MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
In MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries you will adopt the role of a rookie MechWarrior pilot thrust into combat as the Third Succession War continues to fracture the Inner Sphere. Take contracts from the factions of…
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is a fighting developed by Piranha Games, released 10 December 2019 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is a fighting game developed by Piranha Games and released in 2019. It was published by Fireshine Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The year is 3015. Humanity has expanded to the stars, colonizing a vast region of space known as the Inner Sphere. Where the Star League once ruled in relative stability, generations of countless wars, alliances, and betrayals have divided the Inner Sphere into five distinct Successor States. These states, also known as the Great Houses, have fought and quarreled for centuries over the remnants of the Star League and control of the Inner Sphere. They are now in the midst of a Third Succession War, one which has been raging for almost 150 years. While the battlefields of the Inner Sphere burn with an array of devastating weaponry, none is more formidable than the BattleMech. These immense…
How it plays
It is played from a first person 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 19 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the BattleTech series
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is the 27th of 29 entries we hold in the BattleTech series. It arrived 6 years after MechWarrior Online. The next entry was MechWarrior 5: Clans in 2024. Its critic score of 73 is almost exactly the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is MechAssault at 90.
How it was received
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-7100/AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 280X. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. 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: Mercenaries launched on 10 December 2019, within three weeks of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Shovel Knight: King of Cards and Football Manager 2020. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Football Manager 2020.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Heroes of the Inner Sphere
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Legend of the Kestrel Lancers
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Call to Arms
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Rise of Rasalhague
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - The Dragon's Gambit
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Solaris Showdown
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Shadow of Kerensky
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Chaos Reign
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