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HARDCORE MECHA cover art

HARDCORE MECHA

RocketPunch Games · 2019-06-26

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 15, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 26, 2019 (Linux), Dec 14, 2023 (Xbox One), Jun 26, 2019 (Mac), Jan 14, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

HARDCORE MECHA is a 2D platformer action focusing on a better handling. The Campaign mode offers rich gameplay and seamless in-game cut-scenes for an immersive experience. Choose your favorite mecha, experience the fast-paced hardcore competitive battle of steel in Multiplayer!

2
playing now
83%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 13h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (741 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 67k–161k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,685 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$16.54-17%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.89 at GameBillet (2025-03-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 72 of 99 observed days · $12.65 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
59459420192026Week of 2019-06-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.922019-06-272026-08-292019-06-27 — best price $16.992019-11-20 — best price $15.992020-01-23 — best price $15.592020-12-16 — best price $10.382021-02-11 — best price $11.792021-09-03 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $10.992022-04-21 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $8.592023-02-10 — best price $10.992023-06-28 — best price $7.592024-02-26 — best price $6.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-06 — best price $5.492024-10-12 — best price $5.992024-11-05 — best price $15.892024-12-08 — best price $17.642025-01-23 — best price $5.992025-02-02 — best price $4.102025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-02-28 — best price $4.202025-03-21 — best price $15.892025-04-21 — best price $16.572025-05-20 — best price $5.262025-06-08 — best price $13.942025-07-21 — best price $16.522025-08-29 — best price $16.602025-09-24 — best price $14.692025-11-02 — best price $17.592025-11-25 — best price $5.992025-12-05 — best price $5.542025-12-17 — best price $4.192026-01-09 — best price $19.992026-02-25 — best price $19.992026-04-01 — best price $15.892026-04-24 — best price $19.992026-06-18 — best price $6.002026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-21 — best price $5.322026-08-29 — best price $16.54
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
92.2%
earned "Is this the real life, is it just fantasy?"
4.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud8 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4400%36
PS4 (PlayStation)3403%37
Xbox One (Xbox)1022%25
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

2DAnimeIndieMechsActionSci-fiShooterFightingMilitaryPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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