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Tears of Metal is a medieval hack-and-slash co-op roguelike developed and published by Paper Cult, a Montreal-based indie studio. It entered Early Access on PC on July 22, 2026 for US$24.99, and sold 100,000 copies in its first five days.
Tears of Metal entered Early Access on July 22, 2026 on PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store for US$24.99, with PC Game Pass on day one. An Xbox Series X|S version is targeted for later in 2026.
The free Tears of Metal demo covered the game's first Act and ended with the boss Gilles the Hog. Released in October 2025 and played more than 250,000 times, it was withdrawn around the July 2026 Early Access launch.
PC system requirements for Tears of Metal on Windows, as listed on the Steam store page.
Tears of Metal is developed and published by Paper Cult, an independent studio founded in 2014 in Montreal, Canada. The Early Access launch sold 100,000 copies in five days.
A build-by-build record of Tears of Metal's Early Access patches, from the day-one cross-play hotfix through the mid-August networking and revive update.
The Tears of Metal original soundtrack was composed by SIDE Montreal, with four credited composers and a heavy metal score built around the game's Scottish setting.
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