Iron Harvest

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Iron Harvest has solid mechanics and a strong, story-driven campaign, but it’s held back by a lack of polish and content.

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Iron Harvest has solid mechanics and a strong, story-driven campaign, but it's held back by a lack of polish and content.

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High Score - 90/100

Low Score - 40/100

Nic Reuben (TheSixthAxis)

7/10

“Iron Harvest’s incredible presentation and scrappy, dynamic battles can’t always save it from uneven mechanical depth and arbitrary-feeling limitations. A celebration of the some classic RTS, but not an evolution of it.”

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Rick Lane (PC Gamer)

82/100

“Iron Harvest’s mech-based strategy can burn a little slow, but the payoff is undoubtedly worth it.”

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Cale Hunt (Windows Central)

3.5/5 stars

“Iron Harvest offers a strong, story-driven campaign split into three interwoven parts. However, its core RTS mechanics leave something to be desired, and some common RTS features are lacking or missing.”

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Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
33bits	Ismael Mercado Sánchez	85 / 100	08-31-2020	Iron Harvest 1920+ is not just another RTS. Its original setting and ingenious system of changing units make it a game to consider in the real-time strategy genre. As a downside, we can only highlight the lack of multiplayer maps and perhaps a little more variety of combat units, but the developers have already ensured that the game will receive new free content soon.	Read review
3DNews	Михаил Пономарев	9 / 10	09-06-2020	Unique dieselpunk setting, perfect strategic mechanics, powerful story and colossal potential made Iron Harvest one of the most significant genre entry in recent years.	Read review
AusGamers	Kosta Andreadis	7 / 10	09-04-2020	What we’re presented with throughout the campaign and as a whole though is as they say, rough around the edges.	Read review
Checkpoint Gaming	Lise Leitner	8 / 10	09-07-2020	Iron Harvest is an incredibly impressive RTS game that’ll have you planning and strategising your next move on the battlefield for hours on end. If you’re a fan of RTS games and are not put off by planning and a bit of micromanagement, there’s plenty to love in the 1920+ universe for fans of games like Command and Conquer and Age of Empires.	Read review
COGconnected	Jake Hill	80 / 100	09-21-2020	By borrowing solid mechanics from the best of the genre, Iron Harvest has the makings of a pretty good RTS. What pushes it across the finish line is a well-realized setting, a wonderful aesthetic, and a solid grounding in what sort of story it wants to tell. I personally wish it could have had more fun with the world, but that’s just me.	Read review
cublikefoot	Chase Ferrin	4 / 10	09-21-2020	Iron Harvest may have a great aesthetic and setting going for it, but the gameplay is slow, clunky, and lacks the depth necessary to compete with other RTS games. It feels like a game rushed out of development, which is evident in the fact that it already has a roadmap and is still implementing features.	Read review
Cultured Vultures	Maxim Klose-Ivanov	5 / 10	08-31-2020	Though excellent conceptually and visually, Iron Harvest is a run-of-the-mill real-time tactics game with significant unrealized potential, lack of depth, and minimal innovation.	Read review
Digital Trends	Tom Caswell	3 / 5 stars	09-05-2020	An enjoyable real-time strategy game held back by a lack of polish and content.	Read review
DualShockers	Otto Kratky	8 / 10	09-01-2020	Come to Iron Harvest for the mechs, stay for the beautiful, wonderful destruction in this solid and approachable real-time strategy game.	Read review
GameGrin	Blake Hawthorn	8 / 10	10-10-2020	Overall, I loved my time that I spent with Iron Harvest and I can’t wait to convince some friends to get it too so we can have some skirmish battles.	Read review
GameMAG	KOIK	7 / 10	10-18-2020	It is worth to give Iron Harvest a chance, at the very least for a great story campaign, unconventional setting and a childlike wonder of seeing mecha-teapots fight themselves to the death.	Read review
Gamer Escape	Josh McGrath	6 / 10	09-01-2020	The act of performing combat and moving troops around, though – the core of the game – is weirdly uneven. Moving units is awkward, and the pathing issues the units have make what should be simple skirmishes often risky and sometimes infuriating.	Read review
