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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.

May 26, 202185% Steamwindows

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Primary genreSimulation
Release dateMay 26, 2021
Latest versionv1.15.398

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85%recommend

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16,189 reviewsMeasured: Oct 14, 2026
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243 reviewsMeasured: Oct 14, 2026
NOT RECOMMENDEDPolish
RRead in fullShow less

R

RECOMMENDEDGerman
worth it ! many hours to play !Read in fullShow less

worth it ! many hours to play !

RECOMMENDEDEnglish
Love stompin' in a mech.Read in fullShow less

Love stompin' in a mech.

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NOT RECOMMENDEDEnglish
The makings of a great game are here, sadly I have come to the conclusion that the developers are unwilling or unable to really make it shine. The basic gameplay loop shows promise, go into action with giant robots, complete objectives, get money and better weapons, repeat. The game lacks polish, both graphically for…Read in fullShow less

The makings of a great game are here, sadly I have come to the conclusion that the developers are unwilling or unable to really make it shine. The basic gameplay loop shows promise, go into action with giant robots, complete objectives, get money and better weapons, repeat. The game lacks polish, both graphically for something within the last decade and in environment effects. A minor issue is with companion AI that seems to show no sense of self preservation nor ability to change their behavior to suit a particular mech's abilities, so you will have to babysit them using the simplified commands (follow, go to location, attack target). The rest of the game is a bit barebones and could have used some more depth and features, especially once you get late game. The real issues with this game come after the clan invasion (needs Shadows of Kersnky DLC ) at which point any sense of balance goes out the window with the new mechs and enemies making it quite clear that they are formidable foes, but from this point on the enemies move so fast, hit so hard and accurately, and can take such excessive damage, that it feels like you have to know the future and makes all the mechs and equipment you have collected to this point second rate trash like you are trying to take down tanks with a bow and arrow. I can appreciate such a difficulty spike to a degree and sells them as the formidable foes they, but the problem is how quickly and out of nowhere it comes from and you have no obvious ways to deal with it except salvaging what you can, building up your arsenal with the newer stuff, selling broken stuff to avoid going bankrupt, and making excessive use of the save, load, and restart mission button while you search around for missions that are reasonable to complete. Perhaps this could have been mitigated by new mission types built around the clan enemies, but the problem is the game still spawns the same mission types as pre-clan invasion, which just do not mesh properly with the new enemies. It is really exacerbated by the fact that the game punishes you for completing objectives by seeming randomly dropping enemy reinforcements right on top of you, even after a somewhat flawless mission while you are running to evac, again manageable pre-clan invasion, but effectively a mission failure or squad mate death(s) for no reason. I still need to try out some mod packages, and it is possible some of those will make it great or address some of these issues, but in my opinions mods should only be taken as an excuses when they make a good game great. As it stands, this is a mediocre game that had the potential to be great. I do not see myself putting down, but I strongly advise anyone reading this to save your money and let this company go out of business.

Oct 13, 2026Open on Steam ↗
RECOMMENDEDDanish
Big somping mechsRead in fullShow less

Big somping mechs

RECOMMENDEDRussian
5е Мехи, что может быть лучше песочницы, чем мир где ты наёмник, и удерживаешь свою кампанию на плаву, выбирая подходящие заказы, снаряжая мехи, и подбирая пилотов строя союзы с фракциями либо откровенно вступая с ними в конфронтации. Последние 3 длс привнесли Кланов в игру, благодаря чему можно наконец взять…Read in fullShow less

5е Мехи, что может быть лучше песочницы, чем мир где ты наёмник, и удерживаешь свою кампанию на плаву, выбирая подходящие заказы, снаряжая мехи, и подбирая пилотов строя союзы с фракциями либо откровенно вступая с ними в конфронтации. Последние 3 длс привнесли Кланов в игру, благодаря чему можно наконец взять иконический Тимбер Вульф/Мэд Кэт и показать сфероидам где их место (у ♥♥♥♥♥♥)

RECOMMENDEDUkrainian
Дуже класна гра, особливо з длс і модами, але штучний інетелект абсолютно тупоголовий. буквально лоботомізований. Ворожі мехи 90% часу таргетять тільки тебе, союзні туплять, застрягають, не стріляють коли треба, стріляють в гори і в землю, роблять все шо хочуть крім того шо треба. Без TTrulezAImod дуже тяжко грати,…Read in fullShow less

Дуже класна гра, особливо з длс і модами, але штучний інетелект абсолютно тупоголовий. буквально лоботомізований. Ворожі мехи 90% часу таргетять тільки тебе, союзні туплять, застрягають, не стріляють коли треба, стріляють в гори і в землю, роблять все шо хочуть крім того шо треба. Без TTrulezAImod дуже тяжко грати, особливо коли вже до нього звик

NOT RECOMMENDEDJapanese
2年ぶりに復帰したが、ライセンス画面でなんかとんでもないエラー吐いてまったく遊べない。確認したら2か月前からあるバグらしい。対策が2つあり、1つ目はsteamのライブラリにあるこのゲームのページにある歯車マークからプロパティ、一般の下にある起動オプションに-NoChromaって書く。ただし、起動はできるがアプリを終了したらなんかエラー吐くからなんかきもちわるい。2つ目はちょっとめんどいが、MW5Mercs/MW5mercs/Binaries/Win64 にある…Read in fullShow less

2年ぶりに復帰したが、ライセンス画面でなんかとんでもないエラー吐いてまったく遊べない。確認したら2か月前からあるバグらしい。対策が2つあり、1つ目はsteamのライブラリにあるこのゲームのページにある歯車マークからプロパティ、一般の下にある起動オプションに-NoChromaって書く。ただし、起動はできるがアプリを終了したらなんかエラー吐くからなんかきもちわるい。2つ目はちょっとめんどいが、MW5Mercs/MW5mercs/Binaries/Win64 にある "MSVCP140.dll"を削除。これは結構完璧な気がする。なーんかRAZERのキーボードのアプリと干渉してるっぽいんだよね。遊ぶまで結構めんどくさいし、さっさと修正してほしいから低評価にしたがプレイ時間を見てもらえればわかる通り、ゲームはおもろいよ。

NOT RECOMMENDEDChinese (Simplified)
没有官方中文 不推荐Read in fullShow less

没有官方中文 不推荐

RECOMMENDEDThai
Good GameRead in fullShow less

Good Game

RECOMMENDEDSpanish
una experiencia maravillosa repito la Historia y nunca es igual a la anterior un infinito de posibilidadesRead in fullShow less

una experiencia maravillosa repito la Historia y nunca es igual a la anterior un infinito de posibilidades

Sep 24, 2026Open on Steam ↗
RECOMMENDEDFrench
Un excellent titre dans l'univers de battletech. Grande richesse des maps et des mechs (aidée par de nombreux DLC qui gonflent quand même le prix final du jeu) et système de campagne dynamique et vivant. Le multi marche très bien également. Bref: que du bon.Read in fullShow less

Un excellent titre dans l'univers de battletech. Grande richesse des maps et des mechs (aidée par de nombreux DLC qui gonflent quand même le prix final du jeu) et système de campagne dynamique et vivant. Le multi marche très bien également. Bref: que du bon.

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Yet Another Equipment Collection

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