Power your plan.
Your plants turn operators into the energy that fuels your next move.
TRANSMISSION 001 / KICKSTARTER INCOMING
CONSTRUCT
CARNAGE.
Your Power Plants. Your bots. Your big, terrible plan.
A tactical tabletop card battler for 2–4 players.
// YOUR OPENING MOVE
POWER PLANT → BOT → TITANBuild the engine. Unleash the army.
2–4PLAYERS AT THE TABLE
Two pathsTO VICTORY
One boxA WHOLE BATTLEFIELD
Small bots. Big decisions.
Every card is
part of your engine.
Build around your Power Plants. Put the right bots in the right positions. Then attach a pilot, spring a utility, or send in a towering Titan.
Metal Melee brings an expandable card game to game night, with Quickplay for getting straight into the action and Grid Draft for players who love building their own strategy.
Meet your next army →FIELD MANUAL / 01
THIS IS YOUR
BATTLEFIELD.
Six Bot slots. One Titan. Plenty of ways to make your opponent regret their last turn.
Build a front line.
Melee up front. Ranged behind. A Titan at your side. Every slot matters.
Claim the wreckage.
Destroy enemy units. Collect their Circuit Cores. Keep the pressure on.
More than one winning move
Overwhelm the field.
Or outplay the race.
Build a complete army or collect the Circuit Cores you need. Take either path to claim victory.
6 + 1
Six Bots and a Titan.
A battlefield under your control.
12 coresThe target in a two-player game.
Nine with three or four players.
Upcoming release / Steam
The melee is going digital.
Metal Melee is coming to Steam as a free-to-play digital card battler. Challenge the Plant Warden, learn through guided tutorials, and build your strategy.
Discover the Steam edition ↗Metal Melee Digital Edition
Free to play. Coming to Steam.
Release details coming soon. The core game will be free to play, with Kaiju Rising available as an optional paid expansion.
Kaiju Rising expansion
THE TITANS
HAVE A PROBLEM.
The battle doesn’t end with Titans. Kaiju bring another threat to the field—and another reason to make every Circuit Core count.
Kaiju Rising ExpansionBefore you join the melee
A few things to know.
Will any of the final product contain AI assets?
No. One reason that Metal Melee has been in production for over three years before the Kickstarter campaign even begins is to maintain this standard of employing human artists to create all 280+ unique card designs and game assets. Each artist is individually credited on the corresponding cards.
What is Metal Melee?
A physical, expandable card game for 2–4 players, built around Power Plants, Bots, Titans, Pilots, and Utilities.
Do I need to build a deck before I play?
Start with Quickplay to jump into a shared-deck battle. Grid Draft lets the table draft personal decks before the match.
When can I back it?
Join the launch list for the announcement, or follow the project on Kickstarter. Final campaign dates and offers will be announced there.
Where can I ask a rules question?
Visit the rules page, send us a message, or join the community on Discord.
Be there for the first turn
READY TO
MAKE SOME SCRAP?
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