Gamers Heroes	Johnny Hurricane	7 / 10	09-08-2020	While Iron Harvest is a fun game, it still has some kinks to work out. For those on the fence, wait for a few patches before checking it out.	Read review
Gamersky	棘皮动物的野望	7.5 / 10	09-10-2020	Iron Harvest presents beautiful machine design and campaign experience. But how the infantries fight machines does bad to the combat experience, and it really needs to fix AI problems.	Read review
GameSkinny	Jordan Baranowski	8 / 10	08-31-2020	Iron Harvest leverages its unique setting and strong design into an impressive and memorable RTS.	Read review
GameSpew	Robert Gammon	7 / 10	09-04-2020	Iron Harvest isn’t perfect, but it is an engaging journey into a new world that’s fun to explore.	Read review
GameWatcher	Robert Honaker	8 / 10	08-31-2020	One Small Step for RTS	Read review
GamingTrend	Lawrence Le	75 / 100	09-04-2020	Iron Harvest doesn’t reinvent the wheel	Read review
GRYOnline.pl	Marcin Strzyżewski	7 / 10	09-01-2020	A long time ago, when RTS games reached their peak in popularity, this game wouldn’t receive this much attention. But now, Iron Harvest has a chance to become one of the best strategies in years despite copying ideas without providing anything new. Well, maybe the setting is original, but it hasn’t reached its potential either.	Read review
Hey Poor Player	Mark Delano	4 / 5 stars	08-31-2020	Iron Harvest 1920+ is a gorgeous-looking RTS that harkens back to the classics while bringing its own unique brand of destruction. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, and the slower style of gameplay definitely won’t appeal to everybody, though real-time strategy fans looking for their next fix should seriously look into trying it out, especially if they happen to have some buddies they can rope into playing against them, or with them if you prefer.	Read review
IGN	Jonathan Bolding	8 / 10	09-01-2020	If the RTS is dead, then Iron Harvest is some pretty slick necromancy. A classic single-player campaign with a strong story complements the absolute satisfaction of big, stompy mechs.	Read review
IGN Italy	Andrea Giongiani	9 / 10	08-31-2020	You have a first world war setting (somewhat, it’s 1920) and giant mechs to destroy everything with. Do you need anything else?	Read review
Impulsegamer	Chris O’Connor	4 / 5 stars	09-12-2020	If you love RTS games (and can stand a few movement/AI issues) then this is a great looking, interesting take on the genre. I still love the paintings that inspired the game and the idea of being able to “live in their world” for a while is pretty appealing in and of itself.	Read review
INDIANTVCZ	Jakub Kadlus	8 / 10	10-19-2020	The great and detailed world of Iron Harvest will surprise you. Both the story and the audio-visuals will keep you entertained, which is what the game does great. Where it falters, however, are the occasional issues with AI and cover system. If you’re looking for a nicely made strategy game in today’s market, Iron Harvest will definitelly not disappoint you.	Read review
Just Push Start	Oliver East	3.6 / 5 stars	09-07-2020	In its current form Iron Harvest 1920+ offers a solid RTS experience, which brings an incredible alternate universe to life. It doesn’t break from the norm in terms of gameplay but it is the narrative and setting that sets the game apart from the rest.	Read review
MonsterVine	Sean Halliday	3.5 / 5 stars	09-15-2020	With the promise of more content and tweaks, Iron Harvest could become something to keep an eye on for the competitive players out there. For now, it’s a solid effort that packs more style than substance, resulting in a good time.	Read review
New Game Network	Alex Varankou	60 / 100	09-01-2020	Iron Harvest has a unique setting with some original ideas, and borrows heavily from another RTS series. But rather than improve on those elements, it oversimplifies them, and lacks the content to justify its full asking price.	Read review
PC Gamer	Rick Lane	82 / 100	08-31-2020	Iron Harvest’s mech-based strategy can burn a little slow, but the payoff is undoubtedly worth it.	Read review
PC Invasion	Martynas Klimas	8.5 / 10	08-31-2020	Iron Harvest captures most of the charm of Scythe and Company of Heroes while lacking some of the stuff that matter the latter so much fun.	Read review
