week with another batch of 3 achievements you can earn in Iron Meat! This time, we're highlighting the Quickdraw, Lend Me Your Strength!, and the Destruction of Property achievements! 1. Quickdraw For this achievement, you'll wanna play on City, and you have to kill every Turretface Sniper--uh, these guys: --before any of them fire a single shot at you! Not only that, but you'll…
Now that the game's been out for 2 weeks, we just wanna say thanks for all the reviews, suggestions, and feedback! We've made sure to address (or we're in the process of addressing) any significant issues players have encountered, and we'll continue sending out posts as any issues get resolved. In short, we pay attention to what players have to say, so your reviews of the game help! But, of cou…
Today we'll be going over how to unlock three specific achievements in Iron Meat. In order, we have Lights OUT!, Questionable Allegiance, and Package is Secure. 1. Lights OUT! To get this achievement, you'll want to shoot at all the letters of the "LEVEL CLEAR" sign at the end of any level. Don't try to get this at the end of Skyscraper, though--that's a cutscene! 2. Questionable Allegiance On…
You can change the main menu background into 1 of 3 different variants! Each one tells a different story, depending on your progress in the game! Beating every mission and reaching the ending will allow you to change your main menu background to any of the three variants! 1. The Lunar Research Base In the default background, we see scientist Yuri Markov working in his laboratory on the Moon as…
INCOMING TRANSMISSION: PATCH NOTES #1 Attention, soldiers! We've got the first round of patch notes here! Updates · Added an "Additional Art" section to the credits listing other artists who contributed to some of the character sprites. Fixes · Balanced the attack pattern values for certain phases during the final boss fight based on growing player feedback on its difficulty. · Fixed an issue w…
Lead developer Ivan Suvorov gives his thoughts on Iron Meat following its launch two weeks ago! Take a look! 1. So, here we are! Iron Meat's out in the wild! What has it been like seeing the game go from early development, to preparing for launch, and now to seeing people all over the world playing the game? Ivan : If we talk about the very beginning of development, then to be honest I hardly i…
Did you notice all that gunfire in the background of the Forest level? See those scientists rushing to cook something up in Base? How about those giant meatballs falling in the distance on Train? While Iron Meat is certainly a fun run and gun experience, we wanted to tell a visual story of humanity's desperation to fend off an invading Meat monster horde--begun by mad scientist Yuri Markov on t…
Why choose to take on the hordes of Meat monsters alone? What if you don't have anyone to jump into the action with IN-PERSON? Enter STEAM REMOTE PLAY! With Steam Remote Play, you can have another player join you online by having them connect to your game session! In this way, you'll be able to play the game together, as if the other player were there with you! Wow! Please refer to this page to…
Coming off of Iron Meat's launch last week, we wanted to highlight some of the fan art we've seen--made be YOU, our community! Take a look! First up, we have a couple of insane drawings made by tattoo artist Maxim Yasko based on the Big Rig Carnarach boss monster! Next, we have this INSANE rendition of the infected Moon in the form of a giant EYEBALL--beautifully created by Cyan Glow Lunar! Hmm…
ATTENTION ALL SOLDIERS! We are pleased to inform you that Iron Meat ...IS NOW AVAILABLE!!! Grab your favorite weapon and your favorite co-op buddy to battle against hordes upon hordes of ferocious Meat monsters invading Earth! Iron Meat is a modern retro run and gun that puts players in the midst of a gore-filled invasion of Earth--begun by mad scientist Yuri Markov after falling victim to the…
With Iron Meat launching at the end of the month, how would you deal with such an invasion threat if it happened in real life? Forget the mad scientist, forget why the Meat is invading the Earth. The real question is how each person would react to such a sudden, dire situation! Would you hole yourself up in your house and wait out the storm of MEAT? Would you leave your home and try to find and…
Get ready to battle against the Meat on September 26th! With just one month (well, technically it's one day LESS than a month) away from release, Iron Meat is ready to give players a truly modern retro experience--filled with familiar mechanics from classic run and gun titles, mixed together with contemporary features like unlockable skins, in-game achievements, a level-up system, and player ch…
By now, you've likely seen plenty of mutated monsters running around in hordes of Meat creatures! Coming off the heels of our previous "What if?" post, which of these boss monsters would you choose as an ally? 1. The Entrail Blazer MK II - Tank Boss No doubt one of the mainstays of the game, the Entrail Blazer Mk II is a tank infested with Meat spores and tendrils galore! Did we mention its GAP…
We’re excited to announce that Iron Meat will be launching here on Steam on Thursday, September 26th later this year!! AND, for those interested, we will also be releasing a PHYSICAL EDITION of Iron Meat on the SAME DAY--distributed by Strictly Limited! For so long we’ve been anticipating and planning when would be the best time to launch the game, and we’re proud to finally be able to tell you…
Imagine being stranded at a certain extraction point, unable to call for reinforcements as you fight back against an onslaught of Meat monsters…until one of those monsters starts fighting by your side! In this hypothetical scenario, we’ve picked out several Meat monsters found among the horde (excluding bosses!) that may prove themselves worthy of being counted as an ally of humanity…or, maybe…
It’s that time again! Retroware is proud to be showcasing our games at the TooManyGames 2024 convention this weekend! If you’re in the area and down to play some games, head on over to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA from Friday, June 28th to Sunday, June 30th! We’ll be featuring a bunch of our games–all available to play! There’s a whole lot to see and experience at the conven…
During his work on interdimensional portal research, scientist Yuri Markov was able to discover an entity existing within an uncharted space. With curiosity getting the better of him, Markov decided to bring the entity back to his lab at the Tycho Crater Base on the Moon. While under the supervision of the Earth Counter Invasion Force, Markov conducted experiments on the entity he dubbed as "Th…
Tune in to the second Iron Meat livestream featured in Steam Next Fest! Check out gameplay footage on new levels and boss fights, and don’t forget to download the new and improved DEMO! The second livestream feature will be at 11:00PM PDT on Wednesday, Just 12th / 4:00AM EDT / 8:00AM CEST on Thursday, June 13th! Don’t miss it! Be sure to follow Retroware’s developer page to stay up-to-date on a…
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