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Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction on Twitch — competition and audience

Pandemic Studios· LucasArts· 2005· XBOX · PS2
ShooterStealthSandboxOpen world

During the last years of his reign, the North Korean president Choi Kim attempted a reconciliation with the country's southern neighbor, with the ultimate goal of reunification. However, his son, General Choi Song, and the military clique under his leadership, strongly disagreed with the old man's views. Eventually, Choi Song orchestrated his own father's assassination, took control of North Korea, and severed ties with the outside world. Eventually, plans of a nuclear reactor construction began to surface. China, South Korea, the Allied Nations and even the Russian Mafia sent troops to North Korea, competing for power in the troubled region. A bounty of a hundred million dollars for General Song was declared. This is where the mercenaries enter the playfield. Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction is a free-roaming war action and driving game with open-ended gameplay in a large world. The player can choose to control any of the three mercenary protagonists, each with their own strengths: North American Chris Jacobs can sustain higher damage; Jennifer Mui from Hong-Kong is proficient in stealth; Mattias Nilsson from Sweden can run faster than the others. Each of the mercenary also speaks different languages, which makes him or her more or less suitable for work with particular factions. Players have free reign of a massive landscape to take bounties on the "Deck of 52", a list of most wanted criminals in North Korea, as well as a number of factions. Four factions have moved in to take advantage of the coup for personal gains; each faction will offer the player resources such as vehicles and supplies, as well as missions that the player can use to make money off of. If the player makes a faction happy, they will offer intel on the locations of various bounties from the deck. Players have a vast array of resources available to them to get the job done. It is possible to commandeer tanks, choppers and and any other military hardware to blow up the game's destructible landscape across the North Korean countryside. Helping out various factions provides access to numerous vehicle drops, supply drops, and air strikes.

Trailer

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0Room for youClosed off
2Live streamers
150People watching
#2Your spot at 10 viewersof 3

Should I stream Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction on Twitch?

0/100 · Closed off· 75 viewers per streamer on paper

Probably not. The two English streams here hold all 150 English viewers — once you take them out there is nothing left to reach.

The two English streams here hold all 150 English viewers between them. Take them out and nothing is left to reach.

Almost nobody here is available to you — either a couple of streams hold the room, or nobody is watching in English, or the category is empty, or you would be buried.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the English-speaking audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

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How many people stream Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction?

Right now

2 right now, to 150 viewers between them. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction too saturated on Twitch?

Not crowded, but not open either. Only 2 people are streaming Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, and the two English streams hold all 150 English viewers between them — so the room is quiet because that audience is already committed, not because it is waiting for you.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 2 live right now

Is Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction any good?

Players score it 72 out of 100 from 54 ratings, and critics 71 out of 100.

71Critics4 outlets
72Players54 ratings

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Details

Released
Jan 11, 2005 · 22 years ago
Time to finish
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Playing on Steam
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Price
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Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Rated
ESRB T
Biggest stream
149 (99% of the category)
Typical stream
75 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Sep 27, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC