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2017 PC

A pixel-art run-and-gun platformer set in a sci-fi world, where you fight a mysterious threat on foot and on a hoverbike. The focus is on fast shooting and precise platforming.

What defines Project Mercury:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Challenging difficulty
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The closest matches for Project Mercury are Intrusion 2, Super Cyborg and Planet Cube: Edge. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Project Mercury special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Intrusion 2

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2012 PC 7.99 € 👍 89 % Very positive, 2,071 reviews on Steam

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast-paced sci-fi action platformer in the spirit of classic 16-bit side-scrollers, mixing quick shooting with modern physics and animation. You fight through the facilities of a hostile military corporation on a remote planet.

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Super Cyborg

Sci-fi setting

An old-school, relentless run-and-gun shooter in the vein of 90s classics: as an elite cyborg you blast through aliens on a mysterious island. Fast action and steep challenge are the focus.

Planet Cube: Edge

Sci-fi setting

A fast 2D run-and-gun platformer where you shoot, jump and dash through rooms packed with enemies. Precise platforming and shooting are tightly interwoven.

Pixel Gladiator

Sci-fi setting

A pixel-art arcade action game set in a distant future: as a gladiator in a galactic TV show, you fight deadly creatures on an abandoned planet and try to survive as long as you can.

Super Star Wars

Challenging difficulty

A classic 2D run-and-gun platformer based on the original Star Wars film, letting you fight as Luke, Han or Chewbacca from Tatooine to the Death Star. Vehicle stages add variety, and the difficulty is famously high.

Armed Seven

Challenging difficulty

An indie action game with a retro feel, set in an alternate 1989 after an alien invasion. It leans on science fiction and fast action, though the details available are limited.

Gigantic Army

Sci-fi setting

A retro mech shooter paying homage to 16-bit classics like Cybernator, with six intense levels piloting a combat mech against an alien enemy.

Stargunner

Sci-fi setting

A classic 1990s DOS side-scrolling space shooter where you pilot an elite ship to strike enemy strongholds on a hostile planet. Fast arcade action with weapon upgrades.

Strider

Sci-fi setting

A fast arcade action platformer where you play ninja Hiryu, slashing with a plasma blade and flipping, climbing and sliding through a futuristic dystopia. Short, brisk and demanding.

Mighty No. 9

Sci-fi setting

A 2D run-and-gun platformer in the vein of classic Mega Man: as the robot Beck you jump through twelve stages, blast enemies and absorb their powers with a dash attack. It is widely regarded as an uneven execution of its promising concept.

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