Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
Military first-person shooter mixing gunfights and stealth to stop terrorists
Zombie Studios · Published by Atari · Released Jul 2, 2014
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 77% of 308
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 8, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 61/100 (critic reviews)
What is Shadow Ops: Red Mercury?
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury is a military first-person shooter set in Middle Eastern streets and a major European city. As a Delta Force operative, you fight with military weapons and use stealth while pursuing a terrorist leader carrying a nuclear device.
For you if...
- +you like military shooters with direct gunfights
- +you want stealth mixed with first-person combat
Not for you if...
- −you prefer shooters without military or terrorist themes
- −you want a shooter without stealth infiltration
What players say
77% of 308 reviews are positive
Players praise the shooting and its old-school military FPS feel.
Screenshots and trailer
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury system requirements
Minimum: 64 MB Windows XP compatib…, 0.3 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows XP or higher
- Processor
- Pentium III or AMD Athlon 1 GHz
- Graphics
- 64 MB Windows XP compatible,
- Memory
- 256 MB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does Shadow Ops: Red Mercury have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.
Does Shadow Ops: Red Mercury run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Age rating
- 13+
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Shadow Ops: Red 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 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
