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Is Star Merc worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want an open-world RPG with branching choices
- Science-fiction fans interested in exploring planets and alien societies
- Role-players who prefer deciding which orders and factions to support
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a linear story with fixed outcomes may find the branching decisions unsuitable.
- Players looking for a tightly focused experience may not prefer the open travel structure and range of locations.
- Players seeking a non-RPG game may not want leveling, weapons, items, and suit abilities.
Our take on Star Merc
The defining detail is the player’s authority to choose which orders to follow and whom to work with, with those decisions changing missions, relationships, circumstances, and the surrounding world.
What is Star Merc?
Star Merc is an open-world RPG about a manufactured space mercenary sent to carry out missions set by his creators.
Mission details provide an initial direction, but players choose which orders to follow and which factions to work with. Travel between planets and other locations can lead to loot, missions, or illicit activities. Choices affect situations, outcomes, relationships, circumstances, and surroundings. The game includes multiple environments, alien races that can become allies or enemies, hostile and friendly space-monster encounters, weapons and items, and suit abilities that become available as the character gains levels.
How Star Merc plays
- 01Choice-driven missions
- Decisions about orders and factions alter situations, outcomes, relationships, and surroundings.
- 02Planetary exploration
- Players can visit different planets and locations while seeking loot, missions, or illicit activities.
- 03Alien relationships
- Different alien races can become allies or enemies.
- 04Suit abilities
- Additional abilities become available as the character levels up.
- 05Space-monster encounters
- Exploration includes encounters with both hostile and friendly space monsters.
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Star Merc: platforms & release
Is Star Merc worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want an open-world RPG with branching choices. Skip it if: players seeking a linear story with fixed outcomes may find the branching decisions unsuitable.
Where can I download Star Merc?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Star Merc's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Star Merc on?
Windows only.
