Genre SimulationReleased May 26, 2021

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

Developed and published by Piranha Games Inc.
Estimated lifetime revenue
$5.60M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$3.92M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
378.5K
≈ 23 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 16,203 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
16,203
Very Positive85% positive
Playing now
1,262
14-day peak 4,082 · low 1,262
New reviews, last 14 days
+173
≈ 12 a day since Oct 2

History

Oct 2 – Oct 16

16.2K16.1K16.1K16.0K
Oct 2Oct 9Oct 16

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Simulation →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Simulation games on Steam

Outearns 22% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$21.32M
120,475 reviews
Top 10% start at
$116.57M
This game
$5.60M
Fewest reviews of the group

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

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.

Developer
Piranha Games Inc.
Publisher
Piranha Games Inc.
Genre
Simulation
Released
May 26, 2021
Steam app ID
784080
Data updated
Oct 16, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.