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Survivor Mercs

Lead your squad of Mercs against M.E.G.A. Corp.'s evil robot army. Fast-paced twin-stick action, frantic horde survival, tactical squad-building & lots of loot! Exploit game-breaking synergies and beat the evil billionaire bosses in ever-changing operations. Lock, load, and loot, Commander!

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Mostly Positive (98) - 77% of the 98 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Sep 14, 2023

Developer:

Wolpertinger Games

Publisher:

Wandering Wizard, Snail Games USA

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Traditional Chinese	✔
French	✔
Italian	✔
Spanish - Spain	✔
Japanese	✔
Korean	✔
Polish	✔
Portuguese - Brazil	✔
Russian	✔
Turkish	✔
Ukrainian	✔

Early Access Game

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Note: This Early Access game is not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Survivor Mercs is an ambitious game that will grow a lot throughout the Early Access phase.
We want to make a game for you, our players. So we need your feedback as early as possible to create the game you want to play. We truly believe that great games should not be designed and developed in a vacuum.

Please join our Discord server to get involved with the community and talk to us directly!”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“To this day, we have released multiple smaller updates in additon to five major updates. We estimate some additional months of development with more major updates throughout Early Access as outlined in our Roadmap.

This may change if we improve and add more to the game based on the feedback and input we receive from the community.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The current state of Survivor Mercs is what we call ""the foundation"" of the game.

What does ""the foundation"" mean?
The game has nearly all of the core systems in place, and what we consider the minimum amount of content it needs to provide hours of gameplay already. From there, we aim to grow and develop the game into the full version - step by step.

Our roadmap shows how we are planning our major updates during Early Access. We are currently planning to improve and add:

more Mercs and Gear with interesting emergent & systemic synergies,
more Commander Traits to generate tens-of-thousands of individual Commanders
more Maps with unique Bosses and different Operation types,
different rooms for your Bunker HQ that you can build with materials you loot during your Operations to get permanent bonuses and unlock helpful features
Story Missions to unlock new Mercs, Rooms, Gear, Maps, Operations, and Commander Traits
lootable Merc & Commander weapons in different rarity grades
more variety of Objectives, weapons, and enemies

We are also dedicated to bringing the game to Linux and Mac, translating it into more languages, improving accessibility, and supporting streamers with integrations. The first available version of the Twitch integration allows you already to interact with your audience and let them decide about upgrades in the game.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The game is currently stable and fully playable as detailed above.

You will be able to play randomly generated Commanders, configure your own with your researched Traits, equip and use various weapons, and commence different Operation Types on various maps where you can recruit a variety of Mercs to fight for you. In between Operations, you can upgrade your Bunker HQ with the loot you collected during operations.

The full list of features can be seen in the ""About This Game"" Section below, and in the Steam Community posts for the major updates.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Yes. We want to offer our early players a better deal for supporting us in improving the game.
We're planning to increase the price at full release and might adjust it during Early Access based on the content, features, and value added over time.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Joining our Discord server is the best way to get in touch with us and get your feedback heard!

We will also try to monitor the Steam forums as closely as possible, and are trying to watch as many Youtube videos or streams of the game to see and analyze how our players are interacting with the game.

Just don't be shy and reach out to us, we'd love to chat!”

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About This Game

Man vs. Machine

In a world threatened by evil M.E.G.A. Corp.’s private robot army, the last bastion of hope for mankind is a bunch of armed lunatics who signed up for a mercenary job.

Who's better to lead them than a disposable clone with an unpredictable set of special traits? Welcome to your new assignment, Commander.

Take the battle to the enemy and build your underfunded, over-ambitious outfit into an apocalyptic war machine that rids the world of evil billionaire overlords.

With all chances stacked against your rebellious operation, this isn’t about glory. This is about the loot!

Every Commander clone is created from a set of randomly selected traits. Can you lead your squad to victory with a hawk-eyed, sly Infiltrator? Or take on the enemy alone with a nocturnal, greedy One-Man Army? How about a brilliant, vampiric Ninja?

Each combination of traits yields a unique run with its own set of challenges, mechanics, and surprising synergies.

Equip your favorite weapon and unleash the havoc! But first, you need a squad:

Assemble your team of mercenaries from a roster of vigorous fighters. Each Merc totes their own arsenal and tactics to tackle the horde.

Recruit the right Mercs into your squad for each operation, supercharge their combat effectiveness by specializing in complex skill trees, and leverage their synergies with hi-tech Gear to build a game-breaking, horde-slaying killer squad.

Navigate a variety of procedurally generated maps in each operation. Capture objectives to call in reinforcements or sack valuable loot.

Strike hard and fast! The clock is ticking. Each minute wasted on the battlefield is punished with more and stronger enemies.

Call in your extraction point and defend it to make it out alive! Or survive long enough to face dangerous bosses and their underlings.

But beware: it's all or nothing! Die and lose your loot. Or survive and take home your spoils of war to come back even stronger!

Invest your loot to hire new Mercs, purchase new Gear, expand your bunker HQ for powerful upgrades, or research new traits & weapons for your Commander clones.

Direct your squad with tactical abilities or fight actively in the battle – each Commander clone and loadout offers a completely different play style.

Experiment and find your optimal squad build for any challenge the procedural maps may offer. No two runs will ever be the same!

Control a Commander clone, generated from 3 random Traits, with over 15,000 unique combinations
Lead your squad with actively controlled weapons and many different active & passive abilities
Build your squad from a large variety of Mercs with unique skill trees & specializations
Select from dozens of Gear items to modify and improve your squad
Conduct your Operations on distinct, procedural Maps with different mission parameters, difficulty, and unique Bosses
Upgrade your Bunker HQ in between Operations with the loot you’ve scavenged
Full support for controllers and keyboard/mouse input
Stream the game with Twitch integration and let your audience decide your fate
Play on SteamDeck, full compatibility verified

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

We are partially using AI-generated voice-overs, ONLY for marketing videos and trailers.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: 2.5 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 Ti or higher, Radeon RX 570 or higher
Storage: 2 GB available space

Recommended:

OS: Windows 10 or 11
Processor: 3 GHz quad-core
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1660 or higher, Radeon RX 5500 RT or higher
Storage: 2 GB available space

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

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