62/100
Players2 ratings: 53/100
Critics3 reviews

Where to get it

Nintendo eShop

2015 · Shooter · Third-person shooter

IronFall: Invasion

Nintendo exclusive

An original third person shooter for the 3DS eShop from VD-Dev, developers behind open world title C.O.P.: The Recruit on the DS.

Released: 12 February 2015
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Genres: Shooter Third-person shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: France
Age ratings: ESRB T PEGI 12 CERO B
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain)

About

IRONFALL Invasion is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by VD-dev for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was released in Europe and Australia on February 13, 2015 and in North America on February 26, 2015. It was primarily developed in assembly language. The game was VD-dev's first original work, having primarily worked on licensed titles as well as games for Ubisoft and Atari in the past. A Nintendo Switch version was released on November 28th, 2024.

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Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Development

Details on IRONFALL Invasion were first shared on October 17, 2013 by Nintendo Everything. The game was shown as a tech demo on November 4, 2013.

On January 14, 2015, the game was revealed during a Nintendo Direct presentation and was confirmed to be out February 2015 as a free-to-start title for all Nintendo 3DS users, with enhanced support for the New Nintendo 3DS console. The free-to-start version allows players limited access to the multiplayer campaign, whilst only making the first map in the single-player campaign playable until a certain point. The game gives the player the choice to purchase the full version of each campaign independently, or both campaigns collectively.

Reception

Overall, IRONFALL Invasion received average reviews by critics, with an aggregate Metacritic score of 48/100.

In late March 2015, VD-dev announced that the game had been downloaded 300,000 times. Marcel van Duyn of Nintendo Life praised the gameplay and impressive graphics, though they were disappointed by the lack of innovation in the game.