Faithful to BattleTech lore and nostalgia
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Be it the economic metagame, the news clips that fill you in on little tidbits of Battletech lore from an in-universe perspective”
Steam review · 185.7 h played ↗
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%Piranha Games Inc.2021FPS · Simulation · Action
The verdict
A deep mech-piloting and mercenary-management sandbox with weighty, satisfying combat, but repetitive missions and poor AI. Best with DLC and mods, on sale.
Great for
BattleTech fans who love stompy mechs, mod tinkering, and co-op with friends
Main risk
Brain-dead AI and repetitive missions make vanilla feel barebones without mods and DLC
What players love
Mods like YAML transform the game
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“On its own merit without mods? Solid 5/10 experience. With mods? an 8 or 9/10”
Steam review · 137.9 h played ↗
DLC adds lots of content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“even playing vanillia the DLC add so much content that it feels like a completly new game each time one is added”
Steam review · 124.5 h played ↗
Mercenary career loop and deep customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“financially manage your own mercenary group, negotiate contracts, hire and develop pilots”
Steam review · 38.8 h played ↗
Fun co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“this game is ridiculously fun, especially when playing with friends”
Steam review · 1043.8 h played ↗
Weighty, satisfying mech combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“the feel of Mechs in this game are amazing, chunky and hard hitting, makes you power-trip”
Steam review · 91.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Terrible, stuck-prone lancemate and enemy AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The lancemate AI is so brain dead that you'll spend half your time swapping between mech in order to unstick them from the most basic of terrain features.”
Steam review · 238.4 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and mission-breaking glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“With the most recent patch it has become basically unplayable and crashes at the end of any mission.”
Steam review · 135.4 h played ↗
Repetitive missions and grindy loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“There are about 5 types of mission and they all involved walking half a mile then shooting some mechs.”
Steam review · 286.1 h played ↗
Base game barebones, needs DLC and mods
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“there are a million things wrong with this game that will only EVER be fixed with mods”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗
Broken co-op for non-hosts
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Players joining your game won't be able to hear mission briefings, can't review messages at the end of missions, can't navigate the star map, mech market, contracts, etc.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗
Poor optimization, stutter and huge install size
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Turning on ray-traced shadows or reflections drops it from 75 fps to single digits.”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable80 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-7100/AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 280X
Storage80 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit version)
ProcessorIntel Core i7-6700K/AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/AMD RX Vega 56
Storage80 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-7100/AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 280X
Storage80 GB available space
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