Metallic Child

The player controls Rona, a female android known as a Metallic Child, who must stop a rebellion onboard a spaceship. To stop the spaceship from crashing, she must defeat the other similar robots of her line.

Metallic Child is a hack and slash video game where the player can attack enemy robots, pick them up, and throw them. The player can find Cores, sometimes by defeating enemies, which can give positive effects or negative effects, such as slowing down the player.^[3]

Metallic Child has received praise for its smooth controls and good visuals, along with criticism for its repetitive gameplay, which earned it an aggregate score of 73% from Metacritic.^[4] Stuart Gipp of Nintendo Life considers it a spiritual successor to Mega Man and Mighty No. 9.^[3] Shaun Musgrave of TouchArcade criticizes the repetitive nature of this game while praising the other aspects.^[6] Aaron Rodriguez of MeriStation praises the unique core mechanic of this game.^[7]

This game has received the Best PC & Console made with Unity awards for 2019 and Official Selection for BitSummit 7.^[8]