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MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury cover art

MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury

Loser/s · OTAKU Plan · 2021-09-17

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

5029 AD, "Guillotine", the Japanese territory on Mercury, a city full of neon signs and drunks. You will explore the beautiful cyberpunk-style 2D world, play music to the residents of Mercury to gather intelligence, and finally achieve the goal of saving the world.

MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2021, priced at $9.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 909 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
95%
positive of 909 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
−50% · $9.99
was $19.99
steam price (US) · on sale

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (155 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 909 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2023-08-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15115120212026Week of 2021-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992021-09-172026-09-292021-09-17 — best price $17.992021-11-08 — best price $15.992021-11-24 — best price $15.992021-12-22 — best price $15.992022-01-27 — best price $13.992022-02-21 — best price $15.992022-04-28 — best price $15.992022-08-01 — best price $13.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-01-28 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-07 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-08-21 — best price $19.992023-10-09 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-19 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-06 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-12 — best price $19.992024-10-07 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-04 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-05 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-18 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-10 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-23 — best price $19.992026-03-29 — best price $19.992026-05-07 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-17 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

CuteJRPGAnimeIndieNudityPuzzleColorfulCyberpunkLore-RichStory Rich

Census log

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

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