Open now · By request
Merc Commander playtest
by iDeever
Merc Commander is a real-time tactical RPG where you lead a company of mercenary mech pilots. Command your forces in battle, customize and upgrade your mechs, salvage enemy machines, and manage your growing outfit. Inspired by the classic era of mech command games.
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- On playtest since
- Nov 3, 2026
- Planned release
- 2027
- Developer
- iDeever
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian and 5 more
How to join the Merc Commander playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Merc Commander playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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How AI is used
During development, generative AI tools were used to assist in the creation and refinement of individual 2D illustrations and icons, as well as for the localization of in-game and marketing texts. The game also uses generated voice acting for its characters; however, the voice actors gave their consent and were compensated for their work. The developer hopes to replace them by the time the game is released.
The developer's own words, from Steam.
About Merc Commander
Merc Commander is a real-time tactical game inspired by the classic mech command series.
Take command of a team of mercenary mech pilots, deploy them into hostile territory, and complete dangerous contracts for whoever is willing to pay. Salvage enemy machines, recover weapons, repair your squad, and decide how to spend your limited resources between missions.
Merc Commander is built around the ideas that made classic mech tactics games so memorable - commanding a small group of powerful machines, choosing your approach, and watching a battle unfold in real time. At the same time, it aims to smooth out some of the rough edges of games from the era and make the experience more comfortable to play today.
COMMAND YOUR SQUAD
You don't control just one hero. You command a team of mech pilots, each with their own personality, abilities, and role on the battlefield.
Give orders, change targets, use special abilities, call in support, and use the environment to your advantage. When things get too hectic, tactical pause lets you slow the battlefield down and take a moment to plan your next move.
FIGHT SMART
Different weapons work best at different ranges, and enemy mechs will try to do the same. A missile boat may retreat to keep its distance while a close-range brawler pushes forward.
Critical hits can destroy weapons, damage legs, trigger ammunition explosions, or even take out a pilot with a headshot.
And the battlefield itself isn't always safe. Vehicles, buildings, fences, boats, and other objects can be destroyed, sometimes with spectacular results.
BUILD YOUR MERCENARY COMPANY
Every battlefield can be a source of new equipment.
Salvage destroyed enemy mechs, recover their weapons, and add them to your collection. Visit the Mech Market to buy and sell machines, or find suppliers who can provide equipment that you can't get anywhere else.
Repair your damaged machines, rearm your lance, and decide which mechs are worth taking into the next contract.
A CAMPAIGN WITH A CAST
The members of your company aren't just portraits in a menu.
Your pilots have their own personalities and relationships, expressed through mission dialogue and party banter between missions and during downtime. Get to know your crew as they argue, joke, complain, and occasionally try to have a normal conversation in a profession where "normal" usually means getting shot at by a 70-ton war machine.
SCRIPTED MISSIONS
The campaign is built around hand-crafted missions with objectives, events, and unexpected situations, rather than simply sending you onto a map and asking you to destroy everything.
Protect convoys. Rescue people. Capture installations. Hunt dangerous targets. Deal with situations where the obvious solution isn't necessarily the best one.
Merc Commander is a love letter to an era of mech games - rebuilt with modern conveniences, new ideas, and a lot of enthusiasm for giant robots.
From the game's Steam page.
