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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries cover art

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

Piranha Games Inc. · 2021-05-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

ActionSimulation

Franchise: BattleTech · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Dec 10, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 27, 2021 (Xbox One), May 27, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 23, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Sep 22, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is an Action and Simulation game released in 2021, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 15731 reviews).

2,362
playing now
85%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
29
twitch viewers (latest)
5.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
73/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
1,206
Nexus mods (11M downloads)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (2,184 ratings)
73/100
opencritic · fair · 55% recommend · from 64 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

2,362 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is a BattleTech mecha game developed by Piranha Games released on December 10, 2019, on Microsoft Windows. It is the first single player MechWarrior game since 2002. It was initially available as an Epic Games Store exclusive title, which, like other games with Epic Games Store exclusivity deals, was met with criticism. On May 7, 2020, it was made available through Xbox Game Pass for PC. On May 27, 2021, it was made available on additional platforms including Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Steam and GOG, in addition to the DLC pack Heroes of the Inner Sphere, Call to Arms, and Rise of Rasalhague. The game has sold two million units as of October 2024. Piranha Games released a sequel, MechWarrior 5: Clans, on October 16, 2024.

Trailer

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries trailer thumbnail

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Chaos Reign - Launch Trailer

≈283,039 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,362 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,418 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~177/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 324k–729k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,194 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-60%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2026-06-18) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 64 of 92 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
98598520212026Week of 2021-05-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 985 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.0k6372026-09-15 12:00 — 872 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,471 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1,180 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,043 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2,056 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 1,549 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 686 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1,217 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,658 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 957 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,084 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 1,338 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 648 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 1,127 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 2,076 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 989 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 1,171 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 2,794 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2,142 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2,514 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 3,982 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 2,507 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1,321 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 2,362 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.7k621Jun 2021Aug 2026Jun 2021 — avg 2,675 · peak 5,505Aug 2021 — avg 933 · peak 1,733Oct 2021 — avg 918 · peak 1,835Dec 2021 — avg 968 · peak 1,699Feb 2022 — avg 740 · peak 1,421Apr 2022 — avg 811 · peak 1,532Jun 2022 — avg 1,078 · peak 1,790Aug 2022 — avg 845 · peak 1,533Oct 2022 — avg 1,156 · peak 2,814Dec 2022 — avg 1,028 · peak 1,906Feb 2023 — avg 2,747 · peak 6,472Apr 2023 — avg 1,211 · peak 2,306Jun 2023 — avg 796 · peak 1,372Aug 2023 — avg 816 · peak 1,385Oct 2023 — avg 1,330 · peak 2,673Dec 2023 — avg 1,074 · peak 2,149Feb 2024 — avg 827 · peak 1,560Apr 2024 — avg 871 · peak 1,585Jun 2024 — avg 1,265 · peak 2,920Aug 2024 — avg 867 · peak 1,449Oct 2024 — avg 948 · peak 1,827Dec 2024 — avg 813 · peak 1,523Feb 2025 — avg 753 · peak 1,414Apr 2025 — avg 765 · peak 1,384Jun 2025 — avg 645 · peak 1,439Aug 2025 — avg 794 · peak 1,333Oct 2025 — avg 1,636 · peak 3,325Dec 2025 — avg 1,350 · peak 2,439Feb 2026 — avg 1,046 · peak 2,049Apr 2026 — avg 1,120 · peak 1,948Jun 2026 — avg 2,102 · peak 3,778Aug 2026 — avg 1,481 · peak 2,804
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
33332026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 17 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 6 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 7 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new negative2026-10-05: 5 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 10 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 33 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 13 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 9 new positive2026-10-09: 8 new negative2026-10-10: 11 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 7 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative2026-10-15: 4 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$10.842020-05-092026-10-152020-05-09 — best price $49.992021-10-07 — best price $29.992021-11-05 — best price $23.792021-12-13 — best price $17.992022-02-04 — best price $29.992022-03-10 — best price $29.992022-04-23 — best price $17.992022-05-23 — best price $29.992022-07-08 — best price $26.992022-08-07 — best price $17.952022-08-29 — best price $17.222022-10-12 — best price $21.892022-11-02 — best price $16.492022-12-12 — best price $11.092023-01-19 — best price $10.842023-02-22 — best price $14.992023-03-31 — best price $17.992023-05-11 — best price $11.092023-07-03 — best price $26.962023-08-06 — best price $23.092023-10-02 — best price $10.992023-11-14 — best price $29.992023-12-11 — best price $11.992024-01-04 — best price $11.242024-02-13 — best price $23.092024-04-10 — best price $26.312024-05-16 — best price $14.992024-09-02 — best price $11.992024-12-12 — best price $11.992025-02-28 — best price $11.992025-06-06 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992026-02-28 — best price $11.992026-05-07 — best price $29.992026-08-27 — best price $11.992026-09-11 — best price $11.992026-09-26 — best price $11.992026-10-11 — best price $29.992026-10-15 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

365872026-05-29 — 273 pageviews2026-06-02 — 184 pageviews2026-06-06 — 158 pageviews2026-06-10 — 157 pageviews2026-06-14 — 145 pageviews2026-06-18 — 171 pageviews2026-06-22 — 236 pageviews2026-06-26 — 187 pageviews2026-06-30 — 129 pageviews2026-07-04 — 150 pageviews2026-07-08 — 150 pageviews2026-07-12 — 153 pageviews2026-07-16 — 117 pageviews2026-07-20 — 148 pageviews2026-07-24 — 120 pageviews2026-07-28 — 109 pageviews2026-08-01 — 132 pageviews2026-08-05 — 137 pageviews2026-08-09 — 126 pageviews2026-08-13 — 108 pageviews2026-08-17 — 104 pageviews2026-08-21 — 128 pageviews2026-08-25 — 144 pageviews2026-08-29 — 117 pageviews2026-09-02 — 155 pageviews2026-09-06 — 115 pageviews2026-09-10 — 112 pageviews2026-09-14 — 134 pageviews2026-09-18 — 101 pageviews2026-09-22 — 114 pageviews2026-09-26 — 145 pageviews2026-09-30 — 112 pageviews2026-10-04 — 142 pageviews2026-10-07 — 365 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

35302026-10-01 10:34 — 123 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 183 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 233 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 147 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 278 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 215 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 135 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 134 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 88 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 162 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 29 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
65.4%
earned "Easier Than Painting Miniatures"
25.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing10 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Japanese

Post-launch support: 9 DLC released, first 2021-05-27, latest 2026-05-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,2783%19
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)5,6403%19
PS5 (PlayStation)95012%20
PS4 (PlayStation)4449%20

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DFPSCo-opMechsActionCombatShooterModdableFuturisticSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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