ITER-8

ITER-8

fluckyMachine · March 9, 2026 · Resource Management, Exploration, Combat, Roguelite, Puzzle

Buy ITER-8 from YUPLAY at $5.92 — the cheapest of 23 stores we compare.

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Mostly Positive74% · 1972playing now
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$5.92-41%
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Standard Edition · Steam
-41%
$7.64
$12.99
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GamersGate
Standard Edition · Steam
-40%
$7.73
$12.99
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Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
-30%
$9.09
$12.99
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2game
2game
Standard Edition · Steam
-30%
$9.09
$12.99
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Fanatical
Standard Edition · Steam
-11%
$11.58
$12.99
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GamesPlanet
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$11.69
$12.99
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WinGameStore
WinGameStore
Standard Edition · Steam
-5%
$12.34
$12.99
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GameBillet
GameBillet
Standard Edition · Steam
-5%
$12.34
$12.99
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AllYouPlay
AllYouPlay
Standard Edition · Ubisoft Connect
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Newegg
Standard Edition · Steam
$12.99
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Standard Edition · Steam
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Standard Edition · Steam
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YUPLAY
Standard Edition · Steam
-60%
$5.92
$14.75
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Loaded
Standard Edition · Steam
-50%
$6.59
$13.29
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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$6.66
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Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$7.39
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eTail.Market
Standard Edition · Steam
-16%
$10.93
$12.99
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Playsum
Playsum
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$11.69
$12.99
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JoyBuggy
JoyBuggy
Standard Edition · Steam
-1%
$12.86
$12.99
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ITER-8 price by region

ITER-8 costs £4.47 in the United Kingdom, €5.21 in Europe (EUR), $5.92 in the United States, CA$13.37 in Canada, A$17.79 in Australia, zł28.49 in Poland and R$38.47 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest ITER-8 offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £4.47 −50% £8.91 £4.47 4
Europe (EUR) €5.21 −41% €7.64 €5.21 21
United Statesyour region $5.92 −41% $7.64 $5.92 23
Canada CA$13.37 −11% CA$13.37 — 1
Australia A$17.79 −11% A$17.79 — 1
Poland zł28.49 — zł28.49 2
Brazil R$38.47 — R$38.47 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About ITER-8

✦ AI summary

ITER-8 is a vertical mining and tower defense game where you drill deep into alien pillars to extract resources while fending off waves of threats with guns and automated turrets. Upgrade your equipment and defenses to survive increasingly dangerous conditions, knowing that failure just means another disposable operator will take your place in the name of corporate profit.

Congratulations, Operator #8

You have been randomly selected for the ITER Corporation’s exciting vertical ventures department. Drill the pillars that encircle our homeworld, extract essential resources, and try not to get obliterated in the process. If you fail, don’t worry,  your replacement will be along shortly - probably with a better attitude.

> Mining 101

Crack open the Pillars like a big happy management-mandated breakroom piñata. Inside you’ll find valuable minerals and definitely no workplace hazards.

> Defend Company Property! (With Your Life, Please)

The Company needs you, your hand eye coordination, and your bullets. Take control of the gun tower and build automated turrets to fend off waves of potential threats on the surface.

> Upgrades, People! Upgrades!

ITER puts self-improvement first. Mine faster, shoot harder, or slap some duct tape on that gear in the name of “R&D.” Your career growth is in your hands (until they’re vaporised).

> End of Life Policy

We are grateful for your continued commitment to ITER. Your inevitable replacement will pick up where you left off and may even bring new skills… Remember, in space, no one can hear you scream - and to do so is a waste of valuable company time

ITER-8 — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

ITER-8 has players divided on both performance and gameplay depth. While some praise its addictive roguelike progression system, responsive controls, and great music, others report severe optimization issues ranging from stuttering to maxed-out GPU usage, and complain about limited upgrade variety, incomplete balancing (many upgrades feeling useless), UI clarity problems, and level design frustrations like invisible collision bugs. Players who enjoy it recommend picking it up, but those experiencing performance problems or seeking extensive endgame content should be cautious.

Not recommended Sep 4, 2026
Runs like absolute crap for no reason. For starters, why would you make a 2D game excessively 3D? Secondly, I don't think you've even bothered to try to optimize the game. The main menu somehow puts my GPU at 100%.
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Recommended Aug 11, 2026
So I've only played for 5 hours but so far I'm loving every minute of this game. I finally beat the game on the first difficulty. I think the replayability is fairly limited at this time because the meta upgrades is a fairly small list. I think 16 in total, and 4 of those are actually new character unlocks. Then add on top that it is dragged out because of the high resource cost. You'll need to play through the difficulties which reward higher amounts of resource or grind out the lower difficulty, which seems unlikely. The graphics are good. The music is great. The performance is great. Game plays at a locked 120fps on my main rig. No lag or stuttering. Controls are responsive. Overall, I would give this game 4.5 out of 5 stars. Deducting 0.5 point for lacking more variety in "biome." Now if there are My only gripe so far is in the form of a bug (most likely) which is that I could have had my first clear in probably an hour sooner, except the game kept crashing when I unlocked the final section of the tower and then the final boss spawns. I think what happened is that I glitched the game because the timer was up to spawn a new wave of enemies and I triggered the …
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Recommended Aug 25, 2026
In General, A Very Fun Game. There are a few niggling little peeves, like, not being able to see what you already have when given the choice of upgrades, or being "pixel-blocked" when trying to move quickly. Pros: * Easy to get into, after a slightly confusing start. * Very replayable, even after beating a column twice already. * Conrtols are okay, but could do with some tweaking ability. Cons: * Mentioned, a lack of info from the base. When choosing an upgrade, honestly, I can't remember what I've already built. Something like "Howitzer (2 built)" would be great. * Getting stuck on rubble from incompletely shattered blocks that looks like shadows. * The angle of the External sections sucks. Would love to be able to adjust it. * While I love being able to boost my way back to base, the punishment of losing speed because of a mistimed button is Annoying! Pro/Con depending on your viewpoint: * The Stuff is WAY too expensive for the amount of options. Both for Run-Upgrades and Game-Upgrades. As far as the Game-Upgrades, okay, fine, there are only 16 upgrades (PERIOD) and once they're done, you're done. I just with there were much more Orbs and Boxes to collect BESIDE…
Recommended Aug 13, 2026
satisfying
Recommended Aug 11, 2026
I like this way more then Domekeeper! When you die in game you make progression, and thats what I really like about it more options everytime, so the more you play the better you are gonna get! You earn points when mining and killing enemies, the pionts earned can be spened when you die. Just BUY IT and Thank me later! I bought this game on Fanatical.com and it was a great deal, it only was like $3.50 dollar
Not recommended Aug 10, 2026
ITER-8 is rollercoaster, you encounter one very good element and it's immediately ruined by another element that's clearly untested, buggy, and incomplete. Things like many of the light beam puzzles having a handful of pieces relevant to the solution and 100 red herrings, most of the defensive structures being worthless because they can't hit flying targets while the huge mech spider enemies (plus the latter 2 bosses) are counted as "flying" due to how tall they are, a handful of upgrades being game-changers while most are universally worthless... The dev appears to have bailed after a couple weeks so don't expect things to improve.

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