Mechabellum

Mechabellum

Steam Deck Playable

Game River · Strategy · Sep 26, 2024

Yes, worth buying.

On sale at $10.49, but it has been as low as $8.99.

84%
Very Positive
19k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Multiplayer: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 19k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise33% are divided25% are caveats
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Overall conclusion: the online player amount has dropped 3 times already from the peak values, and it will keep declining.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Entire gameplay gets swarmed by way too many troops which are given for free to you by the way.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are pretty great, the sound feels good, and decisions feel like they matter.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Monetization
Players who bring up Monetization mostly praise it.
Their in-game shop is not annoying nor overpriced, but there's hardly anything to buy with in-game currency sadly.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Honestly, this is better as a single-player or co-op game.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Multiplayer61 reviews
Gameplay53 reviews
Graphics19 reviews
Monetization18 reviews
Co-op9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking26 reviews
54%
Story and characters12 reviews
67%
Combat10 reviews
80%
Interface8 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty12 reviews
58%
Crashes11 reviews
82%
Performance10 reviews
60%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $10.49 (−30%). The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $10.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.