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AirMech

Carbon Games · 2018-03-30

Steam

ActionIndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 30, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Oculus Rift)

AirMech® Strike is a fast paced Action-RTS game that can be played solo, coop, or competitively online. Earn Kudos and Experience in battle and unlock a wide collection of AirMechs and Units while you practice the perfect strategy to emerge victorious!

AirMech is a 2018 Action, Indie, Strategy, and Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 10,860 reviews).

25
playing now
84%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
36/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

AirMech is a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Carbon Games for Windows, with Android and VR version in the works. Originally released onto Steam's early access program in November 2012 as the game was fully released in March 2018 under the name AirMech Strike, and additionally released a version on the Xbox 360, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 under the name AirMech Arena.

Trailer

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AirMech Teaser Trailer

≈41,714 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 193 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2016-07-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31031020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

100112026-09-15 12:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 42 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 25 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 40 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 27 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 42 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 65 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 69 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 51 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 31 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 48 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 84 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 30 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 41 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 66 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 33 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 41 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 57 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 37 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
68510Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 10 · peak 29Dec 2012 — avg 685 · peak 2,021May 2013 — avg 296 · peak 604Oct 2013 — avg 207 · peak 462Mar 2014 — avg 268 · peak 537Aug 2014 — avg 254 · peak 414Jan 2015 — avg 270 · peak 536Jun 2015 — avg 256 · peak 484Nov 2015 — avg 199 · peak 407Apr 2016 — avg 171 · peak 357Sep 2016 — avg 137 · peak 308Feb 2017 — avg 99 · peak 208Jul 2017 — avg 88 · peak 178Dec 2017 — avg 49 · peak 115May 2018 — avg 216 · peak 429Oct 2018 — avg 60 · peak 141Mar 2019 — avg 44 · peak 97Aug 2019 — avg 38 · peak 68Jan 2020 — avg 42 · peak 92Jun 2020 — avg 34 · peak 66Nov 2020 — avg 27 · peak 55Apr 2021 — avg 29 · peak 78Sep 2021 — avg 22 · peak 57Feb 2022 — avg 25 · peak 58Jul 2022 — avg 27 · peak 55Dec 2022 — avg 27 · peak 64May 2023 — avg 24 · peak 54Oct 2023 — avg 24 · peak 66Mar 2024 — avg 34 · peak 78Aug 2024 — avg 50 · peak 150Jan 2025 — avg 32 · peak 79Jun 2025 — avg 26 · peak 54Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 52Apr 2026 — avg 26 · peak 54Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 51
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012018-10-312015-01-01 — best price $0.002016-07-07 — best price $19.992016-07-08 — best price $0.002016-07-09 — best price $0.002016-07-10 — best price $0.002016-07-13 — best price $19.992016-07-15 — best price $0.002016-07-16 — best price $19.992016-07-18 — best price $0.002016-07-19 — best price $0.002016-07-20 — best price $0.002016-07-21 — best price $19.992016-07-22 — best price $0.002016-07-23 — best price $0.002016-07-24 — best price $0.002016-07-25 — best price $0.002016-07-26 — best price $0.002016-07-27 — best price $0.002016-07-28 — best price $0.002018-06-09 — best price $19.992018-10-31 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

35122026-05-29 — 23 pageviews2026-06-02 — 20 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 29 pageviews2026-06-14 — 23 pageviews2026-06-18 — 15 pageviews2026-06-22 — 20 pageviews2026-06-26 — 28 pageviews2026-06-30 — 23 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 13 pageviews2026-07-12 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 26 pageviews2026-07-20 — 13 pageviews2026-07-24 — 27 pageviews2026-07-28 — 21 pageviews2026-08-01 — 22 pageviews2026-08-05 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 28 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 27 pageviews2026-08-29 — 20 pageviews2026-09-02 — 23 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 21 pageviews2026-09-14 — 35 pageviews2026-09-18 — 22 pageviews2026-09-22 — 16 pageviews2026-09-26 — 27 pageviews2026-09-30 — 27 pageviews2026-10-04 — 21 pageviews2026-10-07 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
46.3%
earned "Getting Started"
9.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller Support3 DLC

13 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2012-10-05, latest 2018-06-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,8761%91

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPRTSMOBACo-opIndieMechsActionRobotsSci-fiShooter

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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