Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
A deep, satisfying mech tactics and mercenary-management game, hugely extended by mods. Skip it if you dislike slow turn-based combat, RNG misses or being outnumbered 4 vs 8.
Great for
Battletech fans and XCOM-style tactics players who love mech customization and modding
Main risk
Slow, repetitive missions where you're outnumbered and hit by RNG misses, so it feels unfair rather than tactical
72 recent reviews
Many recent negative reviews protest Paradox's Discord ban of a user with an Atatürk avatar, not the game. Positive reviewers confirm the bombing, so the drop doesn't reflect gameplay changes.
72 recent reviews
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Roguetech transforms this into one of the greatest tactical strategy games of all time IMO, unrivaled by anything on the market, there is simply nothing like it.”
Steam review · 884.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Its literally tabletop mechwarrior in a video game, WITH A CAREER SIMULATOR.”
Steam review · 57.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“You will easily spend dozens of hours tweaking your loadouts, trying new builds, and changing up your strategy with different lance compositions.”
Steam review · 91.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“BattleTech's highlight is its tactical depth. Every engagement makes you weigh heat, armor facing, positioning, and ammo, and when a plan comes together it's deeply satisfying.”
Steam review · 57.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the world-building and soundtrack is phenomenal”
Steam review · 1264 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Big mechs with big guns, paired with a enjoyable game play loop of grinding better equipment and mechs to take on harder missions.”
Steam review · 327.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Oh, look, another mission where my four mediums face six heavy and assault mechs! What fun!”
Steam review · 43.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“half your playtime is spent watching mechs slowly walk, slowly turn, slowly shoot, and slowly fall over.”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“You will miss OVER and OVER with 85% chance to hit. Enemy will never miss.”
Steam review · 65 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Constant fps drops no matter the system, memory leaks that make it perform worse over time and more.”
Steam review · 12.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“there's a bug in the game that causes cutscene audio to not play properly. It completely ruins the atmosphere.”
Steam review · 183.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“But you cannot take 8 small mechs to a mission even when your tonnage allows.”
Steam review · 101.7 h played ↗
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Other games we’ve read the reviews for
+ Outstanding story and characters
− Unfair bosses and unbreakable coins
analyzed 2 d ago
+ XCOM-style tactics in a 40k setting
− Brutal, poorly balanced difficulty
analyzed 8 h ago
+ Deep, satisfying card-based tactical combat
− Too much hub, dialogue and filler between missions
analyzed 18 h ago
+ Excellent story and characters
− Still buggy and unpolished
analyzed 2 d ago
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