Tiny Metal 2 Brings Naval Units and Co-op Play to Tokyo Game Show 2026
The sequel's co-op focus and the expanded Tiny Metal anime push show AREA35 treating the series as a property to grow across games and other media rather than a single-title release.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
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.
The build on the Tokyo Game Show 2026 floor adds battleships and submarines to the unit roster, which the team says widens the range of tactics. Co-op runs through every game mode, not a side mode. Producer Hiroaki Yura said he wants two kids to come home from school and play together, and calls couch co-op extremely important, citing the loss of that kind of shared play during COVID. He also said he enjoys controlling two commanders alone, a play style he traces to Famicom Wars DS.
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