Games like M.E.R.C.

Want something that feels tense and dark the way M.E.R.C. does? These games are a good place to start.

MENACE
Lead marines, mercenaries and criminals across the cut-off Wayback system to stop an alien threat. You answer distress calls, build infantry squads and tanks, and fight hard turn-based battles where suppression, cover and range decide who walks home.
Tense, Dark
90% of 12,848 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 801$39.99
Survivor Mercs
Purge the billionaires' robot army with your Merc squad! Fast-paced twin-stick action, frantic horde survival, tactical squad-building & tons of loot! Exploit game-breaking synergies to beat the M.E.G.A. Corp. bosses in ever-changing operations. Lock, load, and loot, Commander!
Also in Co-op · Tense
69% of 147 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Rogue Point
From the creators of Black Mesa: Welcome to Rogue Point! A 4-player co-op shooter where teamwork is everything. Join forces on intense missions with evolving objectives and powerful upgrades. Plan, Adapt, and Overcome. Your squad’s survival depends on it.
Also in Co-op · Tense
60% of 983 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
A cyberpunk tactical RPG about running heists with a crew you build yourself. Sneak through multi-stage missions, go loud when it all falls apart, and juggle factions, favors and heat back home. With 40-plus multiclass combos and a story engine that reshuffles who betrays you each run, no two playthroughs play the same.
Tense, Dark
93% of 3,066 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 124$29.99
Strain Tactics
Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!
Tense, Dark
87% of 216 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons
You are the commander of the Black Talons company, currently stationed in the Oberon system. After an eventful campaign, the military Tzanar Union has overrun the planet of Genai and blocked all departure from the system: leaving you and the Black Talons stranded.
Tense, Dark
44% of 120 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Red Solstice 2: Survivors
Lead a secret taskforce against a mutant virus on a hostile planet. Red Solstice 2 mixes a strategic campaign with tense real-time combat missions, six classes, deep customization and co-op for up to eight players. Plan the war on the map, then fight it out on the ground, alone or with friends.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Dark
70% of 2,586 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$14.99
Warhounds
Warhounds is a turn-based tactics game about an elite mercenary squad in an alternate-future Africa, with an old-school action movie streak. Flank, break cover, seize the high ground, and run a mercenary company between missions. High lethality means every decision counts, and one bad turn can cost a veteran.
Tense, Dark
70% of 899 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$34.99
USC: Counterforce
Lead your Space Commandos in a revival of turn-based squad tactics inspired by UFO/XCOM and Aliens. Utilize in-depth skill & combat systems in multiple game modes, including a full campaign. Discover the truth behind the demise of colony MC83-A and join the USC in defending humanity!
Also in Co-op · Tense
62% of 208 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Private Military Manager: Tactical Auto Battler
You are the CEO of a private military company. Recruit capable mercenaries, purchase weapons, and develop your mercenaries according to their roles and characteristics. Observe how your mercenaries perform in combat and plan your tactics to ensure mission success.
Tense
69% of 293 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$5.99
Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Command special operations squads in tense, top-down raids: pause time, draw your plan, then watch it play out. Breach walls, clear rooms, rescue hostages and lose nobody, or start over. Real-time tactics with no turns, no hexes, and plenty of ways in.
Also in Co-op · Tense
96% of 12,500 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 599$24.99
DRONE PERSPECTIVE
Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration. Connect to the warzone from your home PC and orchestrate modern military operations from the Drone Perspective.
Also in Co-op · Tense
88% of 85 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99

Cheaper than M.E.R.C.

Survivor Mercs

Purge the billionaires' robot army with your Merc squad! Fast-paced twin-stick action, frantic horde survival, tactical squad-building & tons of loot!

$9.99

Rogue Point

From the creators of Black Mesa: Welcome to Rogue Point! A 4-player co-op shooter where teamwork is everything.

$9.99

Strain Tactics

Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation.

$14.99

Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons

You are the commander of the Black Talons company, currently stationed in the Oberon system.

$9.99

Red Solstice 2: Survivors

Run a secret taskforce against a mutant outbreak, planning the campaign on the map and fighting brutal real-time missions solo or with up to seven…

$14.99

Private Military Manager: Tactical Auto Battler

You are the CEO of a private military company. Recruit capable mercenaries, purchase weapons, and develop your mercenaries according to their roles…

$5.99

DRONE PERSPECTIVE

Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration.

$12.99

Black One Blood Brothers

Draw up routes for your squad on the map, then step into any operator's boots and see the mission through, where one mistake can cost a life for good.

$17.99

Unconventional Warfare

In this top-down tactical shooter RPG, guide a band of cute soldiers through a warzone to safety.

$9.99

No Plan B

Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles.

$14.99

MechCorp

MechCorp. is a turn-based-tactics/strategy game where you take command of a mercenary mech squadron in space.

$8.99

Bot Wars

Bot Wars is an action RTS about managing a squad of kill-bots and their bases as you work to take over all the capture points across the map.

$14.99

Hidden gems like M.E.R.C.

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

A cyberpunk tactical RPG about running heists with a crew you build yourself.

$29.99

Xenopurge

Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat.

$12.49

Tenebris: Terra Incognita

Crash-land on a hostile world, grow your squad from survivors into specialists, and hold out against a planet that wants you gone.

$19.99

Drop Command

Run a sandbox campaign, drop into any battle, and pilot a mech, tank, VTOL or power-armoured soldier through fully destructible battlefields.

$22.99

Future Breach 64

Breach and Clear areas tactically in a team-based shooter.

$2.99

No Plan B

Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles.

$14.99

MENACE

Command improvised squads of marines and convicts through a grim, tense campaign where every loss stings and every run plays out differently.

$39.99

Quasimorph

Run a space PMC in a dark cyberpunk roguelike where death costs you everything you carried in.

$24.99

Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

Draw up a squad plan, pause the action to adjust it, and watch the breach unfold in real time.

$24.99

Welcome Back, Commander

Commander, your strike team is to dive deep into the contaminated city of Sun Stone and get some answers before the mysterious deadly plague spreads .

$7.79

Warhounds

Lead a mercenary squad through lethal turn-based firefights, then keep the whole company alive between missions.

$34.99

Metal Slug Tactics

Lead a three-soldier squad through tense turn-based battles, syncing attacks and dodging disaster in runs that never play out the same way twice.

$12.49

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