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Mechabellum cover art

Mechabellum

Game River · Dreamhaven · 2024-09-26

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

1,142
playing now
84%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
236
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1,142 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 1,142 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 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 385k–867k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,259 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 41 of 68 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

1.7k7172026-08-06 21:00 — 1,264 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 780 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,459 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,459 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 920 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,699 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,528 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 968 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,710 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,385 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 782 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,428 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,264 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 755 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,391 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,241 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 717 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,500 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,698 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 801 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,057 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,493 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,021 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,295 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,493 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 901 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 863 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,530 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,142 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002023-05-112026-08-152023-05-11 — 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 $8.212026-08-15 — best price $12.63
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7792026-05-16 — 32 pageviews2026-05-19 — 26 pageviews2026-05-22 — 33 pageviews2026-05-25 — 32 pageviews2026-05-28 — 22 pageviews2026-05-31 — 27 pageviews2026-06-03 — 24 pageviews2026-06-06 — 16 pageviews2026-06-09 — 47 pageviews2026-06-12 — 69 pageviews2026-06-15 — 47 pageviews2026-06-18 — 30 pageviews2026-06-21 — 21 pageviews2026-06-24 — 16 pageviews2026-06-27 — 24 pageviews2026-06-30 — 26 pageviews2026-07-03 — 22 pageviews2026-07-06 — 34 pageviews2026-07-09 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 28 pageviews2026-07-15 — 19 pageviews2026-07-18 — 29 pageviews2026-07-21 — 13 pageviews2026-07-24 — 23 pageviews2026-07-27 — 32 pageviews2026-07-30 — 29 pageviews2026-08-02 — 23 pageviews2026-08-05 — 10 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-11 — 19 pageviews2026-08-14 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 18 pageviews2026-08-20 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.0k02026-08-26 19:15 — 234 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 413 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 173 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 165 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 77 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 135 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 163 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 171 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 139 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 143 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 108 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 125 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 132 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 245 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 3,634 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 137 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 155 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 132 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 379 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 296 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 405 viewers2026-08-29 23:12 — 3,553 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 432 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 311 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 342 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 148 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 172 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 236 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

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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