Summary
Metal Eden, a new sci-fi first-person shooter from the team behind 2017’sRuiner, will be released on June 12, 2025. Part of PlayStation’s recent State of Play, the reveal ofMetal Edencame alongside tons of other exciting game announcements, likeLies of P’s Overture DLC,Borderlands 4’s release date,Days Gone Remastered, and Housemarque’s new IPSaros.
The studio developingMetal Eden, Reikon Games, was previously responsible for 2017’s hit cyberpunk-themed isometric twin-stick shooterRuiner. Despite the praise for its debut game, it’s been a bit of a roller coaster for Reikon Games sinceRuiner’s release eight years ago. Early in 2024, the Polish studio let go of around 60 people, which amounted to roughly 80% of its staff. In a more positive turn this past August, Reikon announced thatRuinerwould be adapted into a feature film by Universal Pictures,led by director Wes Balland producer David Leitch.
It seems Reikon Games is sticking with its futuristic sci-fi aesthetic for its next game,Metal Eden,which was revealed duringPlayStation’s February 2025 State of Play. The high-octane minute-long gameplay trailer showcased the game’s flashy visuals, as well as its smooth FPS gunplay.Metal Eden’s thrilling trailer came complete with a release date at the end of it, stamping the game with a May 6 launch. While it made its debut at a PlayStation event,Metal Edenis also confirmed to be coming to Xbox Series X/S and PC.
Metal Eden Release Date
It’s quite uncommon that a game gets a release date so soon after its initial reveal, though it may make sense in this case, considering it’s been eight years since Reikon’s previous game. Releasing less than two weeks afterMetal EdenisBethesda’sDoom: The Dark Ages, which is one of 2025’s biggest and most highly anticipated titles. Because of this, there’s the potential forMetal Edento be overshadowed a bit by fellow FPSDoom: The Dark Ages, though the differences in both these games' settings and visuals could be enough to set them apart.Metal Edenhitting shelves just nine days beforeDoomcould also give the game just a big enough window to find some success. WhetherMetal Edenholds its ground on May 6 or pushes deeper into the summer to avoidDoomwill remain to be seen.
With over two months to go until May 6, Reikon Games may have more to show ofMetal Edenin the lead-up to its release.Fans of first-person shootersand Reikon Games should stay tuned to Reikon’s social media for any new info aboutMetal Edenover the coming weeks and months.
Metal Eden
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METAL EDEN is an adrenaline-rush sci-fi FPS. The advanced HYPER UNIT ASKA is sent on a suicide mission to rescue the citizens’ CORES from the vast monolithic city MOEBIUS once a hopeful new home for humanity now turned into a deadly trap. Blast your way through the INTERNAL DEFENCE CORPS in cybernetic warfare, confront the ENGINEERS and uncover the mysteries of the project EDEN.CYBERNETIC WARFAREDive into cybernetic warfare against the machine forces that protect the secrets of an artificial world. Fight a diverse roster of tough, agile mecha troops and elemental forces. Extract energy cores and destroy the INTERNAL DEFENCE CORPS shields to gain a battle zone advantage. Develop your arsenal and combat capabilities to become an unstoppable HYPER UNIT.HYPER UNIT ASKAYou are a HYPER UNIT - an advanced battle android. Built to protect. Specialized in recon missions. Powered by a PHANTOM CORE. Dash, grapple and wall-run through the INTERNAL DEFENCE CORPS using enhanced parkour skills. Harness your superior agility and acrobatic combat prowess in pulse-pounding encounters. Transform into an ARMORED RAMBALL to charge into action and take on new and deadly machine foes. Control the air and dominate the battle with your gravity hooks and jetpack.PARADISE LOSTMOEBIUS – a vast monolithic city high above the planet’s surface protecting the mysterious HIVE TOWER. Run by mysterious ENGINEERS, once a hopeful new home for humanity has turned into a deadly trap.Explore the brutalist and monolithic environments of the derelict orbital city and the mysterious world below, VULCAN. As HYPER UNIT ASKA, engage in the ongoing conflict over the consciousness of a lost human colony stored within reinforced storage units.