PCGamesN	Anna Blackwell	7 / 10	09-29-2020	A pretty decent start to Iron Harvest’s RTS journey. Lacking some much needed additional content and the campaign could be better, but there’s a solid foundation here.	Read review
Player2.net.au	Sarah Ellen	Recommended	09-21-2020	For advanced players, it may be more of the same with a different paint job, but as someone who has had less engagement with RTS titles as a whole, Iron Harvest has been a really solid introduction for me.	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Steve Hogarty	Recommended	09-17-2020	Iron Harvest is a throwback to one of the last golden ages of the genre, often feeling as old fashioned and crusty as that association entails, but frequently reminding us of the essential appeal of extremely large robots chilling out in timelines where they shouldn’t be.	Read review
Saving Content	Scott Ellison II	4 / 5 stars	09-04-2020	Iron Harvest is an incredibly solid RTS with a fantastic setting that will keep you enamored during the entire 20+ hour campaign. KING Art games have crafted a beautiful game with destruction backed by solid and balanced gameplay. It’s missing a few nuts and bolts to hold the rest of it together, but what’s here is sturdy to stand tall for now. I look forward to seeing the game expand and grow beyond its current state to fulfill its promises. For what you get, Iron Harvest is unique, rewarding, and full of depth; it’s absolutely worth playing.	Read review
SECTOR.sk	Branislav Kohút	7 / 10	09-14-2020	Company of Heroes gameplay with alternate reality of 1920+ settings	Read review
Shacknews	TJ Denzer	7 / 10	09-05-2020	Overall, Iron Harvest presents a fascinating alternate reality of which I’d like to see more.	Read review
SpazioGames	Daniele Spelta	7.5 / 10	08-31-2020	Iron Harvest is a classical RTS game, very insipired by Company of Heroes. It is not a revolutionary game, but the 1920+ universe adds a unique flavour.	Read review
TechRaptor	Alex Verdini	8.5 / 10	09-01-2020	Unbelievable campaign coupled with competitive multiplayer make Iron Harvest an old world hit.	Read review
The Games Machine	Marco Bortoluzzi	8.2 / 10	08-31-2020	For a first foray into the RTS genre, Iron Harvest 1920+ is a very good proof of competence. It’s not perfect; while it’s rich in singleplayer content, six maps is too little of a pool for multiplayer, and the gameplay could use some refinement. But it’s a solid start, and the potential for greater things is definitely there.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Nic Reuben	7 / 10	09-01-2020	Iron Harvest’s incredible presentation and scrappy, dynamic battles can’t always save it from uneven mechanical depth and arbitrary-feeling limitations. A celebration of the some classic RTS, but not an evolution of it.	Read review
WayTooManyGames	Thomas Medina	7 / 10	09-08-2020	Despite its flaws, I enjoyed my time with Iron Harvest. Mostly with the campaign, but the more flexible gameplay style allowed with weapon switching made Skirmish/Multiplayer promising. Sadly, the game’s lack of content and poor faction variety hurts its longevity.	Read review
Wccftech	Chris Wray	8 / 10	08-31-2020	Iron Harvest could be best described as Company of Heroes with Mechs. That’s high enough praise in itself and Iron Harvest lives up to it. Featuring great RTS combat across an extensive and engaging, campaign, skirmish levels, challenges, and multiplayer, you’ll have a lot to bite into and enjoy. It’s well balanced and at a pace which rewards tactical thinking over simple fast gameplay. There are a few slight issues, aesthetically it does feel like more could have been done, but it’s still a decent enough looking game. There are also a few very minor bugs here and there, but nothing that can mar your enjoyment. Iron Harvest is a game I heartily recommend for strategy fans, particularly those who like the Company of Heroes style gameplay.	Read review
Windows Central	Cale Hunt	3.5 / 5 stars	09-11-2020	Iron Harvest offers a strong, story-driven campaign split into three interwoven parts. However, its core RTS mechanics leave something to be desired, and some common RTS features are lacking or missing.	Read review

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After World War 1 farmers found a plethora of unexploded ordnance, barbed wire, weapons, shrapnel and bullets while ploughing their fields. They called it the Iron Harvest. Iron Harvest is a real-time strategy game (RTS), set in the alternate reality of 1920+.

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