IRONCLAD
A Steampunk RTS
Raise a factory in the Copper Basin, pump metal and coal from the ore ponds, and send steam-powered robots and armour across the sand. You win when their factory falls.
Fifteen minutes on the clock
Every match runs on one timer. Ore ponds pay more as it ticks, so the fight for extractors gets fiercer the longer it goes.
Claim the ponds
You start with a factory and one Construction Bot. Build extractors on the ore ponds before the enemy does.
TIER 1 · 2 metal + 4 coal/s
Build the war machine
The factory runs two assembly bays at once. Queue ten units, set a rally point and send them out.
TIER 2 · extractors pay more
Push the line
Drag formations across the dunes, guard your extractors with turrets and salvage the wrecks for scrap.
TIER 3 · peak income
Sudden death
A flat resource bonus pours in for both sides. Break through the flak towers and bring their factory down.
FACTORY · 5000 HP
Pick eight, take them to war
Choose a loadout of eight units before each match. Every machine has its own walk cycle, weapon and destruction animation.
Robots
- Construction Bot3.5 m/s
Builds extractors and turrets, and reclaims wrecks.
- SMG Bot4.5 m/s
Fast, cheap rapid-fire infantry. Upgrades to a dual-gun Level 2.
- RifleClad52.5 m range
Long-range marksman that picks targets off from behind the line.
- RocketBot32 m range
Rocket pods with splash damage for breaking up groups.
Vehicles
- B-4 Tank10.5 m blast
HE shells that airburst over the target. Slow, heavy and hard to stop.
- Constructor B-42× build
Tracked builder that works at double speed and boosts nearby bots.
- Scrap Truck10 m/s
Crane-armed salvager that grinds battlefield wrecks back into resources.
Buildings
- Factory2 bays
Your home base. Glass-roofed assembly hall with twin flak towers. Lose it and you lose the match.
- Extractor3 tiers
Sits on an ore pond and pays metal and coal only while it stands.
- Minigun Turret30 m
Shreds infantry. Must be built near your factory or an extractor.
- Magma Gunarea
Lobs molten slag that splashes even on a miss.
- Upgrade LabIN TESTING
Robots walk in, the arms weld on new guns and armour, and they walk out a level higher.
IronClad is in alpha. Stats can change between builds as we balance the game.
Straight from the game
Every shot here is in-engine footage from the official trailer. Click one to see it full size.
The official trailer
One minute of factories, robots, tank fire and a base going down. New videos land on the IronClad RTS channel first.
Shorts
Follow the build
IronClad is being made right now. Multiplayer is coming soon. Join the Discord to see new units first and tell us what to build next.