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The Mercury Man

Mehsoft · 2018-05-20

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: May 20, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Mercury Man is an isometric game in the action genre with some adventure elements. It is set in the far grim dark future of its unique sci-fi world.

The Mercury Man is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2018, priced at $3.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (83% of 593 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
83%
positive of 592 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 70% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (266 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 592 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2023-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22922920182026Week of 2018-05-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.792018-05-222026-08-102018-05-22 — best price $8.992018-06-19 — best price $3.992019-01-03 — best price $3.992020-01-02 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-02-15 — best price $3.992021-07-08 — best price $3.992021-12-01 — best price $3.992022-01-05 — best price $3.992022-02-03 — best price $3.992022-07-07 — best price $3.992022-11-29 — best price $3.992023-01-05 — best price $3.992023-03-23 — best price $3.992023-07-13 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $3.992024-01-04 — best price $3.992024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $3.992026-08-10 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
81.4%
earned "THE BEGINNING"
12.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3254%45

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

Player tags

RPGNoirIndieActionCasualViolentAdventureCyberpunkIsometricStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.