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BATTLETECH cover art

BATTLETECH

Harebrained Schemes · Paradox Interactive · 2018-04-24

SteamGOGMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

ActionAdventureStrategy

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

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.

BATTLETECH is an Action, Adventure and Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $39.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (84% of 33183 reviews).

716
playing now
84%
positive of 33k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
113
twitch viewers (latest)
37.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
509
Nexus mods (2.8M downloads)
80/100
opencritic · strong · 72% recommend · from 63 critics
47h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

716 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

BATTLETECH trailer thumbnail

BATTLETECH - Intro Cinematic

≈361,505 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 716 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 2% of 27,529 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 831k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,242 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 57 of 96 observed days · $6.00 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

1.8k6442026-09-14 20:00 — 1,353 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 927 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 813 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,447 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 1,315 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 765 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 1,323 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,172 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 692 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,474 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 1,335 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 646 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 1,008 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,103 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 843 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,365 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 1,181 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 742 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 833 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,363 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 1,167 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 763 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 1,324 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 716 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
23k1Jan 2018Aug 2026Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 9Apr 2018 — avg 22,783 · peak 35,586Jul 2018 — avg 2,771 · peak 6,150Oct 2018 — avg 1,405 · peak 2,609Jan 2019 — avg 2,434 · peak 4,999Apr 2019 — avg 1,599 · peak 2,957Jul 2019 — avg 2,514 · peak 4,610Oct 2019 — avg 2,120 · peak 4,612Jan 2020 — avg 3,161 · peak 6,404Apr 2020 — avg 2,393 · peak 3,732Jul 2020 — avg 2,300 · peak 3,968Oct 2020 — avg 2,021 · peak 3,406Jan 2021 — avg 2,190 · peak 3,688Apr 2021 — avg 2,262 · peak 3,681Jul 2021 — avg 2,216 · peak 3,819Oct 2021 — avg 1,863 · peak 2,965Jan 2022 — avg 2,154 · peak 3,584Apr 2022 — avg 1,835 · peak 2,983Jul 2022 — avg 1,937 · peak 3,144Oct 2022 — avg 1,649 · peak 2,696Jan 2023 — avg 1,980 · peak 3,595Apr 2023 — avg 1,805 · peak 2,964Jul 2023 — avg 1,478 · peak 2,364Oct 2023 — avg 1,275 · peak 2,064Jan 2024 — avg 1,502 · peak 2,567Apr 2024 — avg 1,541 · peak 2,622Jul 2024 — avg 1,346 · peak 2,175Oct 2024 — avg 1,504 · peak 2,532Jan 2025 — avg 1,374 · peak 2,199Apr 2025 — avg 1,480 · peak 2,508Jul 2025 — avg 1,295 · peak 2,139Oct 2025 — avg 1,280 · peak 2,055Jan 2026 — avg 1,401 · peak 2,342Apr 2026 — avg 1,125 · peak 1,925Jul 2026 — avg 1,269 · peak 2,137Aug 2026 — avg 1,213 · peak 2,085
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
24242026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 14 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 24 new negative2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 21 new negative2026-09-27: 3 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 7 new negative2026-09-29: 6 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 7 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 2 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$5.992018-02-272026-10-142018-02-27 — 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 $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

154552026-05-30 — 93 pageviews2026-06-03 — 114 pageviews2026-06-07 — 95 pageviews2026-06-11 — 82 pageviews2026-06-15 — 93 pageviews2026-06-19 — 94 pageviews2026-06-23 — 75 pageviews2026-06-27 — 125 pageviews2026-07-01 — 97 pageviews2026-07-05 — 100 pageviews2026-07-09 — 154 pageviews2026-07-13 — 87 pageviews2026-07-17 — 101 pageviews2026-07-21 — 100 pageviews2026-07-25 — 81 pageviews2026-07-29 — 77 pageviews2026-08-02 — 88 pageviews2026-08-06 — 80 pageviews2026-08-10 — 106 pageviews2026-08-14 — 82 pageviews2026-08-18 — 108 pageviews2026-08-22 — 103 pageviews2026-08-26 — 105 pageviews2026-08-30 — 93 pageviews2026-09-03 — 99 pageviews2026-09-07 — 93 pageviews2026-09-11 — 74 pageviews2026-09-15 — 100 pageviews2026-09-19 — 77 pageviews2026-09-23 — 66 pageviews2026-09-27 — 97 pageviews2026-10-01 — 64 pageviews2026-10-05 — 84 pageviews2026-10-09 — 90 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

28302026-09-30 18:34 — 283 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 138 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 125 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 113 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

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2018-04-24, latest 2019-11-21 (Steam store data)

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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