Games like Project Mercury
If Project Mercury is your kind of game, the closest matches are 1 Screen Platformer, Blazing Chrome and ZeroRanger — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Project Mercury: Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!
Players who liked Project Mercury also play
Steam players who put hours into Project Mercury also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Top pick for Project Mercury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Project Mercury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
ZeroRanger
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Project Mercury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
Rebel Transmute
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Project Mercury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Project Mercury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Project Mercury.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
VVVVVV
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Project Mercury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Project Mercury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Project Mercury.
Complete the exciting Mega Man X saga with four action-packed titles! This collection showcases the evolution of the series with Mega Man X5, Mega Man X6, Mega Man X7, and Mega Man X8. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
Freedom Planet
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Project Mercury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Project Mercury at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Project Mercury on Steam right now. Shares Action with Project Mercury.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Project Mercury on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Project Mercury on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Mercury.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Project Mercury on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Project Mercury on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Project Mercury.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Project Mercury.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Mercury.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Mercury.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Rebel Transmute
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Project Mercury.
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Frequently asked about Project Mercury
- How much does Project Mercury cost?
- Project Mercury is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Project Mercury?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Mercury are 1 Screen Platformer, Blazing Chrome, ZeroRanger.
- Who developed Project Mercury?
- Project Mercury was developed by Raxasoft Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Project Mercury.
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