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Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition

Tribute Games Inc. · 2014-03-25

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 01, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Feb 06, 2018 (Xbox One), 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Mar 25, 2014 (Mac), Mar 25, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Craft your arsenal to avenge your fallen comrades and save the world from the fearsome forces of CLAW!

Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (70% of 2447 reviews).

1
playing now
70%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run and gun video game developed and published by Tribute Games. It was funded by Kickstarter and released for Microsoft Windows on March 25, 2014, and for PlayStation 4 on April 1, 2014. Alongside the Mercenary Kings: Reloaded update, versions for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation Vita were released on February 6, 2018. An early-access version of the game was released on Steam on July 23, 2013.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 61k–147k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,448 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Humble Store (2015-05-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 1 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520172026Week of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4232Jul 2013Jun 2026Jul 2013 — avg 423 · peak 733Nov 2013 — avg 55 · peak 229Mar 2014 — avg 75 · peak 462Jul 2014 — avg 132 · peak 423Nov 2014 — avg 51 · peak 198Mar 2015 — avg 20 · peak 51Jul 2015 — avg 176 · peak 801Nov 2015 — avg 47 · peak 113Mar 2016 — avg 23 · peak 46Jul 2016 — avg 24 · peak 68Nov 2016 — avg 24 · peak 62Mar 2017 — avg 13 · peak 37Jul 2017 — avg 15 · peak 45Nov 2017 — avg 9 · peak 23Mar 2018 — avg 15 · peak 46Jul 2018 — avg 17 · peak 55Nov 2018 — avg 10 · peak 32Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 20Jul 2019 — avg 12 · peak 38Nov 2019 — avg 9 · peak 27Mar 2020 — avg 7 · peak 23Jul 2020 — avg 7 · peak 22Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2021 — avg 6 · peak 24Jul 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 20Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.992015-01-012026-10-102015-01-01 — best price $11.992015-05-11 — best price $11.992015-06-13 — best price $6.792015-09-09 — best price $6.792015-11-25 — best price $8.992016-01-15 — best price $6.792016-05-10 — best price $7.992016-07-04 — best price $19.992016-11-01 — best price $19.992017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-05-25 — best price $19.992017-09-21 — best price $19.992017-11-22 — best price $13.992018-01-11 — best price $9.992018-08-30 — best price $9.992018-11-15 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $7.992019-12-19 — best price $9.992020-01-22 — best price $7.992020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-07-29 — best price $19.992022-02-05 — best price $19.992022-04-01 — best price $19.992022-06-18 — best price $19.992023-01-06 — best price $19.992023-05-05 — best price $9.592023-11-17 — best price $8.002024-01-22 — best price $9.592024-05-10 — best price $11.992024-08-19 — best price $8.002026-08-27 — best price $11.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3372026-06-02 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-14 — 14 pageviews2026-06-18 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 16 pageviews2026-06-26 — 13 pageviews2026-06-30 — 22 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 7 pageviews2026-07-12 — 21 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-20 — 24 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 12 pageviews2026-08-01 — 17 pageviews2026-08-05 — 18 pageviews2026-08-09 — 12 pageviews2026-08-13 — 25 pageviews2026-08-17 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 24 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews2026-08-29 — 25 pageviews2026-09-02 — 28 pageviews2026-09-06 — 33 pageviews2026-09-10 — 18 pageviews2026-09-14 — 25 pageviews2026-09-18 — 14 pageviews2026-09-22 — 15 pageviews2026-09-26 — 25 pageviews2026-09-30 — 16 pageviews2026-10-04 — 9 pageviews2026-10-08 — 21 pageviews2026-10-12 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
28.3%
earned "Executioner"
2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TV

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)230%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCo-opIndieRetroActionShooterCraftingAdventurePlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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