★ 10/12

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

A dieselpunk simulator of a heavy artillery gun: you get coordinates from HQ, calculate range and azimuth by hand on a paper map, load shells, aim the turret, and fire; a single…

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Geo Dominik Latos: Poland [fact]; Nick Nieuwoudt: location not confirmed [unverified] (a possible, unconfirmed link to Steamboat Springs CO / Costa Rica [rumor]); the audience is global (Steam, English-speaking)

Founders Nick "Talmers" Nieuwoudt (development, x.com/Zagoalie) [fact] · Dominik "Scream_Wattson" Latos (marketing/community, Poland, freelance at Spiky Solutions) [fact]

Domains ironnest-game.com

Score demand 3 · ease 1 · ICP 2 · monetization 2 · freshness 2

Growth tactics (teaser)

The demo was deliberately not taken down after Steam Next Fest (June 2026): it stayed live for 5+ weeks until release as a continuous wishlist engine
A community screenshot contest during the fest → the 3 winning screenshots hang permanently in the game's official Steam gallery
Personal email pitches to the press from the developers themselves (not a templated mass mailing) led to a Kotaku article at the height of the fest
The launch discount was raised from the planned 20% to 25% as a public gesture of thanks to the community, not by the marketing spreadsheet

🔒 Full dossier

Launch timeline, metrics, the growth mechanics taken apart and checkable sources — sent to your email after payment, as a .md attachment. The dossier itself is written in Russian; this page and the catalog are the English part.

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