Iron Harvest
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) for Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC, set in the alternate reality of 1920+.
What it feels like
The post-WWI industrial wasteland of unexploded ordnance and mechanical warfare carries an unflinching dark tone.
What it's about
Set in an alternate 1920s timeline where WWI's industrial legacy persists, defining the aesthetic and historical context. The 1920+ alternate-history setting with industrial war machinery, steam technology, and post-WWI technology embodies dieselpunk imagery. Warfare, armed forces, and military operations are the entire setting and gameplay focus in a post-WWI world.
How it plays
Real-time strategy commanding armies and economies is the core system, explicitly marketed as 'A classic real-time strategy game.' RTS core loop includes constructing and expanding bases to support military operations, reflected in user tags 'Base-Building.' User tags and steampunk setting suggest mechanical walkers and alternate-history vehicles central to combat; 'Mechs' tag indicates this.
How it looks and sounds
An alternate-history 1920s of heavy machinery, concrete bunkers, and industrial war suggests brutalist architecture and design. Steam user reviews and the Iron Harvest theme emphasize worn, grimy industrial textures of post-war industrial landscapes.
How it's structured
An epic single-player campaign with a beginning and end provides the narrative structure alongside multiplayer modes. Multiplayer PvP is a primary mode alongside campaign, with cross-platform competitive play highlighted in features. Online co-op is explicitly supported alongside single-player and PvP, enabling cooperative campaign play.
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