MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

Wishlist Follow Ignore Install Unwatch Watch

App ID	784080
App Type	Game
Developer	Piranha Games Inc.
Publisher	Piranha Games Inc.
Franchise	MechWarrior
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber	29783998
Last Record Update	27 June 2025 – 09:46:55 UTC ()
Release Date	27 May 2021 – 00:00:00 UTC ()

😎 82.66%

12k reviews

844

In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer

Piranha Games Inc.

metacritic_name

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

controller_support

partial

metacritic_score

metacritic_fullurl

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/mechwarrior-5-mercenaries?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f

GameManualURL

https://store.steampowered.com/manual/784080/

community_visible_stats

Yes

workshop_visible

Yes

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Piranha Games Inc.

eulas

0 ↴
id	784080_eula_0
name	MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries EULA
url	https://store.steampowered.com//eula/784080_eula_0
version	1

Store Release Date

27 May 2021 – 00:00:52 UTC ()

osarch

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://www.youtube.com/mw5mercs/

Primary Genre

Action (1)

Store Genres

Action (1), Simulation (28)

Steam Release Date

27 May 2021 – 00:00:00 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

25 June 2025 – 15:55:15 UTC () (1750866915)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	98.21258343877386
height_pct	100

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Unreal Engine, Bink_Video SDK, CEF SDK, EpicOnlineServices SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Ansel SDK, NVIDIA_DLSS SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, OculusXRPlugin SDK, Ogg SDK, OpenVR SDK, Vorbis SDK, Wwise SDK, XAudio2 SDK, iZotope SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
category: Playable
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 18 March 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 10656957

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	1
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	1
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

Content Descriptors

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

First seen on SteamDB

10 January 2018 – 20:06:19 UTC (), in changelist #3914613

Content Descriptors (Including DLC)

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

4 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles	Achievements
English	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes		Yes	Yes
German	Yes		Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes	Yes

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

Load all asset images

clienticon

801d4bad865123218aebf96d0f045ed33e3a1edb

clienttga

753245ab0bfa73b38179da95308135c443a93b54

icon

ba4ed8a871272962b2bcc364d1e8fb7dd4d694eb

logo

3636a448eb347c0dd00cde1cb533bf70ba9a1b76

logo_small

3636a448eb347c0dd00cde1cb533bf70ba9a1b76_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
image2x/english	library_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	98.21258343877386
logo_position/height_pct	100
image2x/english	logo_2x.png

Assets

main_capsule	capsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
hero_capsule	hero_capsule.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
library_hero_2x	library_hero_2x.jpg
community_icon	ba4ed8a871272962b2bcc364d1e8fb7dd4d694eb.jpg
page_background_path	app/784080
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	25 June 2025 – 15:55:24 UTC

Trailers

256833677 ↴
trailer_name	Announce Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256833677/movie480_vp9.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256833677/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256833677/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256833677/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	784080/367743/e45b40864be4e8518147be645b4139a3fcc84017/1750583556/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	784080/367743/e45b40864be4e8518147be645b4139a3fcc84017/1750583556/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256833677/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256833677/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	367743
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1620329544
256824469 ↴
trailer_name	Game Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256824469/movie480_vp9.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256824469/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256824469/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256824469/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	784080/351583/a2d3e2c7aa2e0b502a9c869f5c323e99e8172154/1750583590/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	784080/351583/a2d3e2c7aa2e0b502a9c869f5c323e99e8172154/1750583590/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256824469/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256824469/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	351583
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1614983428
256824470 ↴
trailer_name	Walkthrough Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256824470/movie480_vp9.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256824470/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256824470/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256824470/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	784080/351584/f36af87342b0332447199cd4ffd84ed7abbe643b/1750583543/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	784080/351584/f36af87342b0332447199cd4ffd84ed7abbe643b/1750583543/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256824470/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256824470/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	351584
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1614907496
256824471 ↴
trailer_name	Game Intro Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256824471/movie480_vp9.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256824471/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256824471/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256824471/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	784080/351585/9ebb37a8840f2df6a4955b6073bf37850bef505c/1750583548/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	784080/351585/9ebb37a8840f2df6a4955b6073bf37850bef505c/1750583548/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256824471/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256824471/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	351585
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1614907504

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
228988	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2019 Redist	No size
228990	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist	No size
784081	Windows MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Content	59.12 GiB	24.72 GiB
1456211	UnusedDLC 1456210MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Digital Extras Depot	No size

Inner depots from DLC

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
1456212	DLC 1456210MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Digital Content Depot	808.00 MiB	752.47 MiB

Total size on disk is 59.91 GiB and total download size is 25.45 GiB.

Total size on disk is 59.12 GiB and total download size is 24.72 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		14135168	1 May 2024 – 17:01:38 UTC
mw5v1.1.300	MW5 - Version 1.1.300	6998207	13 September 2021 – 23:39:01 UTC
mw5v1.1.315	MW5 - Version 1.1.315	7732590	20 April 2022 – 16:30:58 UTC
mw5v1.1.328	MW5 - Version 1.1.328	9122361	4 January 2023 – 00:28:53 UTC
mw5v1.1.338	MW5 - Version 1.1.338	10656957	24 August 2023 – 18:56:16 UTC
mw5v1.1.351	MW5 - Version 1.1.351	12463697	14 March 2024 – 04:34:38 UTC

Other

Name	Value
workshopdepot	MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (784080)
hasdepotsindlc	1
baselanguages	English
privatebranches	1

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

Additional Information

Supported Languages

Tags

Categories

Hardware Categories

Assets

Depots

Inner depots from DLC

Branches

Other