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Mechabellum

Game River · Dreamhaven · 2024-09-26

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerSimulationStrategy

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

Releases: May 11, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.

Mechabellum is a $14.99 Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, and Simulation game released in 2024, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive rating of 84% from 19,406 reviews.

1,596
playing now
84%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
370
twitch viewers (latest)
46.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1,596 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Mechabellum is a 2024 auto battler video game developed by Game River and published by Paradox Interactive and Dreamhaven. Gameplay involves creating armies that fight each other over the course of several rounds. Developed beginning in 2022, the game was released in early access in 2023 and fully released for Windows in 2024. The game received positive reviews.

Trailer

Mechabellum trailer thumbnail

Mechabellum Official Trailer 2025

≈27,668 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 1,596 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,461 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~183/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 398k–896k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,910 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Epic Games Store$0.00-100%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2023-12-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 47 of 72 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20232026Week of 2023-05-01: 1,429 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 968 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 684 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,315 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 905 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.7k2742026-09-15 12:00 — 999 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,345 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 730 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,250 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,585 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 2,180 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2,238 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 3,187 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 2,177 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2,814 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 2,976 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,739 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1,987 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 3,301 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 2,395 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1,655 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 2,587 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 2,023 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,430 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2,731 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 2,743 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,341 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1,596 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.7k651May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 2,615 · peak 4,820Jun 2023 — avg 1,899 · peak 3,738Jul 2023 — avg 1,711 · peak 3,249Aug 2023 — avg 1,077 · peak 2,289Sep 2023 — avg 929 · peak 1,726Oct 2023 — avg 766 · peak 1,387Nov 2023 — avg 787 · peak 1,517Dec 2023 — avg 1,012 · peak 2,458Jan 2024 — avg 896 · peak 1,607Feb 2024 — avg 734 · peak 1,354Mar 2024 — avg 651 · peak 1,136Apr 2024 — avg 766 · peak 1,410May 2024 — avg 1,064 · peak 2,466Jun 2024 — avg 1,132 · peak 2,133Jul 2024 — avg 1,409 · peak 2,746Aug 2024 — avg 1,429 · peak 2,427Sep 2024 — avg 1,735 · peak 6,521Oct 2024 — avg 3,732 · peak 7,740Nov 2024 — avg 2,434 · peak 4,022Dec 2024 — avg 1,922 · peak 3,336Jan 2025 — avg 2,085 · peak 4,502Feb 2025 — avg 1,787 · peak 3,203Mar 2025 — avg 2,069 · peak 5,139Apr 2025 — avg 2,960 · peak 6,169May 2025 — avg 2,242 · peak 3,546Jun 2025 — avg 2,163 · peak 3,460Jul 2025 — avg 2,250 · peak 3,688Aug 2025 — avg 2,115 · peak 3,240Sep 2025 — avg 1,758 · peak 3,064Oct 2025 — avg 1,411 · peak 2,500Nov 2025 — avg 1,203 · peak 1,821Dec 2025 — avg 1,245 · peak 1,981Jan 2026 — avg 1,265 · peak 1,964Feb 2026 — avg 1,172 · peak 1,825Mar 2026 — avg 1,176 · peak 1,991Apr 2026 — avg 1,187 · peak 1,978May 2026 — avg 1,096 · peak 1,815Jun 2026 — avg 1,333 · peak 2,739Jul 2026 — avg 1,251 · peak 2,061Aug 2026 — avg 1,183 · peak 1,964
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
33332026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 26 new positive2026-09-21: 3 new negative2026-09-22: 33 new positive2026-09-22: 17 new negative2026-09-23: 25 new positive2026-09-23: 19 new negative2026-09-24: 20 new positive2026-09-24: 11 new negative2026-09-25: 17 new positive2026-09-25: 10 new negative2026-09-26: 22 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new negative2026-09-27: 16 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 22 new positive2026-09-28: 12 new negative2026-09-29: 6 new positive2026-09-29: 11 new negative2026-09-30: 22 new positive2026-09-30: 7 new negative2026-10-01: 27 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 25 new positive2026-10-02: 9 new negative2026-10-03: 14 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 10 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-07: 7 new negative2026-10-08: 8 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 14 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 9 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 7 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.002023-05-112026-10-012023-05-11 — best price $11.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-10-31 — best price $11.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992023-12-16 — best price $14.992024-02-26 — best price $7.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $8.992024-07-25 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $11.242025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-25 — best price $11.992025-06-13 — best price $14.992025-08-29 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-19 — best price $9.742026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-02-02 — best price $13.492026-02-08 — best price $14.992026-02-18 — best price $10.892026-03-04 — best price $11.512026-03-20 — best price $14.842026-03-31 — best price $11.992026-04-08 — best price $14.992026-04-24 — best price $13.482026-05-11 — best price $14.992026-06-05 — best price $7.072026-06-13 — best price $11.512026-06-18 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $13.482026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-19 — best price $7.712026-07-23 — best price $13.392026-07-31 — best price $6.542026-08-07 — best price $8.212026-08-13 — best price $8.212026-09-25 — best price $0.002026-09-28 — best price $0.002026-10-01 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

363112026-05-16 — 32 pageviews2026-05-20 — 13 pageviews2026-05-24 — 33 pageviews2026-05-28 — 22 pageviews2026-06-01 — 30 pageviews2026-06-05 — 33 pageviews2026-06-09 — 47 pageviews2026-06-13 — 77 pageviews2026-06-17 — 37 pageviews2026-06-21 — 21 pageviews2026-06-25 — 28 pageviews2026-06-29 — 29 pageviews2026-07-03 — 22 pageviews2026-07-07 — 48 pageviews2026-07-11 — 19 pageviews2026-07-15 — 19 pageviews2026-07-19 — 20 pageviews2026-07-23 — 13 pageviews2026-07-27 — 32 pageviews2026-07-31 — 44 pageviews2026-08-04 — 31 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 23 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-20 — 20 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-28 — 24 pageviews2026-09-01 — 27 pageviews2026-09-05 — 11 pageviews2026-09-09 — 17 pageviews2026-09-13 — 44 pageviews2026-09-17 — 129 pageviews2026-09-21 — 85 pageviews2026-09-25 — 363 pageviews2026-09-29 — 105 pageviews2026-10-03 — 62 pageviews2026-10-07 — 45 pageviews2026-10-11 — 48 pageviews2026-10-12 — 36 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.8k42026-09-30 22:34 — 198 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 149 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 384 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 353 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 648 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 153 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 2,611 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 253 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 154 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 161 viewers2026-10-09 01:12 — 2,707 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 127 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 327 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 191 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 356 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 181 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 123 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 216 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 88 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 173 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 139 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 370 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing3 DLC

11 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, French, German, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Russian

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2025-03-25 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPRTSWarCo-opMechsRobotsWargameStrategyTacticalAction RTS

Census log

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

Recent updates

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