Tiny Metal 2 is in development at AREA35, delayed from within 2026 to spring 2027 for quality improvements. A playable build was shown at Tokyo Game Show 2026, and an anime adaptation is in progress.
Tiny Metal 2 is the third entry in AREA35's strategy series, following Tiny Metal in 2017 and Tiny Metal: Full Metal Empire in 2019. The sequel was delayed from within 2026 to spring 2027 for quality improvements, a change announced around the studio's BitSummit PUNCH showing in Kyoto, where it appeared alongside Project Blitz and Felicity's Door. Representative and creator Hiroaki Yura has tied the series to anti-war themes and to reviving classic game genres.
The game showed up playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Naval units including battleships and submarines widen the tactics, all modes support co-op, and SAFEHOUSE handled the refined graphics. New character Lysandra, a shop clerk designed by Yusuke Kozaki, is not a playable unit. Michael Chu, a former Blizzard writer, wrote the story, and a writer credited on Ace Attorney titles handled script localization.
The throughline across the three stories is scale and scope. Yura described the team as about 200 people in October 2026, up from roughly 13 years earlier, while the Tokyo Game Show 2026 report put the team at just under 30 people. The project started because Yura loves Nintendo's Famicom Wars and decided to make a strategy game himself when no remake appeared. An anime adaptation is in progress through contacts including CG director Hiroyasu Kobayashi, and the original TINY METAL removed unit congestion, added flanking attacks, and uses visibility rules where enemies cannot be attacked unless spotted and radar reveals them.
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Oct 5
Hiroaki Yura, the representative and creator of studio AREA35, discussed TINY METAL 2 at Tokyo Game Show 2026 in an interview at the studio's booth. Yura said the project began because he loves Nintendo's Famicom Wars and decided to make a strategy game himself when no remake appeared. The sequel follows the original TINY METAL, which he said removed unit congestion and added flanking attacks, plus visibility rules where enemies cannot be attacked unless spotted and radar reveals them. Development is ongoing, and Yura described the team as about 200 people, up from roughly 13 years ago. New character Lysandra is a shop clerk designed by Yusuke Kozaki, not a playable unit. Former Blizzard writer Michael Chu wrote the story, with script localization handled by a writer credited on Ace Attorney titles. An anime adaptation is in progress through contacts including CG director Hiroyasu Kobayashi.
Sep 19
AREA35 is showing a playable build of Tiny Metal 2 at Tokyo Game Show 2026, the third entry after Tiny Metal in 2017 and Tiny Metal: Full Metal Empire in 2019. Producer Hiroaki Yura said the team now numbers just under 30 people, naval units like battleships and submarines widen the tactics, all modes support co-op, and SAFEHOUSE handled the refined graphics.
Jun 9
Area 35 exhibited playable demos of Tiny Metal 2, Project Blitz, and Felicity's Door at BitSummit PUNCH in Kyoto. Tiny Metal 2 was delayed from within 2026 to spring 2027 for quality improvements. Representative Hiroaki Yura discussed the anti-war themes behind the Tiny Metal series and the studio's focus on reviving classic game genres.