Beginner Guide
Learn the basic operator workflow, controls, tactical map, firing process and the systems you need before your first serious mission.
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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
Operate a colossal dieselpunk artillery fortress where every lever, shell, map measurement and firing solution is under your control. Learn the systems, missions and calculations needed to make every shot count.
Released Aug 6, 202698% Positive on Steam30 Ammo Types & Abilities100+ Medals33 Steam Achievements
What is IRON NEST?
What is IRON NEST?
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator is a first-person dieselpunk heavy-artillery simulator set in alternate-history 1920s Spain. You operate a colossal war machine, receive battlefield intelligence, measure targets on a tactical map and manually prepare devastating artillery fire.
The core loop combines tactile machine operation with tactical problem-solving. Players choose ammunition, calculate firing data, operate massive mechanisms, interpret reconnaissance and progress through story missions and replayable challenges.
- Developer
- Nick Nieuwoudt & Dominik Latos
- Platform
- PC — Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store
- Genre
- First-Person Heavy-Artillery Simulation
- User Reviews
- 98% Positive
- Ammo & Abilities
- 30
- Medals
- 100+
- Steam Achievements
- 33
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Your IRON NEST Journey
Firing & Ballistics
Learn how to turn target information into firing solutions using range, bearing, powder charges, elevation and the ballistic calculator.
Missions & Objectives
Follow mission walkthroughs, locate objectives, understand briefings and solve the campaign situations that most often stop new Operators.
Shell Types & Requisition
Understand ammunition roles, unlockable abilities and how to choose the right shell and battlefield support for each tactical problem.
Ready to Master IRON NEST?
From plotting your first target to mastering firing solutions, mission objectives and specialized ammunition, use our field manual to become a more effective Operator.