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| Trade name | MercurySteam |
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| Company type | Sociedad Limitada |
| Industry | Video games |
| Predecessor | Rebel Act Studios |
| Founded | May 2002; 22 years ago (2002-05) |
| Founders | Enric Alvarez José Ignacio Navas |
| Headquarters | San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain |
| Key people | Enric Álvarez Dave Cox |
| Owner | Nordisk Film (40%) |
| Number of employees | 246 (Nov. 2024) |
| Website | mercurysteam |
Mercury Steam Entertainment S.L., doing business as MercurySteam, is a Spanish video game developer based in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid. It was founded by former members of Rebel Act Studios, who had developed Severance: Blade of Darkness in 2001. Dave Cox, a producer at Konami, assisted MercurySteam during the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow trilogy.
After MercurySteam pitched a remake of the 2002 game Metroid Fusion to Nintendo, the producer, Yoshio Sakamoto, hired them to create a remake of Metroid II instead. MercurySteam collaborated with Nintendo again to develop a new game, Metroid Dread, for the Nintendo Switch. In December 2020, Nordisk Film, under their Nordisk Games division, purchased a 40% stake in the studio.
Games developed
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) | Notes |
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| 2004 | American McGee Presents: Scrapland | Windows, Xbox | Enlight Software Deep Silver |
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| 2006 | Zombies | Nokia 6680, Nokia N70 | MercurySteam | |
| 2007 | Clive Barker's Jericho | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Codemasters | Co-developed with Alchemic Productions |
| 2010 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow | Konami | ||
| 2013 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate | Nintendo 3DS, Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | ||
| 2014 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | ||
| 2017 | Metroid: Samus Returns | Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo | Co-developed with Nintendo EPD |
| Spacelords | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S | MercurySteam | ||
| 2021 | Metroid Dread | Nintendo Switch | Nintendo | Co-developed with Nintendo EPD |
| American McGee Presents: Scrapland Remastered | Windows | MercurySteam | ||
| TBA | Project Iron | Windows, unannounced consoles | MercurySteam, 505 Games |
References
- "Mercury Steam Entertainment S.L." MobyGames.
- "Scrapland Ships for Xbox". Gamershell. 4 March 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- "Metroid: Samus Returns Is A Remake That Feels Original". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- Sheridan, Connor (15 June 2021). "Metroid Dread release date revealed and it's a sequel to Metroid Fusion". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- "Nordisk Games buys 40% of MercurySteam". gamesindustry.biz. 22 December 2020.
- "Scrapland Remastered on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 13 December 2021.