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Mercury Fallen

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2023

Should you play it?

A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.

What works

  • Relaxing and slow-paced gameplay
  • Engaging colony management and resource systems
  • Procedural maps and surface exploration
  • Active and responsive developer
  • Customization options for characters and objects

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and replayability currently
  • Minimal sound and music
  • Lack of tutorial and unclear progression guidance
  • No combat or threats reducing challenge
  • Some ui and ai issues causing frustration

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Mercury Fallen: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story, Fantasy.

Last update: 25/08/2026