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MechWarrior Online™ Legends cover art

MechWarrior Online™ Legends

Piranha Games Inc. · 2015-12-10

Steam

ActionMassively MultiplayerSimulationStrategyFree To Play

Franchise: BattleTech · Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 17, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

MechWarrior Online™ Legends is a tactical, 'Mech-based online shooter set in the vast BattleTech Universe. Assume the role of an elite MechWarrior, piloting powerful BattleMechs, fighting for supremacy over the Inner Sphere.

MechWarrior Online™ Legends is an Action, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2015, free-to-play, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (80% of 12827 reviews) sentiment.

138
playing now
80%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

138 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

MechWarrior Online is a free-to-play vehicle simulation video game, officially launched during September 2013 by Piranha Games for Microsoft Windows. The game takes place within the larger BattleTech universe.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 138 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 407 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~51/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21221220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5861382026-09-15 11:00 — 198 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 355 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 408 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 233 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 406 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 465 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 165 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 305 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 475 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 253 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 254 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 371 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 214 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 239 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 473 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 248 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 177 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 318 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 274 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 225 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 373 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 380 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 138 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.3k309Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 2,130 · peak 4,111Apr 2016 — avg 1,273 · peak 2,420Aug 2016 — avg 1,043 · peak 2,116Dec 2016 — avg 1,040 · peak 1,821Apr 2017 — avg 943 · peak 1,733Aug 2017 — avg 1,036 · peak 1,803Dec 2017 — avg 1,136 · peak 2,489Apr 2018 — avg 1,155 · peak 2,580Aug 2018 — avg 665 · peak 1,150Dec 2018 — avg 773 · peak 1,883Apr 2019 — avg 723 · peak 1,343Aug 2019 — avg 453 · peak 766Dec 2019 — avg 391 · peak 698Apr 2020 — avg 446 · peak 758Aug 2020 — avg 477 · peak 872Dec 2020 — avg 629 · peak 1,739Apr 2021 — avg 825 · peak 1,607Aug 2021 — avg 657 · peak 1,109Dec 2021 — avg 710 · peak 1,255Apr 2022 — avg 625 · peak 1,054Aug 2022 — avg 610 · peak 1,127Dec 2022 — avg 574 · peak 1,071Apr 2023 — avg 627 · peak 1,053Aug 2023 — avg 556 · peak 1,185Dec 2023 — avg 628 · peak 1,108Apr 2024 — avg 544 · peak 938Aug 2024 — avg 557 · peak 1,023Dec 2024 — avg 498 · peak 860Apr 2025 — avg 406 · peak 716Aug 2025 — avg 452 · peak 1,056Dec 2025 — avg 392 · peak 714Apr 2026 — avg 365 · peak 655Aug 2026 — avg 383 · peak 759
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
332026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 3 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 1 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

56152026-05-29 — 44 pageviews2026-06-02 — 37 pageviews2026-06-06 — 42 pageviews2026-06-10 — 50 pageviews2026-06-14 — 42 pageviews2026-06-18 — 37 pageviews2026-06-22 — 49 pageviews2026-06-26 — 44 pageviews2026-06-30 — 27 pageviews2026-07-04 — 29 pageviews2026-07-08 — 34 pageviews2026-07-12 — 37 pageviews2026-07-16 — 28 pageviews2026-07-20 — 39 pageviews2026-07-24 — 35 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-08-01 — 53 pageviews2026-08-05 — 30 pageviews2026-08-09 — 56 pageviews2026-08-13 — 29 pageviews2026-08-17 — 33 pageviews2026-08-21 — 28 pageviews2026-08-25 — 27 pageviews2026-08-29 — 29 pageviews2026-09-02 — 19 pageviews2026-09-06 — 43 pageviews2026-09-10 — 27 pageviews2026-09-14 — 28 pageviews2026-09-18 — 35 pageviews2026-09-22 — 44 pageviews2026-09-26 — 27 pageviews2026-09-30 — 29 pageviews2026-10-04 — 22 pageviews2026-10-08 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

19602026-10-01 08:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 122 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 16 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
54%
earned "Basic Tutorial Complete"
7.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing54 DLC

Post-launch support: 54 DLC released, first 2018-04-17, latest 2026-08-25 (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

FPSPvPMechsActionRobotsSci-fiShooterStrategyTacticalSimulation

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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