MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury
Cyberpunk mystery RPG built around music and a three-day loop
Loser/s · Published by OTAKU Plan · Released Sep 17, 2021
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 879
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 4 years ago
- Jul 27, 2022
What is MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury?
A single-player, 2D mystery RPG without combat, set in Guillotine, a city on Mercury in 5029. Across repeating three-day loops, you explore the city and play music for residents to gather information and advance the story, working with a rabbit-eared mechanical maid to prevent Mercury’s destruction.
For you if...
- +you enjoy visual novel storytelling with time management
Not for you if...
- −you want an RPG focused on battles
- −you prefer games without sexual content or nudity
What players say
94% of 879 reviews are positive
Players praise the mystery, music, artwork, and characters. The recurring complaint is the English translation, with players reporting awkward wording and typos; later reviews continue to criticize its quality.
Screenshots and trailer
MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10
- Processor
- 2+ GHz Processor
- Graphics
- DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Recommended
- OS
- 8 / 8.1 / 10
- Processor
- 3+ GHz Processor
- Graphics
- OpenGL ES 2.0 hardware driver support required for WebGL acceleration. (AMD Catalyst 10.9, nVidia 358.50)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese.
Does MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
