No Mercy: The Gameshow Guide: Core rules before your first round
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OverviewNo Mercy: The Gameshow is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer where you survive round after round of deadly obstacles for a crowd that wants to watch you fail. Each round gets harder than the last, and falling off the stage means death. This guide covers how to survive stages, earn REP, handle the two enemy characters, and chase the trickier badges.
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Core rules before your first round
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The moment a round starts, obstacles are already moving. Your one job is not to fall into the void below the stage. Every round you survive makes the next one harder.
- Set your graphics level to 5 or higher before playing the game recommends it.
- Join the developer group to collect a free 250 REP.
- Spend REP in the customisation and skills menus skills can directly help you last longer.
- Check the in-game roadmap for upcoming updates, since this is an early access release and content is still being added.
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Surviving stages and building your total
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Stage survival is the backbone of your progression. Individual milestones unlock at stages 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 within a single run, while your lifetime total unlocks separate badges at 10, 100, and 500 stages survived.
- Survive your first stage this is your opening goal and unlocks the first survival badge.
- Reach stage 5 in a single run.
- Push to stage 10 in a single run the game explicitly calls this the point where you lock in.
- Aim for stage 15, then 20, then 25 if you want the rarer per-run milestone badges; stage 25 is described as something very few players reach.
- Let your lifetime total climb across many sessions 10, 100, and 500 stages survived each unlock their own badge.
Boxing Dummy and Shadow — what each one does to you
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Two enemy characters appear across stages. Boxing Dummy attacks with punches and can carry a special modifier. Shadow can move through you and fall into the void.
| Boxing Dummy | lands direct punch attacks; surviving one earns the DETERMINATION!! Face reward. |
| Boxing Dummy (World Champion modifier) | clearing a stage with this modifier active rewards the Boxxer Watch. |
| Boxing Dummy (floating glitch) | if the platform beneath it disappears while it is still floating, that earns the Dum .E. Coyote badge. |
| Shadow | can be knocked into the void; the first time earns a badge, and doing it five times in a single stage earns a harder one. |
| Shadow (integration) | if Shadow overlaps with you five times in a single stage, that unlocks the When Nothing meets something badge. |
Tricky one-off badges worth attempting
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These are deliberate challenges with unusual conditions.
- Clear stage 1 without moving at all to earn the Showoff badge.
- Get hit by a Bounce laser within 10 seconds of a stage starting to earn the Durr face cosmetic reward.
- Intentionally walk into Boxing Dummy's punch and survive it to earn the DETERMINATION!! Face.
- Let Shadow overlap with you five times inside one stage for the When Nothing meets something badge.
- Send Shadow into the void five times in a single stage for the SHADOW DNI badge.
Dying on purpose — the death badge track
Summary
The game tracks how many times you have died across your entire playtime. Milestones unlock at 10, 100, and 250 deaths.
- First death unlocks your first death badge the moment it happens.
- 10 deaths next milestone on the track.
- 100 deaths reward listed as coming in a future update.
- 250 deaths the highest published death milestone; reward also listed as coming later.
Glossary
Glossary- REP (Reputation)
- The in-game currency you earn through play and use to unlock cosmetic customisations and skills.
- Void
- The empty space below the stage — falling into it counts as a death.
- Boxing Dummy
- An enemy character that attacks with punches and can appear with a World Champion modifier.
- Shadow
- An enemy character that can pass through players and be knocked off the stage into the void.
- Bounce laser
- A stage hazard; touching one within 10 seconds of a stage starting triggers a specific badge.
- World Champion modifier
- A harder version of the Boxing Dummy encounter; surviving a full stage against it rewards the Boxxer Watch item.
- Roadmap
- An in-game screen showing planned future updates for the game while it is in early access.
Common questions
FAQDoes it get harder the longer I survive in one run?
Yes. Each round is harder than the one before it.
How many players can be in one lobby?
The maximum lobby size is 50 players.
What can I actually spend REP on?
REP unlocks cosmetic customisations and skills.
Some badge rewards say TBA — will I get anything?
Those rewards are confirmed to exist but have not been finalised yet. Since the game is in early access, they will be filled in through future updates; you can track what is coming on the in-game roadmap.
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