Released Aug 6, 2026 $19.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

By Nick Nieuwoudt

Military Simulation Realistic 3D War Alternate History Indie Immersive Sim ActionFirst-PersonTacticalAtmospheric

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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator is a game tagged Military, Simulation and Realistic by Nick Nieuwoudt, released Aug 6, 2026. It has 14,761 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Armored Train Warfare, Steel Fall: Field Artillery Simulator and Operation Anatolia: The Great Offensive.

IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?

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Everything Steam lists for IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID2950790

Release dateAug 6, 2026

Last change number40085947

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Nick Nieuwoudt, Dominik Latos
Publisher: Nick Nieuwoudt, Dominik Latos
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Franchise: IRON NEST
Technologies: Unity detected
Metacritic: 90
Website: linktr.ee/IRONNEST

Windows

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerPlayStation controllersFull controller supportXbox controllersPlayStation controller BluetoothSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$19.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked15 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
26106399	testing	Oct 21, 2026
25664742	public	Oct 21, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
2950791	—	All	3.35 GB	1.43 GB	7772991095762213066

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25664742	Oct 21, 2026	Open
testing Playtesting upcoming patch	26106399	Oct 21, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Iron Nest Heavy Turret Simulator

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Iron Nest Heavy Turret Simulator.exe		Windows

Space per player195.3 KB

Filesup to 50

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	Iron Nest/Iron Nest_ Heavy Turret Simulator/Live	*.dat	All

Achievements

Achievements330 hidden

Most unlocked92.9%Just Calibrating

Rarest0.1%Night's Precision

Just Calibrating Land the Calibration Fire. 92.9%
Honour Salute Deliver Fire and Light. 85.3%
Marksman's Honour Earn gold on all medals in "Fire and Light." 83.5%
For Their Own Good Enforce the Liberation. 75.2%
Duty Fulfilled Earn gold on all medals in "Calibration Fire." 70.3%
First Reply Silence the Counter-Battery. 59.5%
All Clear Intercept the Iron Road. 47%
Breakout Break the Siege of Cartagena. 34%
Cold Start Survive the Gorge. 30%
Flying False Colours Strike the Rock of Gibraltar. 27.9%
Steady Hands Trust Dead Reckoning. 24.8%
The Gun Answers Answer Fire on Call. 21.2%
Beachhead Denied Turn the High Tide. 15%
Nothing Was There Endure Blind Fire. 13.9%
Mirror Image Hunt the Phantom Battery. 11.3%
In the Dark Reap the Final Harvest. 9.5%
A City Silent A city wiped from the map. 8.1%
A City in Celebration A city that comes out to meet you. 6.2%

All 33 achievements

A City Subdued A city that kneels, and calls it peace. 5%
The Road Not Taken A city spared, and a road no one else will ever walk. 3.7%
Pride of Castile Earn gold on all medals in "White Shells." 1.5%
Distinguished Conduct Earn gold on all medals in "Counter-Battery." 1.2%
Coastal Defence Medal Earn gold on all medals in "High Tide." 1.2%
Valour Under Fire Earn gold on all medals in "The Gorge." 1.2%
Exemplary Service Earn gold on all medals in "Liberation." 0.9%
Order of Merit Earn gold on all medals in "Rock of Gibraltar." 0.8%
Iron Discipline Earn gold on all medals in "Fire on Call." 0.6%
Naval Commendation Earn gold on all medals in "Siege of Cartagena." 0.4%
Crowned in Brass Earn gold on all medals in "Iron Road." 0.3%
Unshaken Earn gold on all medals in "Blind Fire." 0.3%
Quiet Precision Earn gold on all medals in "Dead Reckoning." 0.1%
Master Gunner Earn gold on all medals in "Phantom Battery." 0.1%
Night's Precision Earn gold on all medals in "Final Harvest." 0.1%