MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

Steam Deck Playable

Piranha Games Inc. · Mechs · May 27, 2021

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $7.49.

85%
Very Positive
16k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 92 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 70 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 31 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 16k player reviews · updated 2 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
34% of themes are praise33% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
If you've a story that sounds anything like that, then you'll enjoy the heck out of this game.
92 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
At this point I've played through the entire main game campaign, all of the DLC campaigns up to and including Shadow of Kerensky, all the high-reward missions, encountered all of the other Merc companies and almost maxed out Rival Intel, long since finished the bespoke progression in Arenas, and nearly maxed out all the upgrade trees.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
I bought this on sale at ~$7.50 because my friends wanted to do co-op.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Monetization
Players who bring up Monetization mostly praise it.
Many of the best story missions are locked behind paid DLC (as are some of the best 'Mechs and equipment!)
14 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 love4 themes
Story and characters92 reviews
Gameplay53 reviews
Co-op37 reviews
Monetization14 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics39 reviews
72%
Performance24 reviews
71%
Audio18 reviews
78%
Interface11 reviews
64%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat70 reviews
70%
Difficulty31 reviews
61%
Crashes22 reviews
64%
Bugs18 reviews
56%

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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $7.49 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $7.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
19
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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