Last year, we played a demo of Survivor Mercs, an upcoming bullet heaven (Vampire Survivors-style) shooter with a military theme. At the time, developer Wandering Wizard was targeting a summer release for the game. Well, sometimes things work out better than planned. Survivor Mercs is now due out on Xbox, PlayStation, and Steam (where it's currently in Early Access) on April 30. It's not much longer until we get to survive some mercs, baby!
Features:
Squad-building roguelike gameplay: Build your squad from a large roster of Mercs with unique loadouts, behavior, and specialization trees. Exploit game-breaking synergies to annihilate your oppressors in ever-changing operations.
Your Commander, your way: Control an individual Commander clone generated from over 15,000 combinations of unique Traits. Whether you play as a hawk-eyed Infiltrator, a greedy One-Man Army, or a vampiric Ninja, no two runs are alike.
Twin-stick action: Actively aim, shoot, dash, and fight alongside your Mercs with dozens of weapons and abilities across procedurally generated maps with distinct stages, mission parameters, difficulty tiers, and unique bosses.
Tons of loot: Find dozens of powerful Gear items to modify and improve your squad each operation, and expand your Bunker HQ with rooms built from scavenged loot to unlock permanent bonuses.
Co-op chaos: Team up in couch co-op or via Steam Remote Play Together. Fully compatible with all controllers, keyboard + mouse, and verified on Steam Deck.
It will be great to see how Survivor Mercs shapes up with the full game release. Last year's demo was a lot of fun, so this game has a chance to be something special. 4-player local co-op is more players than the usual bullet heaven game supports, so that's a lot of co-op in store for us.
Survivor Mercs will arrive on Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, and Steam on Thursday, April 30. Well, the Steam version is already available for $9.99, but it will get the Version 1.0 update and leave early access when the console versions arrive.