Smelter

About

Smelter mixes real-time strategy with 2D platforming in a pixelated 16-bit inspired world. You play as Eve, joined by a brash armored ally, navigating shifting terrain to expand bases, fight waves of enemies, and solve environmental puzzles. The game switches between managing Smelter’s fortifications and direct platforming action, where elemental abilities let you cross hazards and battle bosses. Each of the three domains offers distinct visuals, enemy types, and story beats as you search for a missing companion. The hand-drawn pixel art stands out with expressive details and vibrant colors. Three elemental skill trees alter movement, combat, and puzzle-solving approaches, encouraging replayability. Community feedback highlights the game’s challenging but fair difficulty curve and nostalgia-driven design. Metacritic aggregates a 7.5 out of 10, while Steam users report 82% positive reviews. The blend of base building and precise platforming appeals to fans of old-school action-strategy hybrids.

Storyline

After the destruction of the Garden, Eve finds herself in an unfamiliar world and her beloved Adam is nowhere to be found. On her search for Adam, she encounters Smelter, an unusually over-confident, winged creature with the powerful ability to “Flootipoo” with others, giving them incredible powers. Offering his apparently “invaluable” assistance, Smelter flootipoos with Eve and they depart on a journey to the treacherous Rumbly Lands to expand Smelter’s territory, allowing them to reach further into the various domains to find out what happened to her Adam, hoping to find him in one piece and find a way back home.