Underplayed Gems

Mercury Fallen (2023)

Mercury Fallen cover
Developer
Nitrous Butterfly
Publisher
indie.io
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Rating
3.9 of 5, 316 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 28 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

You carefully chip away at the ruins of a failed colony, balancing resource scarcity against the quiet hum of alien desolation.

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What players say

Players are split on Mercury Fallen. Some call it a relaxing, chill colony sim, while others find it frustratingly slow, buggy, and lacking basic explanations that force them to look up outside help. The micromanagement also divides opinion.

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Screenshots

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