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Techwars Online cover art

Techwars Online

Argus Games · 2016-03-17

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Mar 17, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Immerse yourself in a world of old-school turn-based strategy with massive combat mechs. Real hardcore PvP: two factions, each with just one mech with 20 additional specializations and a pilot-neuroimplant system.

Techwars Online is a 2016 Action Indie Massively Multiplayer Strategy game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 124 reviews).

0
playing now
63%
positive of 124 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 27,663 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 124 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162025Week of 2016-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Mar 2016Sep 2019Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 6Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Sep 2019

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$13.99$0.492016-03-182021-02-152016-03-18 — best price $8.992016-05-21 — best price $6.492016-08-02 — best price $4.892016-10-03 — best price $2.492016-12-22 — best price $3.292017-02-20 — best price $3.892018-03-24 — best price $13.992018-04-02 — best price $13.992018-05-28 — best price $2.492018-10-31 — best price $0.492018-11-05 — best price $0.492018-11-21 — best price $0.492018-12-21 — best price $0.492019-01-10 — best price $0.492019-02-04 — best price $0.492019-03-21 — best price $0.492019-05-30 — best price $0.492019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-07-27 — best price $0.992019-09-29 — best price $0.492019-10-28 — best price $0.492019-11-26 — best price $0.492019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-05-29 — best price $0.492020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-08-31 — best price $0.992020-10-30 — best price $2.492020-11-09 — best price $2.492020-11-25 — best price $2.492020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-01-21 — best price $2.492021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-02-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
34.3%
earned "Walker mk.1"
10.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal

Player tags

IndieMechsActionStrategyTacticalBoard GameTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.