MechWarrior 5: Clans
MechWarrior 5: Clans follows a Star of Clan Smoke Jaguar warriors during Operation Revival, a full-scale invasion of the Inner Sphere. Armed with an arsenal of cutting-edge BattleMechs, meticulously designed…
MechWarrior 5: Clans is a shooter developed by Piranha Games, released 17 October 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What MechWarrior 5: Clans is
MechWarrior 5: Clans is a shooter game developed by Piranha Games and released in 2024. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Far from the war-torn worlds of the Inner Sphere, a society of genetically bred warriors known as the Clans has spent generations forging themselves into the deadliest fighting force in the galaxy. Now they are ready to return and conquer the human-settled worlds their ancestors left behind. The story follows Jayden, a freshly graduated warrior of Clan Smoke Jaguar, and the tight-knit star of young MechWarriors he commands, as they pilot towering war machines into the opening battles of the great Clan invasion. Bound by a rigid warrior code and driven by fierce ambition, Jayden and his comrades must prove themselves in trial by combat, earning honor and rank as they carve a bloody path…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 66 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the BattleTech series
MechWarrior 5: Clans is the 28th of 29 entries we hold in the BattleTech series. It arrived 5 years after MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. The next entry was Mechwarrior 5: Clans - Ghost Bear Flash Storm in 2025. Its critic score of 74 is almost exactly the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is MechAssault at 90.
How it was received
MechWarrior 5: Clans holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 52% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i5 8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600, 16 GB RAM and 6GBs VRAM | NVIDIA GTX-1060 | AMD Radeon RX 590. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 80GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
MechWarrior 5: Clans launched on 17 October 2024, within three weeks of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for MechWarrior 5: Clans yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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