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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries cover art

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

Piranha Games Inc. · 2021-05-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionSimulation

Franchise: BattleTech · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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).

1,859
playing now
85%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
38
twitch viewers (latest)
73/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

1,859 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,859 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 9% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 315k–708k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,731 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 31 of 55 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

2.6k7742026-08-06 22:00 — 1,744 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1,086 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 1,399 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 1,982 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1,518 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1,865 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 2,386 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1,701 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 2,076 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 2,486 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1,224 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,542 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,880 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1,182 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,456 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 1,647 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1,212 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,608 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 2,293 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,265 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 936 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,648 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,904 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,222 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,570 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,638 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 774 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1,465 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,859 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$10.842020-05-092026-08-302020-05-09 — 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 $11.992026-08-30 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

541872026-05-29 — 273 pageviews2026-06-01 — 253 pageviews2026-06-04 — 206 pageviews2026-06-07 — 188 pageviews2026-06-10 — 157 pageviews2026-06-13 — 124 pageviews2026-06-16 — 142 pageviews2026-06-19 — 236 pageviews2026-06-22 — 236 pageviews2026-06-25 — 158 pageviews2026-06-28 — 166 pageviews2026-07-01 — 141 pageviews2026-07-04 — 150 pageviews2026-07-07 — 175 pageviews2026-07-10 — 129 pageviews2026-07-13 — 122 pageviews2026-07-16 — 117 pageviews2026-07-19 — 138 pageviews2026-07-22 — 133 pageviews2026-07-25 — 101 pageviews2026-07-28 — 109 pageviews2026-07-31 — 99 pageviews2026-08-03 — 140 pageviews2026-08-06 — 115 pageviews2026-08-09 — 126 pageviews2026-08-12 — 134 pageviews2026-08-15 — 112 pageviews2026-08-18 — 110 pageviews2026-08-21 — 128 pageviews2026-08-24 — 118 pageviews2026-08-26 — 101 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

11302026-08-26 19:15 — 15 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 87 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 38 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 Sharing9 DLC

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

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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