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Mech Engineer

KiberKreker · MicroProse Software · 2024-05-21

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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).

13
playing now
75%
positive of 950 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 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 26% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 950 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 33 of 56 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

2422026-08-11 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 24 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.492020-12-162026-08-302020-12-16 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-13 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-05-28 — best price $14.992024-08-28 — best price $11.992024-11-13 — best price $12.742024-11-27 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-01-22 — best price $14.992025-03-08 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-04-29 — best price $14.992025-05-22 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $10.492025-07-24 — best price $10.492025-08-19 — best price $10.492025-09-23 — best price $14.992025-10-07 — best price $10.492025-10-27 — best price $10.492025-12-03 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $9.742026-01-23 — best price $9.742026-02-13 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-09 — best price $14.992026-05-05 — best price $9.752026-06-09 — best price $9.752026-07-17 — best price $9.752026-08-15 — best price $9.752026-08-30 — 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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