Skip to content
Mercenary Kings
76 Score
Action · Adventure · RPG · Indie

Mercenary Kings

Tribute Games  /  March 25, 2014  /  Rated Mature

Data last updated July 24, 2026

Buy on Amazon Search on eBay

As an affiliate, PixelScry may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through these links.

Released

2014

Publisher

Tribute Games

Time to beat

~3 hrs

Community

2,224

Indie genre is getting bigger and stronger every day and one of the most successful and desired by fans sub-genres of indies – pixel art is evolving too. This genre is dedicated to those players who feel deep nostalgia while thinking about old memories connected to playing classic video games on systems such as (S)NES or Sega. Mercenary Kings is one of those games which brings nostalgia at its fullest. For the most part, this is the re-imagining of old and classic game called Metal Slug. It is a side-scrolling 2D-action game made by Tribute Games company. In Mercenary Kings you can run, jump, crouch and roll but most importantly – you have to shoot. And shoot a lot. There are about 100 missions in the game, also you can play it with three of your friends in local co-op mode. There is main hub where the player has to prepare for missions before going out. Also, there are boss battles, hostage rescues and item collection. Enemies when killed drop loot with witch player can upgrade his or her weapons. This is simple yet addicting and fun game for those who search for something nostalgic.

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run and gun video game developed and published by Tribute Games. It was funded by Kickstarter and released for Microsoft Windows on March 25, 2014, and for PlayStation 4 on April 1, 2014. Alongside the Mercenary Kings: Reloaded update, versions for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation Vita were released on February 6, 2018. An early-access version of the game was released on Steam on July 23, 2013.

Read more on Wikipedia →
meh
43.75%
recommended
27.27%
skip
23.3%
exceptional
5.68%

Available on PlayStation Store · Steam · Xbox Store

More like this