Underplayed Gems

Merchants & Mercenaries (2016)

Merchants & Mercenaries cover
Developer
Echidna Studios
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Strategy, Early Access
Rating
2.9 of 5, 7 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.8 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A frantic, fast-paced strategy game where you quickly gather resources and build on a procedurally generated board, capturing the feel of a tabletop game without the downtime.

hecticfast-pacedstrategiccompetitiveadaptableexpandabletabletop-likeresource management

What players say

Players praise the game as an imaginative, more in-depth take on Slay, but warn that development appears abandoned since 2016, with a downed website and no updates for years.

Screenshots

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