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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)

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.

443
playing now
80%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5
twitch viewers (latest)
72/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

443 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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
  • · 443 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 10% of 10,791 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

7182112026-08-06 21:00 — 452 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 366 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 259 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 478 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 429 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 306 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 625 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 461 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 308 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 482 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 332 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 247 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 409 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 340 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 225 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 378 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 420 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 299 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 605 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 446 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 224 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 457 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 547 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 261 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 351 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 497 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 220 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 344 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 684 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 443 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

73252026-05-29 — 44 pageviews2026-06-01 — 54 pageviews2026-06-04 — 47 pageviews2026-06-07 — 49 pageviews2026-06-10 — 50 pageviews2026-06-13 — 39 pageviews2026-06-16 — 49 pageviews2026-06-19 — 43 pageviews2026-06-22 — 49 pageviews2026-06-25 — 45 pageviews2026-06-28 — 47 pageviews2026-07-01 — 29 pageviews2026-07-04 — 29 pageviews2026-07-07 — 49 pageviews2026-07-10 — 42 pageviews2026-07-13 — 41 pageviews2026-07-16 — 28 pageviews2026-07-19 — 37 pageviews2026-07-22 — 37 pageviews2026-07-25 — 38 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-31 — 38 pageviews2026-08-03 — 38 pageviews2026-08-06 — 28 pageviews2026-08-09 — 56 pageviews2026-08-12 — 33 pageviews2026-08-15 — 31 pageviews2026-08-18 — 41 pageviews2026-08-21 — 28 pageviews2026-08-24 — 36 pageviews2026-08-26 — 34 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

17402026-08-26 19:15 — 53 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 61 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 89 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 65 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 115 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 110 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 5 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

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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