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Mech Engineer

KiberKreker · MicroProse Software · 2024-05-21

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.

Mech Engineer is an Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 950 reviews).

9
playing now
74%
positive of 964 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Story is mysterious. It's just not done yet.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 98 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 49,476 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 964 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.75-35%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 67 of 91 observed days · $2.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10810820202026Week of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-09-15 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
651Dec 2021Aug 2026Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 15 · peak 40Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 21Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 65 · peak 129Aug 2024 — avg 23 · peak 50Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 22Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 22Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$7.492020-12-162026-10-142020-12-16 — best price $14.992021-10-07 — best price $13.492021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $10.492023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-05-25 — best price $9.742023-09-04 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $10.492024-05-28 — best price $14.992024-09-03 — best price $14.992024-11-21 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $11.242025-01-22 — best price $14.992025-03-11 — best price $11.242025-04-18 — best price $10.492025-05-14 — best price $10.492025-06-26 — best price $10.492025-08-01 — best price $14.992025-09-11 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $10.492025-12-08 — best price $10.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-02-12 — best price $9.742026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-14 — best price $9.752026-05-25 — best price $9.752026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-15 — best price $9.752026-08-31 — best price $9.752026-09-05 — best price $9.752026-09-10 — best price $14.992026-09-15 — best price $14.992026-09-20 — best price $9.752026-09-25 — best price $9.752026-09-30 — best price $9.752026-10-05 — best price $9.752026-10-10 — best price $9.752026-10-14 — best price $9.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
3.9%
earned "The coolest pilot!"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)790%15

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

Player tags

RTSIndieMechsBuildingStrategyStylizedRealisticManagementSimulationSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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