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M.E.R.C.

TinyMob Games · 2017-01-17

Steam

ActionIndieStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 17, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience non-stop, real-time tactical combat with a 4-person squad. Upgrade and recruit units, enhance special abilities, while acquiring better weapons and gear. Take your toughest recruits into action in single player or co-op multiplayer and save humanity from the suppressive Manta force.

63%
positive of 60 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (26 reviews).
  • · Top 50% of 24,413 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2017-03-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172025Week of 2017-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieActionStrategyTacticalCyberpunkMultiplayerEarly AccessStrategy RPGReal Time Tactics

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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