Burning Metal vs Machinal Instinct
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Burning Metal
Engage in intense 3D combat car battles with players worldwide. Customize your vehicles, utilize unique skills, and compete in various arcade modes across epic battlegrounds. Experience speed, pursuit, and firepower in this multiplayer online competition.
- 3D combat car battles
- Multiplayer online competition
- Vehicle customization
- Unique combat car skills
- Multiple arcade modes
- Global player server
- Ranked matches and leagues
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3D combat car refit and multiplayer online competition game. Featuring straightforward gameplay, stunning graphics and breathtaking battle scenes, the game provides intense combat car battles that immerses you in a world of speed, pursuit, collision, and firepower. The game gives players the chance to experience true speed and multiple well-designed combat cars, A variety of map styles. Up to 10 players can compete simultaneously, with leagues consisting of multiple players! •Players from around the world in a single server. Compete with gamers from different countries and regions. •Up to 10 players can do battle simultaneously. Various arcade modes available. •Simple gameplay offer an exciting gaming experience as well as the ability to hone your combat skills. •5 classes, various combat cars, and unique skills, forming the most powerful strategies. •Create your league, fight in ranked matches, earn worldwide glory. •Various epic battlegrounds, including a mysterious factory and isolated desert. •Stunning special effects, flying missiles amidst flying cannonballs bring you a taste of genuine warfare. We are dedicated to bringing you the best possible gaming experience!
Machinal Instinct
Engage in fast-paced mech battles in a global tournament where animal pilots command powerful machines. Customize your fighting style with various weapons and upgrade your mech with unlockable parts to climb the global leaderboard.
- Select from 6 mech pilots
- Customize melee and ranged weapons
- Win supply boxes for rewards
- Unlock and combine upgradable mech parts
- Battle in 3 different arenas
- Climb the global leaderboard
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Fight your way to the top of the food chain, and watch your enemies become the prey! Machinal Instinct is a fast-paced fighting game, set in a world where animals pilot powerful mechs to compete against each other in a worldwide tournament. Unleash your inner beast and reach the top of the global leaderboard! Features: * Select from 6 cute but fearless mech pilots!. * Customize your fighting style: ** 3 different types of melee weapons: ax, fist, or chain. ** 2 different types of ranged weapons: grenade or rocket. ** And more coming soon! * Win supply boxes and get rewards to pump up your mech. * Unlock and combine dozens of upgradable mech parts. * Play in 3 different astonishing battle arenas. * Fight, loot, upgrade and climb that leaderboard! Join more than 22 million players from all over the world who enjoy our games!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Machinal Instinct at 4.6 against Burning Metal's 2.4. Machinal Instinct also leads on review sentiment (51% vs 18%) and ratings volume (706 vs 16). Burning Metal's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Burning Metal sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Machinal Instinct sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Machinal Instinct holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Machinal Instinct has 706 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Burning Metal's written reviews are positive against 51% of Machinal Instinct's.
Burning Metal ships an update every 4 weeks, Machinal Instinct every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Burning Metal | Machinal Instinct |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (16 ratings) | 4.6 (706 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 51.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 706 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 572 MB | 337 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Yoojar World Technology Co., Ltd. | Pomelo Games |
Customer experience
Burning Metal
Machinal Instinct
Bugs and requests
Burning Metal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Machinal Instinct
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup
- Freezing at loading screens
- Matchmaking issues
- Inconsistent performance
Requested features
5 requests- Longer match duration
- Real-time multiplayer mode
- More character and weapon variety
- Customizable controls
- Additional game modes (e.g. endless, team battles)
In-app purchases
Burning Metal
- 60 gems$0.99
- 300 gems$4.99
- 10 days vip card$4.99
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- 680 gems$9.99
- 30 days vip card$9.99
- 1280 gems$19.99
- 3280 gems$49.99
- 6480 gems$99.99
Machinal Instinct
- Gems x80 pack$0.99
- Starter Pack$3.99
- Gems x500 pack$4.99
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- Starter Pack$5.99
- Starter Pack$7.99
- Gems x1,200 pack$9.99
- Gems x2,500 pack$19.99
- Gems x6,500 pack$49.99
- Gems x14,000 pack$99.99
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