Fit check
Is Smelter worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want both side-scrolling combat and top-down strategy in one game
- Fans of 16-bit-inspired action-platformers who want upgradeable abilities
- Players who enjoy territory expansion alongside secrets, trial levels, and boss battles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a single, consistent genre rather than a combination of platforming and top-down strategy
- Players who prefer simple progression without territory expansion, multiple skill sets, and more than one gameplay mode
- Players looking specifically for an open-universe RPG or a dedicated base-defense game
Our take on Smelter
Its defining structure is the shift between direct side-scrolling action and top-down territory strategy, with each mode assigning expansion and combat responsibilities differently.
What is Smelter?
Smelter combines 2D action-platforming with top-down strategy across the Rumbly Lands.
Classic Mode uses strategy levels where territory expands through buildings, upgrades, and units, while Action Mode focuses on side-scrolling combat and leaves minions to annex locations and handle strategy and base building. Eve and Smelter can develop three skill sets with over 40 upgrades earned through multiple challenges. The Smelt ability works against enemies and objects, supporting movement through difficult terrain. The game includes secrets, hidden upgrades, trial levels, characters with varied personalities, boss encounters, and Boss Rush Mode with increasingly difficult challenges. Its story follows Eve as she searches for Adam in an unfamiliar world.
How Smelter plays
- 01Dual gameplay modes
- Classic Mode combines platforming with territory expansion, while Action Mode separates direct combat from minion-led annexation and base building.
- 02Territory expansion
- Strategy levels use buildings, upgrades, and units to extend Smelter’s territory across multiple regions.
- 03Skill progression
- Three skill sets contain over 40 upgrades earned through multiple challenges.
- 04Environmental Smelt ability
- The ability affects both enemies and objects, allowing navigation through difficult terrain.
- 05Boss Rush mode
- A separate mode presents bosses in a sequence of increasingly difficult challenges.
Smelter compared to similar games
Until We Die focuses on defending an underground subway base for about 30 game days, while Smelter combines side-scrolling platforming with territory expansion, buildings, upgrades, and units. Force of Nature combines exploration, resource gathering, mining, crafting, and management across more than 10 zones, whereas Smelter centers on action levels, strategic regions, skill upgrades, and boss encounters.
Smelter: platforms & release
Is Smelter worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want both side-scrolling combat and top-down strategy in one game. Skip it if: players seeking a single, consistent genre rather than a combination of platforming and top-down strategy.
Where can I download Smelter?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Smelter's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Smelter on?
Windows only.
