The canonical product for IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator is Steam AppID 2950790. Check that number before trusting a Store page, announcement, achievement list, or community thread. The separately installed Demo uses AppID 4300500, and a Playtest/Beta relation uses 4300490; neither should replace the base-game identity in a public 1.0 guide.
Base-game destinations
- Steam Store — AppID 2950790 is the authority for product type, release state, platforms, system requirements, supported features, developers, and publishers.
- Steam Community hub contains announcements, discussions, screenshots, and guides scoped to the base game.
- Official announcements are the maintenance source for public patches. At this check, the latest is PATCH 1.0 (1558), dated 2026-08-08.
- Official Steam achievements exposes the 33 public achievement names and descriptions used by the mission and medal indexes.
Bookmark the Store and announcements rather than a search result. Search engines can surface June Demo pages or cached pre-release copy above August base-game information.
Developer FAQ and official web gateway
The developer FAQ is the strongest checked source for the manual firing loop, Campaign and Challenge boundaries, estimated play time, current single-player status, future multiplayer direction, Workshop consideration, and platform plans. Roadmap language is not a release date; read the exact current wording before stating that a feature shipped.
The Store currently lists the project’s official Linktree gateway as its website. That gateway may add, remove, or reorder social destinations. Treat a destination reached from the current gateway as official for that visit, but do not hard-code an invite code or account handle here when the gateway can maintain it more accurately.
Related products without identity confusion
The IRON NEST Demo Store page belongs to AppID 4300500. It can be useful for evaluating the control concept, but its missions, balance, availability, and historical patch notes are not proof about base-game public version 1.0.
AppID 4300490 appears as a Playtest/Beta relation in third-party catalog data. Because that is not the canonical public Store product, this wiki does not use it for player-facing facts. Testing-branch BuildIDs also do not prove a patch reached ordinary owners.
No DLC is listed in the base game’s checked Store data. A roadmap mention of an expansion or separate future co-op title is not a purchasable DLC entry and must not be given an invented AppID.
Where to ask and how to report
Search the base-game Discussions before opening a duplicate question. Include the operation or station, public patch title, Windows version, input device, and a short reproduction sequence. For a crash, include what happened immediately before it and whether Steam file verification changed the result. Do not publicly upload personal save data or logs before checking their contents.
Community guides can be valuable observations, especially when several current 1.0 players reproduce the same procedure. They remain secondary to the live game and official patch notes. Note a guide’s update date and whether it was written for the Demo.
Link safety checks
Before downloading a tool or joining an external service, confirm it is actually referenced by the current official gateway or Steam hub. A fan-made targeting calculator can be convenient without being an official executable. Review source and permissions; never provide Steam credentials to a calculator or guide mirror.
Discord account linking mentioned in PATCH 1.0 (1558) generates a service-link code. It is not a redemption or promotional code. There is no evidence-backed reason to create a Codes navigation section for this game.
Quick identity test
An authoritative base-game citation should normally answer four questions: Does it name IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator? Does it resolve to AppID 2950790 or the current Store-listed official website? Does it describe the public base game rather than Demo/Playtest? Is its date and version appropriate for the claim?
If any answer is unclear, label the source as community or related-product evidence and seek confirmation before changing a guide.