{"id":46183,"date":"2025-03-27T15:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T06:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46183"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T06:46:57","slug":"despite-being-double-the-price-of-its-predecessor-japanese-mecha-roguelite-metal-bringer-is-selling-much-faster-largely-thanks-to-us-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/despite-being-double-the-price-of-its-predecessor-japanese-mecha-roguelite-metal-bringer-is-selling-much-faster-largely-thanks-to-us-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite being double the price of its predecessor, Japanese mecha roguelite Metal Bringer is selling much faster, largely thanks to US players\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to PLAYISM, the indie roguelite mech game <strong>Metal Bringer<\/strong> has seen strong sales since its launch on March 12, 2025. So strong, in fact, that it has surpassed cumulative sales of its predecessor title Samurai Bringer by a large margin. This comes as a big relief and pleasant surprise given that Metal Bringer\u2019s price is twice that of the first Bringer title.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Disclosure: The game publisher PLAYISM is part of Active Gaming Media Inc., the owner of this website.<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/video.fastly.steamstatic.com\/store_trailers\/257100278\/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1740107394\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Metal Bringer is a roguelite action-adventure game available for the PC (Steam) and PS5. It takes you to a retro-style science fiction world where you build and control android soldiers, customize mechs and battle it out horde-style.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed by Japanese indie developer Alphawing, Metal Bringer is the successor to 2022\u2019s Samurai Bringer. As the new entry in the series takes graphics and game mechanics to the next level while incorporating more content than before, it is appropriately listed for $19.99, which happens to be double that of Samurai Bringer\u2019s price.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While you\u2019d expect this steep increase in price between the two releases to impact Metal Bringers\u2019s performance \u2013 especially in terms of number of units sold, it turns out this is not the case at all. PLAYISM told me in an internal meeting that the game is not only selling smoothly, but at an even faster pace than its predecessor. At the time of writing, Metal Bringer is \u201cVery Positive\u201d on Steam, with 88% of 560+ reviews being positive. So in terms of critical reception, it\u2019s doing just as well or even slightly better than Samurai Bringer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1351\" height=\"752\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1351px) 100vw, 1351px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250327-46183-002JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Metal Bringer\" class=\"wp-image-46188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250327-46183-002JPG.jpg 1351w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250327-46183-002JPG-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250327-46183-002JPG-768x427.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As for what people like about it \u2013 reviewers praise Alphawing\u2019s high-quality voxel-style graphics, as well as the new hybrid blend of hack-and-slash, roguelite and mecha customization mechanics. Interestingly, PLAYISM told me that nearly 80% of sales come from outside of Japan, with US players contributing to sales the most. There\u2019s been a vague idea in the Japanese industry that mecha games don\u2019t sell in the West, but based on recent hits in the genre \u2013 I think we can agree that\u2019s a thing of the past now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I asked PLAYISM why they think Metal Bringer is selling so well despite being double the price of Samurai Bringer, and they told me that they\u2019ve recently started to worry that the first game\u2019s price might have been set too low to begin with.&nbsp; The price at the time was decided on with the idea of making the game easy to pick up for those seeking a casual experience, but it seems Metal Bringer\u2019s steeper price is not a hurdle for players either.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"748\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1345px) 100vw, 1345px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250327-46183-001JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Metal Bringer\" class=\"wp-image-46189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250327-46183-001JPG.jpg 1345w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250327-46183-001JPG-380x211.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250327-46183-001JPG-768x427.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Metal Bringer is out now for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2334170\/Metal_Bringer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10012448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5<\/a> for $19.99.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While you\u2019d expect a steep increase in price between two games in a series to impact sales &#8211; this was not the case for Metal Bringers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-46183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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