Stellar Mercenaries

Name: Stellar Mercenaries
Rating: 4.7 (35 reviews)
Author: Quest Builders LLC

Sci-Fi action scroller RPG

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

35 Ratings
Ages

9+
Years
Category

Action
Developer

Quest Builders LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

208
MB

Ready to vanquish your enemies and change the solar system forever from anywhere? Stellar Mercs is a vertical scrolling, offline capable, action arcade shooter with upgradable ships, weapons, and special abilities. Customize your loadouts for each mission depending on the environments and enemies you'll face! Each mission will reward you with unlocks and cash to continue building your arsenal. You're not the only mercenary out there - the more successful and accomplished you become, the more attention you'll attract. Enemy mercenaries can become persistent arch-rivals, leveling up along side you. Defeating them will net you great rewards, but if you die at their hands, they'll grow even further in power. The fun is never-ending! Fly missions through endless procedurally generated missions with a variety of environments, objectives, hazards, enemies, and rewards. Hijack cargo from speeding space trains, break into heavily guarded research and development space stations to acquire new prototype ships to fly, or defeat mighty leviathan capital ships in your quest to become the wealthiest, most powerful mercenary in the system! Stellar Mercs operates as a single handed action arcade game, so you can play comfortably on the go. SM is offline capable, so even without signal you can keep gaming and conquering the solar system! Configure your spacecraft's loadout and autoshoot your way to victory - focus on maneuvering through hazards and waves of enemies while you employ special abilities for maximum carnage!

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

35 Ratings

Frequent crashes
10/27/2025

Aquabat0587
I really want to love this game. It’s pretty rare to have a mobile game that actually rewards skill. My main issue with the game is that it crashes very frequently and has stability problems when the game gets intense. The frame rate can get very low. Probably around 10fps. The game will crash and you will lose progress along with any gems you used in that session. Hopefully it will be updated soon. This is on an iPhone 17 pro max on ios 26.0.1.

Developer Response
That’s really strange/unfortunate to hear for us! If you’d like to join on our discord and share any more specific details you can from your particular issue we’d love to get some more information! As a 2 man dev team, we really like to hear from our users and I myself haven’t had any issues on my iPhone 12 as of late. Thanks so much for the feedback though and we can hopefully get some testing to maybe narrow down what it might be about iPhone players or your particular model. Fly safe Merc!
Frequent crashes
10/27/2025

Aquabat0587

I really want to love this game. It’s pretty rare to have a mobile game that actually rewards skill. My main issue with the game is that it crashes very frequently and has stability problems when the game gets intense. The frame rate can get very low. Probably around 10fps. The game will crash and you will lose progress along with any gems you used in that session. Hopefully it will be updated soon. This is on an iPhone 17 pro max on ios 26.0.1.
Developer Response 10/29/2025
That’s really strange/unfortunate to hear for us! If you’d like to join on our discord and share any more specific details you can from your particular issue we’d love to get some more information! As a 2 man dev team, we really like to hear from our users and I myself haven’t had any issues on my iPhone 12 as of late. Thanks so much for the feedback though and we can hopefully get some testing to maybe narrow down what it might be about iPhone players or your particular model. Fly safe Merc!
Awesome old school shooter
04/27/2023

Nicodareous
There’s a lot going on with this one. Tons of ship customization, weapons options and even mods for weapons. The weapons all felt really different too, they weren’t just number increases.The procedural side missions with random hazards are really cool too. It’s nonlinear so when I got stuck I just flew some side missions to get better gear until I was able to get past the tough campaign mission.
Awesome old school shooter
04/27/2023

Nicodareous

There’s a lot going on with this one. Tons of ship customization, weapons options and even mods for weapons. The weapons all felt really different too, they weren’t just number increases.The procedural side missions with random hazards are really cool too. It’s nonlinear so when I got stuck I just flew some side missions to get better gear until I was able to get past the tough campaign mission.
Update ideas
05/03/2025

Deathridge06
Great game, been playing for several weeks and and gotta say it’s limitless when it comes to playability, but much more could be added to this game “simply”. Maybe things like a battle pass system or even a XP system for leveling up and add more things happening and help keep the player engaged.

Developer Response
Thanks for the suggestion! We have loved adding our DLC content thus far and have had similar ideas for the future! Fly safe Merc!
Update ideas
05/03/2025

Deathridge06

Great game, been playing for several weeks and and gotta say it’s limitless when it comes to playability, but much more could be added to this game “simply”. Maybe things like a battle pass system or even a XP system for leveling up and add more things happening and help keep the player engaged.
Developer Response 05/05/2025
Thanks for the suggestion! We have loved adding our DLC content thus far and have had similar ideas for the future! Fly safe Merc!
The Best SHMUP on iOS
07/28/2023

uddup
This is hands down on of the best games on mobile. Forget the retro graphics, this plays better and is more customizable than any other game in the genre.Missions start off simple enough but once you progress through the solar system, you start getting hunted by mercenaries, having battles against enemy factions, and have a variety of game modes to play.The recent update is fantastic and allows players to get legendary upgrades as long as they put it in a shirt grind.Keep up the good work, excited to see where this goes.
The Best SHMUP on iOS
07/28/2023

uddup

This is hands down on of the best games on mobile. Forget the retro graphics, this plays better and is more customizable than any other game in the genre.Missions start off simple enough but once you progress through the solar system, you start getting hunted by mercenaries, having battles against enemy factions, and have a variety of game modes to play.The recent update is fantastic and allows players to get legendary upgrades as long as they put it in a shirt grind.Keep up the good work, excited to see where this goes.

- Daily & Weekly challenges! - Earn premium currency in-game! - Hard gem missions now available in the bar! - Various fixes & optimizations

Version Challenges 1.70

11/30/2025

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