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BATTLETECH

Harebrained Schemes · Paradox Interactive · 2018-04-24

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 24, 2018 (Linux), Apr 24, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 24, 2018 (Mac)

Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

1,544
playing now
84%
positive of 33k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
47h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

1,544 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

BattleTech is a mech turn-based strategy video game developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Paradox Interactive. It was released on macOS and Windows on April 24, 2018, with a Linux release on November 27, 2018. The developers set aside US$1 million to create the game, and turned to Kickstarter to secure funding for additional features, including a single player campaign, an expansion of that campaign, and a player versus player multiplayer mode.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,544 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 703 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~88/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,202 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 828k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,129 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$9.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-75%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at WinGameStore (2021-05-24) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 59 of 96 observed days · $36.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20182026Week of 2018-04-01: 1,676 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 526 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,214 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 390 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,062 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 890 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.9k7712026-08-06 21:00 — 1,323 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 868 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,065 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,439 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,008 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,238 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,638 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,057 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,356 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,663 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 869 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,062 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,358 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 844 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,054 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,300 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 844 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,193 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,740 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,017 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 876 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,559 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,407 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,173 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,557 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,362 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 850 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,349 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,544 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$5.992018-02-272026-08-282018-02-27 — best price $31.992018-07-02 — best price $27.992018-08-27 — best price $39.992018-11-05 — best price $39.992019-01-16 — best price $39.992019-03-21 — best price $23.992019-05-29 — best price $19.992019-07-24 — best price $39.992019-10-18 — best price $7.952019-12-17 — best price $11.562020-02-05 — best price $31.952020-03-28 — best price $39.992020-05-18 — best price $39.992020-07-21 — best price $39.992020-09-08 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $9.992020-12-19 — best price $29.982021-03-08 — best price $39.992021-05-05 — best price $33.892021-07-09 — best price $9.502021-11-06 — best price $23.992022-01-25 — best price $9.992022-04-25 — best price $8.992022-08-01 — best price $37.992022-10-19 — best price $35.272023-01-17 — best price $9.992023-05-11 — best price $9.992023-08-09 — best price $9.992024-02-11 — best price $31.492024-06-10 — best price $8.982024-11-07 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-08-19 — best price $5.992026-01-23 — best price $8.532026-04-30 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

154552026-05-30 — 93 pageviews2026-06-02 — 97 pageviews2026-06-05 — 100 pageviews2026-06-08 — 106 pageviews2026-06-11 — 82 pageviews2026-06-14 — 83 pageviews2026-06-17 — 64 pageviews2026-06-20 — 76 pageviews2026-06-23 — 75 pageviews2026-06-26 — 105 pageviews2026-06-29 — 121 pageviews2026-07-02 — 113 pageviews2026-07-05 — 100 pageviews2026-07-08 — 118 pageviews2026-07-11 — 131 pageviews2026-07-14 — 92 pageviews2026-07-17 — 101 pageviews2026-07-20 — 87 pageviews2026-07-23 — 115 pageviews2026-07-26 — 69 pageviews2026-07-29 — 77 pageviews2026-08-01 — 63 pageviews2026-08-04 — 88 pageviews2026-08-07 — 73 pageviews2026-08-10 — 106 pageviews2026-08-13 — 58 pageviews2026-08-16 — 87 pageviews2026-08-19 — 84 pageviews2026-08-22 — 103 pageviews2026-08-25 — 94 pageviews2026-08-27 — 78 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13502026-08-28 13:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 106 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 135 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
89.5%
earned "A MechWarrior's Path"
35.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing5 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)21,6160%128

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

RPGMechsSpaceActionRobotsSci-fiStrategyTacticalAdventureFuturistic

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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