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Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition cover art

Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition

Tribute Games Inc. · 2014-03-25

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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!

5
playing now
70%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
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)
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 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
  • · 5 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 23% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 61k–147k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,447 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99-40%
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 2 observed days · $7.00 above the all-time low (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

602026-08-06 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992015-01-012026-08-292015-01-01 — 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 $11.992026-08-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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.

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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