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Is Metal Heads worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Groups of friends who want local or online party matches for up to 8 players
- Platform-game fans who want short challenges across varied mini-game formats
- Solo players who want to practice party-game challenges without assembling a group
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a long-form campaign rather than a collection of mini-games and board-game rounds
- People who prefer predictable, low-variance matches over customizable rules, hazards, traps, and boss battles
- Players looking for a finished library larger than the 20 mini-games currently available
Our take on Metal Heads
The page gives substantial space to planned additions such as more than 50 mini-games, new maps, customization, and a board-game creator. The currently available scope is narrower: 20 mini-games, while several highlighted expansions remain future plans.
What is Metal Heads?
Metal Heads is a multiplayer party game built around 20 currently available mini-games inspired by older 3D platformers.
Modes include running, jumping, dodging, memory challenges, alternate formats, survival, and chaos variants. Up to 8 players can compete locally or online, including couch-versus-couch play, while solo play is also available. Its board-game mode uses a movement wheel, manually controlled routes, collectibles, shortcuts, shops, traps, and customizable rules. The winner can enter a one-versus-all boss battle, controlling a boss against the other players. The game includes original metal music, with separate tracks for each mini-game and additional mode variations. The developer has stated plans for more mini-games, maps, customization, and a board-game creator.
How Metal Heads plays
- 01Eight-player matches
- Local, online, and couch-versus-couch formats support up to 8 participants.
- 02Twenty mini-games
- Current challenges include platforming actions, hazards, and memory-based survival.
- 03Custom board rules
- Players can alter board-game settings and use shops, collectibles, shortcuts, traps, and obstacles.
- 04Winner boss battle
- The board-game victor controls a boss in a one-versus-all fight against the remaining players.
- 05Original metal soundtrack
- Andy Gillion created music for the mini-games, including extended tracks for alternate, survival, and chaos modes.
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Metal Heads: platforms & release
Is Metal Heads worth it?
It is worth it if: groups of friends who want local or online party matches for up to 8 players. Skip it if: players seeking a long-form campaign rather than a collection of mini-games and board-game rounds.
Where can I download Metal Heads?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Metal Heads's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Metal Heads on?
Windows only.
