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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

Set in 3015, the campaign follows a MechWarrior who inherits a nearly destroyed mercenary company and sets out to rebuild it while pursuing revenge against the factions behind the attack. Pilot BattleMechs in missions against enemy machines, vehicles, aircraft, and fortified targets. Combat centers on choosing weapons and managing heat while damaging specific parts of opposing machines and navigating battlefields that can be destroyed. Between contracts, travel across the Inner Sphere, negotiate jobs, hire pilots, and maintain, repair, salvage, and refit your Mechs. Your company and its faction relationships develop as you earn money and equipment; the game also offers standalone missions and four-player co-op.

Pilot customizable BattleMechs, rebuild a mercenary outfit, and pursue revenge through contract combat across the Inner Sphere.

Released 26 May 2021

85%positive of
16k player reviews
$29.99
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Target Mech Components

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Salvage Wrecked Mechs

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Build Mech Loadouts

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.

Developed by Piranha Games Inc. · Published by Piranha Games Inc.

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Unreliable Allied AI
  2. Repetitive Missions
  3. Unpredictable Enemy Spawns
  4. Bugs and Crashes
85%
positive of 16k player reviews
73/100
Metacritic

Back of the Box

Platforms Windows
Achievements 19
Age ratings
  • CSRR C15 — Anti-Social Characteristics Inappropriate Language
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 12 — Linguagem imprópria Medo Atos criminosos
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 18 — Horor Penggunaan bahasa Kekerasan
  • Steam (Germany) 12 — Gewalt Schimpfwörte
Players 1–4
Play modes
  • Online co-op
  • Co-op campaign
Other modes
  • Single-player campaign
  • Single-player career mode
  • Instant Action
  • Co-op Instant Action
  • Co-op campaign
  • Co-op career mode
Multiplayer The game supports single-player and online 4-player PvE co-op. Co-op is available in both the campaign and Instant Action, and players can join a host's save to play missions together. No PvP mode is described in the provided information.
Multiplayer & mods Mods are supported and are commonly used in co-op. Multiple reviews state that all co-op players must have the same mods installed to play together, and similar mod lists reduce issues. One review states mods appear to work in co-op if all players install and enable them, with only the host needing to configure them.
Controller support Xbox
Controller required No
DLC / extras 10 listed on Steam
DRM / EULA
  • Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries EULA
Content notices
  • Online interactivity
Metacritic 73/100 View on Metacritic
Website Official website

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